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A good journalist is not the one that writes what people say, but the one that writes what he is supposed to write. ↗
However this Bulgarian economy was exceptionally susceptible to Soviet largesse and Soviet-bloc markets. As the Soviet Bloc in the face of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (SEV Comecon) the Warsaw Pact Organization and the USSR itself collapsed by 1992 Bulgaria entered a period of transition from socialism to a free market economy and democracy. His Turkish/Muslim policy produced an effect diametrically opposed to the one he aimed for.
He became First Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party in 1954 and remained on this position for 35 years until 1989 thus becoming the longest-serving leader of any Eastern Bloc nation and one of the longest ruling non-royal leaders in history. His rule marked a period of unprecedented political and economic stability for Bulgaria marked both by complete submission of Bulgaria to Soviet rule and a desire for expanding ties with the West. He resigned on November 10 1989 under pressure by senior BCP members due to his refusal to recognize problems and deal with public protests.
