Volen Siderov
Volen Nikolov Siderov ( Bulgarian Волен Николов Сидеров, scientific transliteration Volen Siderov; born April 19, 1956 in Yambol, Bulgaria) is the Chairman of the Bulgarian nationalist party Ataka. He is known for attacks on Bulgarian journalists and xenophobic opinion proclamations against ethnic minorities.
- 2.1 Visiting Russia
- 3.1 Lufthansa incident
- 3.2 threat
Curriculum vitae
Siderov studied photography in Sofia and worked before the fall of Communism ( 1989) as a photographer for the National Museum of Literature.
Journalistic activity
Even before the fall of communism Siderov became a member of the Independent Society for the Protection of Human Rights. Mid-1990, he became chief editor of the newspaper Democracy. At this time Democracy was politically close to the Democratic Party of Bulgaria. Under Siderov the newspaper became the official publication of the center-right party Union of Democratic Forces.
1992 Siderov was fired for Democracy and ended all relations with its political partners. He was then deputy editor of Monitor, a newspaper which is nationalistic and conservative policy perspective.
In 2000 Siderov was honored with the Award of the Bulgarian Association of Journalists. After he had to leave also monitor, he was moderator of Ataka, a talk show on Bulgarian TV channel SKAT. There he dealt primarily with a strong nationalist- racist discourse and tried by public opinion on "problems" with ethnic minorities to steer.
2002 Siderov was invited to an anti-globalization conference in Moscow, on the right, among others, the Swedish journalist Ahmed Rami and David Duke took part. During the conference Siderov occurred with a lecture where he " communist pogrom against Russia," " a clique of radical Jews who were funded by other Jewish capitalists from the U.S. and Western Europe", responsible for thought.
Political rise
2003 Siderov was mayoral candidate for the party BZNS in Sofia. He got 1728 votes or 0.45 percent. This process took place in the little public attention.
At the parliamentary elections in June 2005, the nationalist association founded Siderov Ataka, which he named after his now very popular talk show. Surprisingly, the party got 296 848 votes or 8.14 percent. This Ataka was the fourth largest party in parliament. Then founded Siderov the same party.
Siderov candidate at the 2006 presidential election. On the first ballot he received 21 percent of the vote and qualified for the next round against the incumbent President Georgi Parvanov, who had received 65 percent of the vote. Parvanov has not emerged as the winner of the first round, because the turnout was less than 50 percent too low for a final result.
The other right-wing parties refused to issue a candidate recommendation for the second ballot. The Centre Party, however, supported Parvanov. This meant that Siderov in the second ballot forfeited 25 percent of the vote and was not president.
In December 2008 Siderov was confirmed at the party Ataka as its chairman by an absolute majority of votes.
He was the candidate of the party Ataka in the presidential election in Bulgaria, which was held on 23 October 2011.
Political Position
Since then Siderov is politically active, he criticized that renowned Bulgarian parties cooperate with organized crime. Moreover, in his view, go to great dangers of minorities and (illegal) immigrants from.
At the first session of the 41st Narodno Sabranie in which Ataka has 21 MPs, Volen Siderov has proposed a draft " resolution condemning the genocide of the Bulgarians in the Ottoman Empire in the period 1396-1913 " submitted. The newly elected Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has in an interview supports the idea of a day of genocide. The Memorial was already three months earlier, in favor of the municipal assembly in Burgas, where GERB and Ataka enjoy a majority. The Bulgarian parliament voted on the resolution on March 9, 2011. It was rejected by 39 votes for, 26 against and 50 abstentions.
In November 2010, Volen Siderov admitted that Todor Zhivkov had, much of Bulgaria made as a statesman who lacked no manners and that ( like himself ) should be considered by dissidents. After Siderows words, much had been achieved in his time in the fields of health and education, and should not have been frustrate, but would need to be improved.
Volen Siderov advocates key energy projects such as South Stream and Belene nuclear power plant. After Siderows words, if Bulgaria miss the chance to build new nuclear power plants, Turkey will deal with this building and asked rhetorically whether one wants to depend on energy from Turkey.
Visiting Russia
In early October 2012, Volen Siderov and the other members of the Ataka party went at their own expense to Moscow after the chairman of the 41 Bulgarian Narodno Sabranie Zezka Zatschewa had denied the payment of traveling through openings provided for travel of Members funds. In Moscow Volen Siderov gave Russian President Vladimir Putin his book Fundamentals of Bulgarismus ( Bulgarian Основи на българизма ) on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Before the chairman of the Russian Duma Sergei Naryshkin said Siderov that lately the Russo phobia in Bulgaria has increased pressure on the government. Volen Siderov refers to the party led by him as the only one who was striving to improve the Russian- Bulgarian relations.
Scandals
Siderov is involved in several scandals. Among other things, it comes to a car accident which he portrayed as an attack on his person. It claimed the alleged perpetrator that Siderows colleague Pawel Tschernew have his car tampered with. First Tschernew Siderows testified statement. Later, however, he confirmed that Siderov have moved him to make a false statement. Then left Tschernew Ataka and founded his own nationalist organization.
On 23 February 2007 Siderov penetrated with 50 members and supporters of Ataka in the newspaper Rooms 168 Tschasa (168 hours). 100 other people waiting on call outside the building. Background of this attack was an article, therefore, Ataka was involved in a funding scandal. Siderov and his deputy Pavel Shopov required with this threatening gesture by the chief editor Nikolai Pentschew that it should call the author of the article.
In an interview for 168 Tschasa in May 2010, the Israeli ambassador Gendrel Siderov has described as a man with anti-Semitic views, because he as chairman of the parliamentary commission for the control of the State National Security Service ( DANS ) information about the alleged relations for criminal activities detained and accused Alexei Petrov ( former employee of DANS ) published with people from the Israeli Embassy in prostitution. The revealed information he designated Siderov himself to be truthful and explained that she had been told by General Atanasow during his testimony before the Commission.
Lufthansa incident
On 3 February 2010 Volen Siderov flew with Lufthansa plane from Sofia to Frankfurt. During the flight he has racist remarks and insults drained against the cabin crew, thrown the food, he has also refused to sit down and to buckle up. For this reason, the machine via Frankfurt had to circle for an hour. Shortly before landing, the captain informed the Frankfurt airport police about the problematic passenger. After landing there was a verification of the person of Volen Siderov, about the politician has directed insults against one of the police officers. Since Siderov had a diplomatic passport, he was released. The Lufthansa crew and the offended police officer who then filed a complaint against Siderov. The Frankfurt prosecutor's office has launched an investigation.
Threat
Accompanied by a photographer surprised Volen Siderov on 12 May 2011 the dining in a Sofia restaurant U.S. Ambassador James Warlick, who had previously refused to receive Siderov, and demanded from the latter with submission of proper documents to the U.S. for their military bases in Bulgaria for a period of five years a reasonable lease in the amount of 2 billion U.S. dollars should pay to the Bulgarian state. In response Warlick reported to have said: "I will destroy you. " ( Eng. "I will destroy you. "). Siderows question "You will destroy me? " Warlick allegedly answered with " The United States will destroy you. "
Works
Volen Siderov is the author of several books, including The Boomerang of Evil ( Bulgarian Бумерангът на злото, 2002), The power of Mammon ( Bulgarian Властта на мамона, 2004), Bulgarophobie ( Bulgarian Българофобия, 2003). In the preface to the book The boomerang of evil he calls Jürgen Graf " my colleague and a personal friend of mine ." 2010 appeared the fourth edition of The boomerang of evil.