Sofia, Bulgaria - February 01, 2025 Activists from the Bulgarian National Union marched in central Sofia in memory of the victims of the communist regime. They say that the brutal communism in Bulgaria was given to Bulgarian criminals at the bayonets of the Soviet army. That the communists in Bulgaria were satraps sponsored by Moscow. On February 1, when in Bulgaria it is officially Day in memory of the victims of the communist regime, activists of the organization passed through the central streets, chanting "All communists - on trial. Bulgaria is taking a national path." The Bulgarian National Union is the far-right organization that organizes the famous Lukovmarch, which annually gathers nationalists from Europe. Tensions arose because of remarks that bystanders shouted at participants in the procession. However, the police were numerous and quickly quelled the tension. Carrying Bulgarian flags, they reached the monument to the victims of communism in Sofia, where the names of some of them are inscribed. They kept a minute of silence, laid candles and flowers, and swore that there would never be communism in Bulgaria again, because the future belongs to the nationalists. SHOTLIST: 00:00 min: Procession of nationalists in Sofia downtown; activists wear portraits of famous Bulgarian public figures killed by the communist regime; banner “Decommunization” 00:04 min: Procession with Bulgarian flags 00:12 min: Plamen Dimitrov – “Bulgarian National Union” organization, saying (Bulgarian): "The so-called Bulgarian Communist Party was generously financed by Moscow. It was an external structure completely foreign to our people." 00:29 min: People chanting (Bulgarian): „All communists - on trial... 00:33 min: People chanting (Bulgarian): ...Bulgaria is taking a national path." 00:37 min: Аctivists wear portraits of famous Bulgarian public figures killed by the communist regime 00:40 min: Bulgarian flags 00:44 min: Plamen Dimitrov – “Bulgarian National Union” organization, saying (Bulgarian): "Those sneakers was brought to power in Bulgaria on the bayonets of the Red Army." 00:51 min: People chanting (Bulgarian): "Free, social, national" 01:05 min: People chanting (Bulgarian): „All communists - on trial... 01:09 min: People chanting (Bulgarian): ...Bulgaria is taking a national path." 01:22 min: Plamen Dimitrov – “Bulgarian National Union” organization, saying (Bulgarian): "Today we don't just honor the memory of the victims, but we also want to see a process of complete decommunization in Bulgaria - removal of all socialist monuments, renaming of all streets and settlements that bear the names of communist criminals, terrorists and satraps." 01:56 min: People chanting (Bulgarian): „All communists - on trial. Bulgaria is taking a national path." 02:07 min: Tension between passers-by and participants in the procession, which the police quickly quelled 02:18 min: People chanting (Bulgarian): "Free, social, national" 02:29 min: Chapel at the Monument to the Victims of Communism 02:32 min: Borislav Ignatov - “Bulgarian National Union” organization, saying (Bulgarian): "Communism in Bulgaria will not return in any form, because Bulgaria belongs to us. Bulgaria belongs to the Bulgarian nationalists." 02:46 min: Borislav Ignatov - “Bulgarian National Union” organization, saying (Bulgarian): "The bloody hand that has fallen upon all of Europe will soon be lifted. And soon we will all live free." 03:00 min: Ivan Stoyanov - “Bulgarian National Union” organization, saying (Bulgarian): "I call upon you to observe a moment of silence!" 03:05 min: Nationalists lower their flags and kneel in silence 03:10 min: Nationalists offer lighted candles in front of the monument to the victims of communism in Bulgaria