Kevork Kevorkian: Looking for the answer to the question: What country do we live in? Degraded? Taken over? Or just crazy?
Those days, the “Trud” newspaper recalled our glorious association with “Dundee Precious Metals”, which is one of the ugliest pages in the history of Bulgarian dope-davism.
In the years of the Transition, there are many examples of disregard for state interest, and even outright disregard robbery, but the undoubted masterpiece is the deal with the Dundee Canadians. And it no longer matters who united us with them, who conceived the partnership, because all subsequent rulers after Kostov – his Godfather – without exception, were the same swindlers.
A schemeit is insultingly simple: from us the bed, for the Canadians goldit.
“Trud” quotes facts from the Resolution of the Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office from 2020. They prove that for a quarter of a century, our rulers have brutally neglected the state interest. Five ministers have signed annexes to the main contract since 1999 – and always in favor of the Dundee concessionaire.
We have long since become convinced that Oblivion is one of the most sinister Obstacles of the Transition, short-term memory will destroy us in the end.
There is an audit/report of the Audit Office from 2016, from which it is clear what kind of idiots have ruled us since 1999 – not that they were any different before that.
Let’s recall the main conclusion of the report: in just three years /2011-2013/ the “Dundee” company mined in Chelopech gold, copper and silver for $1.5 billion. And the Bulgarian treasury received only 23 million of this one and a half billion!
Only he can afford it countrywhich is run by the mentally disabled.
Let me lighten you up for a bit with two stories that were meant to endear the “dundies” to the local aborigines – both of which are more than curious.
The first: they were presented with the most long-awaited Olympic gold medal – the one for the rhythmic gymnastics team, because they are its sponsor.
The other is when Sebihan Mehmed, the mayor of Krumovgrad, drooled over our History.
Excited to discover the new gold“Ada Tepe” mining mine, Sebihan Khanam suddenly realized that the new Hadji Dimitar is … Boyko Borisov.
She never explained why exactly the Sliven voivode was reborn in Boyko – but this was perhaps not necessary, because at that time, 2019, they saw everything in him, one Hadji Dimitar would not have been more useful to him. And, still, it was too much for a Turkish woman to explain herself in love to a Bulgarian highlander – regardless of whether she meant the prototype or its later incarnation.
Was this not some cunning oriental sign that another interpretation of our five-century coexistence with the agi is coming, in which they will also turn out to be hidden siblings of our hushes?
Anyway, at that time we were not allowed to know the truth about this Sebihan outbreak. However, the most likely reason was that Hadji Dimitar himself discovered the new mine – what better recognition for those who would loot it, the mine I mean.
Anyway. The incident, curious as it was, joined the queue of exotic discoveries and inventions that sooner or later will leave us without the protection of History – because it is not obliged to pay our idiotic bills, the fruit of naivety or stupidity, and in some cases an inexplicable adoration of the brutal robbery. For a long time, our lazy country is not at all bothered when it is considered ignorant and ready for all possible compromises.
The story with the Olympic gold medal is also unusual. The sponsor, of course, should be respected, but even giving him a medal is too much. All that remains is for the Dundee anthem to be played when the next honor is won. I wonder if it mentions Bulgaria in any way – for example, as the country in which the rulers must be necessarily vetted, to one degree or another.
The authorities do not pay attention to the report of the Audit Chamber. But it remains a valuable testimony to the ease with which the Bulgarian political class ignores the interests of its country, a tragic document of its shameful helplessness. She cannot cope with any serious problem, managing the largest gold deposit in Europe is an overwhelming task for her. We brag like morons about every newly opened car accessory shop – while Dundee steals away from us goldit.
When on April 27, 2014, I interviewed Prof. Gergelchev in “Every Sunday”, the audience went crazy because of the scandalous details of the “Golden Concession” that he pointed out. The truth aboutRobberyand of the century’ was the result of his personal decade-long battle.
Later, when I uploaded snippets of the interview on Facebook, the audience’s reaction was the same. You can find them on my FB page.
Something strange was happening: ordinary Bulgarians had reacted coldly to the shameless geshefts of Kostova privatization. But the Dundee affair stirred them up. Overwhelmed by the ravings of the local “Chorbadjis”, they turned their hatred towards the foreigners.
The media gradually lost interest in Prof. Gergelchev’s dramatic call. But later the opinion of Professor Pimpirev was willingly spread, who shared that in 25 years we will be able to mine gold from Antarctica.
This again leads us to the bottomless Bulgarian naivety – we gave ourselves the gold deposits for nothing, experts estimate our losses at tens of billions – and we will search gold among the icy deserts.
According to “Filter” reporters, for the years during which it operated in Bulgaria, the total profit of “Dundee Precious” amounted to approximately 20.944 billion.
BGN 427 million – this is the net profit of Dundee Precious Metals, after taxes and fees, for the accounting year 2021, according to the reports of the Canadian company. The amount is the sum of the net profits of her two companies in Bulgaria.
However, an illegal one was revealed on television goldmining along the Struma River – on some days goldthe searchers brought up to 40 grams gold. Horror. As if those 40 grams could cover up the biggest one robbery in our History.
Curious was the reaction of goldthe Seekers of Continuing the Change. Asen Vassilev got up early and promised to review the Dundee concession, but his enthusiasm lasted a few days.
And PrstoKircho didn’t say a word about the Canadians – he was busy selling the worn-out platitude “zero tolerance for corruption”. After all, at least two years ago, the word “corruption” finally dropped from his chaotic vocabulary.
Russian gas is capable of corrupting even more resilient individuals.
The answer to the question is sought: What country do we live in?
Degraded?
Taken over?
Or just crazy?
Kevork Kevorkian
