By Matthias Williams and Tsvetelia Tsolova SOFIA (Reuters) – Georgi Kadiev is, like many of his fellow Bulgarians, caught between Russia and the West. A member of parliament with the ruling Socialist party, his government has gone along with sanctions on Moscow over its annexation of Crimea, but at the same time he feels the cultural and historical pull of Bulgaria's long association with Russia. It's very hard to explain to him now that we should impose sanctions on Russia." Bulgaria has long been an anomaly in Europe, a country inside the European Union and the NATO military alliance, yet which feels close to Russia.

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