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Aleksei Petrov is shown interviewed before entering court for the proceedings against him. Photo by BGNES
Bulgarian controversial businessmen and ex-secret agent Alexei Petrov played down intentions voiced earlier to present his candidacy for the country's Presidency in the fall of 2011.
Asked whether he'll run in an interview for Nova TV, Petrov answered that that would happen only if current PM Boyko Borisov also files his candidacy.
Petrov thus reiterated his desire for a direct rivalry with PM Borisov, with whom he has a common past in the security business, as well as a karate activist.
"My Godfather, the man who launched me into politics, is actually Borisov," said Petrov enigmatically.
There has been a heightened animosity between Petrov, on the one hand, and PM Borisov and Interior Minister Tstvetan Tsvetanov, on the other, even before Petrov was arrested in February 2010.
In the months following the arrest, Borisov and Tsvetanov created for Petrov the image of the ringleader of the most pervasive criminal network in Bulgaria, which they dubbed 'the Octopus.'
The trial against Petrov has dragged and no serious evidence has been presented on some of the central counts against him.
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