Similarly, on a Sunday in March 2016, the demolition of the Plovdiv tobacco warehouses was started. They also turned out to be a monument of culture and a scandal erupted. The owner was even charged by the prosecutor’s office. The Chief Architect of Plovdiv, Rumen Russev, who allowed the demolition, might be facing a jail sentence.<\/p>\n
It is remarkable that in their coverage of the demolition of a property that should be protected by the State, no media mentioned the interests of the \u201cPeshtera Boys<\/strong>\u201d. Bivol, however, has been monitoring the case with the building on 20 \u201cDondukov\u201d Blvd. for months, and conducted a parallel inspection that revealed many disturbing facts. It is obvious the State wants to get rid of the problematic house and hand it to the Plovdiv group to the detriment of the heirs of the esteemed Gen. Racho Petrov.<\/p>\n The historic property with the house was restored under the law for Reinstating Ownership on Nationalized Properties and was returned to the heirs of Gen. Racho Petrov on January 31, 1996. So far, everything seems unquestionable, while the interests of the owners are protected by the law.<\/p>\n However, this did not prevent the Plovdiv-based \u201cGalaxy Property Group\u201d from acquiring in 2006 a document from the court certifying that it had bought the property rights from the municipal company \u201cSofkniga\u201d that no longer exists.<\/p>\n A Decree of the Sofia City Court from March 22, 2006 (President Boyan Balevski), recognizes “Galaxy Property Group’s” property right in the dispute over part of the property and the building of 20 “Dondukov” Blvd..<\/p><\/div>\n After a lengthy court saga, \u201cGalaxy\u201d managed to win a case against General Petrov’s heirs for the restituted part, which is 67% of the property’s area. The court accepted that the property had been undoubtedly eligible for restitution, that the heirs are undoubtedly heirs, but because they did not have the originals of the shares at the time, their property could not be given to them.<\/p>\n Subsequently, the originals of the shares were found along with the handwritten will of Blagoi Racho Petrov (son of Gen. Racho Petrov and father of the owners). “Galaxy” then attempted to challenge the will with claims to the Prosecutor’s Office, which, however, refused to launch criminal proceedings. The authenticity of the will has been confirmed by court experts.<\/p>\n In spite of the newly discovered evidence, the Supreme Court of Cassations refused to reopen the case, as \u201cSofkniga\u201d (in bankruptcy) had been liquidated and there was no longer another side in the case (as “Galaxy” only intervened as an assisting party).<\/p>\n There had been other administrative \u201cmiracles\u201d in the case with the “Madara” printing house of Gen. Racho Petrov, as Bivol established.<\/p>\n One of them is that the building had been taken out of \u201cSofkniga’s\u201d balance sheet. By a Decree of the Council of Ministers from October, 1994 the property was taken out of \u201cSofkniga\u201d and was handed over to the State Enterprise Construction and Restoration which gave the possession of the property to the restitution owners.<\/p>\n In the meantime, another Plovdiv company, which has created Sofia’s digital cadaster, accidentally or not failed to include in it the said building. The heirs of Gen. Petrov managed to put the building in the cadaster.<\/p>\n Here, the “Sredets” District of the Sofia Municipality stepped in by launching a procedure for the removal of the building, which was considered dangerous. It is important to note that the procedure was carried out only with respect to the General\u2019s heirs: Racho and his sisters – Eleonora and Maria.<\/p>\n As early as February 15, 2015, Racho Petrov informed the Sofia Municipality that there is pending litigation over the property because \u201cGalaxy\u201d had filed a lawsuit and claims to be the owner. The decision of the Sofia City Court was issued in August 2017 and it stated that “Galaxy” was indeed the owner.<\/p>\n However, the Sofia Municipality failed to take into consideration the pending property dispute and to inform \u201cGalaxy Property Group\u201d about the forthcoming removal of the building.<\/p>\n Starting the demolition on an official holiday has another aspect – the Sofia Municipality must pay double work wages – at the expense of the city taxpayers, and in favor of the Plovdiv group.<\/strong><\/p>\n Accidentally or not, the demolition of the building during the Christmas holidays has been tasked to another Plovdiv-based company, \u201cRadiant and Co.\u201d, owned by Plovdiv businessmen Martin Mitev and Dimitar Stoyanov, and a regular winning bidder in Sofia Municipality public tenders, earning to date over BGN 2.5 million.<\/p>\n The co-owners of “Galaxy Investment Group” (the new name of \u201cGalaxy Property\u201d) are Anton Shterev<\/strong> and Atanas Petrov<\/strong>. Their visible connection with alcohol manufacturer \u201cVinprom Peshtera\u201d is through the companies “Solater” (Petrov is the sole owner and the same company is co-owner of “Galaxy”) and Orbias (with Shterev as the sole owner). The property of “VIP Brands International”, as \u201cVinprom Peshtera\u201d is now called, also includes two Cypriot offshore companies.<\/p>\n The two Plovdiv businessmen are not formally associated with the management of \u201cVinprom Peshtera\u201d, which they left in 2000. According to media reports, Petrov and Shterev also control cigarette producer \u201cKings Tobacco\u201d, although they are not officially registered as owners.<\/p>\n Petrov and Shterev turned infamous in March 2008 in connection with the outrage that led to the resignation of then-Interior Minister Rumen Petkov. The reason was leaks to the media exposing the previously mentioned scandal with a big boss from the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime (GDBOP) requesting a luxury rifle and a laptop from a person close to Atanas Petrov.<\/p>\n The secret services report, published by Capital Daily<\/em>, says the following:<\/p>\n The following conclusion can be drawn from the carried out operations and data obtained from Special Surveillance Devices:<\/em><\/p>\nTo buy a property dispute<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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The building that stands in the way<\/strong><\/h2>\n
#Who is standing behind the “Peshtera Boys” and “Galaxy Property”<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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