Bulgarians vote in presidential run-off between rivals split on Russia and Ukraine

Bulgarians are voting in a presidential run-off between candidates divided over Russia and Ukraine, after a record-low first-round turnout.

• Polling opened at 7am on Sunday and runs until 8pm, with exit polls and official results expected Monday.
• Iliana Iotova led the first round with about 35 percent against Gyurov's 32 percent, on a record-low turnout of 23 percent.
• Iotova has called for restoring ties with Russia, halting military aid to Ukraine, and pursuing diplomatic solutions to the war.
• Gyurov, who signed a security cooperation agreement with Kyiv as caretaker premier, said Bulgaria should be a reliable NATO ally.