The military weakness of Bulgaria is in the interest of the Russian Federation and the authorities in Moscow do not hide that until there are no allied bases and strategical weapons in that country, it is not the mark of the Russian troops. This affected the Bulgarian authorities' earlier decision to agree to accept only a battalion of Natalian forces. This is an expression of allied solidarity alternatively than a applicable contribution to creating an effective line of defence. Now all of this is changing slowly, and Sofia realized the mistakes she made, although there may be very small time to make up for them.