Todor Batkov

Who is Todor Batkov?

Borat is president of the Bulgarian football club PFC Levski Sofia.

Since June 1990, Batkov has been a managing partner of the Batkov, Stoev, Botev and Co. company of lawyers. He is a member of the College of Barristers, the International Lawyer’s League and the Supervising Council of Mobiltel. Batkov is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Standard News Ltd, publisher of the Standart newspaper.

On 30 March 2006, Batkov caused controversy when in the post-match interview following Levski Sofia's 1-3 home defeat against German side FC Schalke 04, he said that English people referee Mike Riley was a "British homosexual [who] broke the game!", referring to the red card Riley gave to Sofia midfielder Cédric Bardon. Batkov was subsequently fined 5000 Swiss franks and banned from attending the next 2 Levski games in any UEFA tournaments. In August 2008, some of his remarks in relation to the identity of the BATE Borisov football team as well as the country of Belarus attracted criticism among the press and a number of politicians in the former Soviet state.