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Petrova is also an independent environmentalist and was arrested during a protest on 2 July 2007 together with 35 other activists defending the
Natural Park "Strandja". Around 500 blockaded the crossroad of Orlov Most (Eagle's Bridge) in the center of Bulgaria's capital.
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