Georgescu

Romania lashes out at Russia as Georgescu election ban furor intensifies – POLITICO

Romania hit back, saying that the Russian opposition has no access to legal institutions and “opponents are executed a few meters from the Kremlin.” Georgescu, powered by a successful TikTok campaign, scored a surprise win in the first round of Romania’s presidential election in November — but the vote was later annulled and Georgescu was […]

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Romania’s far-right candidate Georgescu barred from May presidential vote

After the election authority’s decision, about 300 of Georgescu’s supporters gather outside the election bureau, shouting ‘freedom!’. Romania’s central election authority has banned far-right pro-Russian candidate Calin Georgescu from running in the country’s May presidential election re-run, triggering protests from Georgescu’s supporters. The decision, announced on Sunday, is not yet legally binding, and is expected

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Romania’s presidential front-runner Georgescu benefited from Russia-style booster campaign, declassified docs say – POLITICO

But a briefing note compiled by Romania’s interior ministry reveals that so-called social media influencers were recruited by intermediary companies, at least one of which appears to have been a ghost entity, to promote an unnamed “ideal candidate” profile before the election on TikTok, Instagram and Facebook. These influencers earned around €80 per post for

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