Romania Russia: Election Rerun Ordered Over Interference.
The court said the whole Romania election process must be rerun, after declassified security documents alleged major Russia backing for the shock front-runner. The second round of the election was due this weekend.
Romania’s top court on Friday annulled the results of the first round of the country’s presidential election, when far-right populist Calin Georgescu emerged as the surprise front-runner.
This follows President Klaus Johannis earlier in the week declassifying Romanian intelligence that alleges major Russian-backed promotion of Georgescu on social media sites like TikTok and Telegram.
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Georgescu had been set to go up against centrist Elena Lasconi this weekend in the second-round runoff.
“The electoral process to elect Romania’s president will be fully re-run, and the government will set a new date and … calendar for the neccessary steps,” the court said in a statement on Friday.
