Elections in Romania – intelligence confirmed Kremlin interference in the presidential elections – UNIAN
Intelligence officials described how the Russian Federation promoted its candidate on social networks.
Romanian intelligence reported that during the presidential elections the country became the target of an “aggressive Russian hybrid attack.”
Referring to intelligence data, the country's Constitutional Court overturned the results of the first round of presidential elections and annulled all results, BILD reports.
The Kremlin may have tried to interfere in the election by campaigning for Kelin Georgescu. The far-right pro-Russian candidate was actively promoted through TikTok using managed accounts, recommendation algorithms and paid advertising, according to intelligence reports.
Suspicion was aroused by the fact that at the end of November he unexpectedly won the first round of the presidential election, although before that, according to polls, his chances were minimal. Department for…
