A top Romanian court has annulled the first round of the country’s presidential election, days after declassified intelligence alleged Russia ran a coordinated online campaign to promote the far-right outsider who won the first round.
The momentous move by the court effectively voids the national election, which will have to be re-run.
The constitutional court’s decision – which is final – came on Friday after President Klaus Iohannis declassified intelligence two days earlier that alleged Moscow ran a sprawling drive comprising thousands of social media accounts to promote the pro-Russian candidate Călin Georgescu across platforms like TikTok and Telegram.
Huh, I wonder if there are other countries that recently had elections were a pro-Russian candidate was elected after being supported by Russian propaganda? 🤔
How likely is that, though? 🤔