Suspected Russian intervention: Romania canceled the results of the presidential election

The decision is final and is not subject to appeal. The second round was appointed on December 8 between the winner of Colin Georgesska (22. 94%) and Elena Laskoni (19. 17%). The next candidate in the ranking was Mrchel Cholak (19. 14%). According to Radio Svoboda, on December 4, the country's special services published documents stating that in favor of a candidate who won the first round could be agitated 25,000 bots related to Russia.

Romanian intelligence services suggest that large sums of money were spent on this operation, and its scale and geographical location indicate that the operation was conducted by a "state operator". The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Romania noted that more than 100 influential persons with eight millions of subscribers were involved in the promotion of Kalen Georgescu.

In addition, as noted in the Kalin Georgescu campaign, the leaders of some clans of the criminal world and extremists could be involved. The reason for the massive growth of Kalen Georgescu at the level of TikTok's social platform, according to the intelligence service, is associated with a very well -organized advertising campaign, and his posts were not marked as the candidate in the election, in connection with which he got advantage over others.

The social network did not deleted Kalen's election content, and he continued to be accessible to the public in Romania, including on the election day. The publications of the election content were attributed to TikTok to entertainment and are displayed without restrictions, without proper marking and outside the election campaign.

Therefore, the visibility of Georgesque has increased compared to other candidates whose posts were massively filtered, which exponentially reduced their presence on the Internet. According to the Constitutional Court, the election process for the election of President of Romania will be restored in full, after the government has set a new date. The victory of the far -right candidate, Gior, became a sensation.