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Top Romanian court annuls election results following Russian interference allegations
People walk by a newspaper stand after the Constitutional Court annulled the first round of the country's presidential election, days after allegations that Russia ran a coordinated online campaign to promote Calin Georgescu a far-right outsider who won t
ROMANIA’S top court today annulled the first round of the country’s presidential election following allegations that Russia ran a campaign to promote the far-right outsider who won the first round.
The Constitutional Court’s unprecedented decision, which cannot be appealed, came after President Klaus Iohannis declassified intelligence on Wednesday that alleged Russia ran a sprawling campaign comprising thousands of social media accounts to promote Calin Georgescu across platforms like TikTok and Telegram.
Mr Georgescu emerged as the frontrunner on November 24 and was due to face Elena Lasconi of the Save Romania Union party in a run-off tomorrow.
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