Listen to This Article - Europe, NATO Cancel Democracy

Listen to This Article - Europe, NATO Cancel Democracy

The populist-antipopulist controversy boils over in Romania, where frontrunner Calin Georgescu has been barred from running for a presidential electionText published 03/10/25:Narrated by Jared MooreArt by Daniel Medina

Kremlin: Romania’s election is ‘illegitimate’ without barred pro-Russia front-runner

Any presidential election in Romania that takes place without the participation of Călin Georgescu is “illegitimate,” Russia said Tuesday, two days after Bucharest banned the far-right front-runner from the May rerun of the presidential race. “This is a violation of all democratic norms in the center of Europe,” Russian President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said at his Tuesday press briefing. “Any elections that take place wit…

The Kremlin commented on Tuesday on the decision of the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) in Romania to reject the candidacy of Călin Georgescu. The spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the presidential elections in Romania without the candidacy...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs considers the latest statement by the spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the presidential elections in Romania to be unacceptable. Dmitri Peskov stated yesterday at noon that the May elections without the candidacy of Călin Georgescu will have no legitimacy and that Romania has chosen the path of contempt for […]

According to Russian diplomacy, "the will of the Romanian people has been suppressed."

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) considers "unacceptable" Dmitri Peskov's statement that the presidential elections in Romania without the candidacy of Călin Georgescu "will have no legitimacy."