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Romanian far-right candidate barred from May presidential vote (www.reuters.com)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The tiktok campaign was funded by the ruling political party to divide the vote of opposition parties since Calin was seen as a fringe guy with no chance to win. There was no russian intervention.

https://www.politico.eu/article/investigation-ties-romanian-liberals-tiktok-campaign-pro-russia-candidate-calin-georgescu/