{"id":330919,"date":"2025-03-09T23:11:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T21:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=330919"},"modified":"2025-03-09T23:11:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T21:11:49","slug":"romanian-politician-calls-ukraine-an-invented-state-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/romanian-politician-calls-ukraine-an-invented-state-2","title":{"rendered":"Romanian Politician Calls Ukraine an &#8220;Invented State&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Romanian far-right populist Calin Georgescu has been disqualified from participating in the May presidential election rerun by the country&#8217;s Central Electoral Bureau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In December, Romania&#8217;s constitutional court nullified the first round of voting\u2014where he secured first place\u2014after intelligence reports revealed Russian involvement in 800 TikTok accounts supporting him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bureau cited &#8220;procedural issues&#8221; as the reason for rejecting his candidacy, without providing further details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video by the Hybrid Warfare Analytical Group on Georgescu&#8217;s provocative statements against Ukraine&#8217;s territorial integrity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A short video summary is available for the article as well <a href=\"\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xIboOB3d6J\">pic.twitter.com\/xIboOB3d6J<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Hybrid Warfare Analytical Group\/UCMC (@hwag_ucmc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hwag_ucmc\/status\/1887513247797952802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>More details you may find in the recent article <a href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/in-unison-with-the-kremlin-why-did-a-romanian-far-right-politician-talk-about-dividing-ukraine\">In unison with the Kremlin: why did a Romanian far-right politician talk about \u201cdividing\u201d Ukraine?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romanian far-right populist Calin Georgescu has been disqualified from participating in the May presidential election rerun by the country&#8217;s Central Electoral Bureau. 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