The main publications in Russia point out, on Monday, the winning of the first election by a pro-Russian and anti-European candidate. Călin Georgescu is nominated as the candidate with real chances for the presidency of Romania and who wants “normalization of relations with Russia”.
Ria Novosti agency writes: “Georgescu’s results came as a surprise, the polls had given him low chances. He ran his election campaign on TikTok, advocates for traditional values, but at the same time glorifies the Romanian army, which was on the side of the fascists in the Second World War, he also believes that NATO membership cannot guarantee Romania’s security and advocates for an alliance with Russia”.
Also News.ru notes the fact that Georgescu was a member of the AUR and recalls that he wants the restriction of Romania’s participation in NATO and the normalization of relations with Russia. In the same article, News.ru then mentions Romania’s relationship with the Republic of Moldova. The newspaper spreads misinformation promoted by the Russian Foreign Minister, Maria Zakharova, who declared that “Moldova, according to Western plans, should become part of Romania. She explained that this idea is increasingly heard at EU foreign ministers’ summits.
Lehaim.ru writes about Georgescu’s fascist ideas, citing an interview from January, on Antena3. “Călin Georgescu, an expert in sustainable development, former employee of the United Nations Organization, said that Corneliu Zelia Codreanu “fought for human morality”, the newspaper mentions.
Topwar.ru mentions, right from the title: “A critic of the EU and NATO and a supporter of pragmatic relations with Russia leads in the first round of the presidential elections in Romania„.
Russian Reporter has an upbeat tone and captions: “The Romanian presidential candidate who praises Putin has every chance of winning“. The subsequent analysis of the publication claims, then, that the elections in Romania follow a pro-Russian trend that took place throughout the Western world. “The presidential campaign in Romania supported this year’s main trend in electoral processes around the world, without exception. The current politicians have been thrown far back by the voters, and populists and right-wing forces are fighting for power – and they manage to abandon the agenda of globalism, Russophobia and tolerance, which is boring to people all over the world.
Thus, the right-wing opposition presidential candidate Călin Georgescu won 22% of the votes with over 80% of the ballots, putting him at the head of the presidential elections on Sunday night,” the Russian site writes.
New Voice of Russia writes about Călin Georgescu that “he has promised to end what he sees as excessive dependence on the EU and NATO, especially for support for Ukraine. He also criticized the deployment of a NATO missile defense shield in Deveselu, Romania.”
