Pro-Russian, conspiracy theorist, environmentalist… Who is Calin Georgescu, the candidate who came out on top in the Romanian presidential election?

His campaign, conducted via TikTok, a Chinese social network, had gone under the radar. Calin Georgescu, pro-Russian candidate, only received 8% of the vote in the polls. He obtained 23% of the votes this Sunday in the first round of the Romanian presidential election. “Tonight, the Romanian people cried out for peace. And he shouted very loudly, extremely loudly.he pleaded, alluding to his position against aid to Ukraine. Romania, which shares 2,500 km of borders with it, has been an important supporter of kyiv since the first days of the Russian invasion. It hosts nearly five thousand NATO soldiers, including the French from the Aigle mission. “We should be observant. “We shouldn't be involved, it's none of our business.” he declared.

Calin Georgescu distilled his salty declarations towards NATO and the United States in videos published on TikTok. His account has 245,000 subscribers. He appears there on horseback, at mass or…