Romania's Georgescu taken in for questioning to Prosecutor General’s Office amid country-wide raids

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Romanian prosecutors launch criminal probe into presidential election front-runner

Calin Georgescu is accused of election campaign funding abuses and supporting fascist groups as well as other offenses - Anadolu Ajansı

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Far-right Romanian presidential candidate detained, charged in election probe

Romanian presidential candidate and right-wing populist Calin Georgescu was detained by police on Feb. 26 and charged by prosecutors for alleged crimes related to the country's recent elections.Georgescu, a pro-Russian candidate who has referred to Ukraine as a "fictional state," emerged as the frontrunner in Romania's presidential race in the first-round vote on Nov. 24. Romania's Constitutional Court annulled those results after reviewing evid…

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‘Pro-Russia’ President Candidate Detained On Way To File Nomination After Annulled Vote

Pro-Russia Romanian presidential candidate Călin Georgescu has been taken in for questioning by police as he was about to file his new candidacy for the upcoming elections in May. His detention follows last year’s annulled elections, which were canceled over alleged “foreign interference” linked to Russian influence. Georgescu, a far-right candidate critical of NATO and supportive of Vladimir Putin, has sparked major controversy in the West. Wat…

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Front-runner in cancelled Romanian election detained

Far-right candidate Calin Georgescu, who is not a suspect, summoned as part of a wider investigation

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Romanian Prosecutor's Office Arrests Former Presidential Candidate Georgescu - teleSUR English

On Wednesday, Romanian nationalist politician Călin Georgescu, who won the annulled 2024 presidential elections, was arrested and taken to the General

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Romanian far-right populist candidate Calin Georgescu has been arrested by the police as part of an investigation by prosecutors into fraud in the campaign...