The pro -Romanian presidential competitor was interrogated by the prosecutors

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The Romanian -supportive candidate for Russia, who won the first round of the presidential vote that was canceled last year, was canceled for their interrogation by the prosecutors.

The right -wing extremist politician Călin Georgescu was captured by the police in Bucharest on Wednesday while he was traveling to register in May of the vote, according to his Facebook page.

He was transferred to interrogating the Public Prosecutor’s office at the same time that the raids through Romania targeted more than 20 people close to his campaign, including a Poor mercenary leader.

“They are looking to create evidence to justify the theft of elections and do anything to prevent my new nomination for the presidency,” said a post on the Georgescu page on Facebook. “Where is democracy?” Georgsco’s lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The result of the November elections was canceled by the Roman Constitutional Court after it claimed the highest national security body in the Russian trading country in favor of Georgisco, who was shocked in the first round the political institution in the country.

The authorities have not yet provided general evidence of Russian collusion in voting. Georgsku, who praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and criticized Ukraine and the West for his support, denied that his campaign was fueled by Russian intervention.

Georgsku and the leader of mercenaries Horatiu Potra Among the 27 people were targeted by public prosecutors regarding crimes, including procedures raised in the constitutional system, establishing an extremist organization and strengthening the views of guilty persons in war crimes and genocide – regarding the open admiration of Georgescu to the leaders of the Roman war.

It was a speech in December by Georgsco in Bucharest, where he repeated the words and gestures of the Romanian fascist leader Ion Antonisco, one of the reasons for his arrest, according to the prosecutors.

It was not immediately evident that Georgisco will be held on his attempt in the repeated elections, planned on May 8 and 22. Recent opinion polls indicated that the singular candidate, with some opinion polls, from which more than 40 percent of his support was quoted.

The case of Georgsco was raised this month by US Vice President JD Vance, who denounced the lack of elections as evidence of the European retreat of democracy.

Vans accused the Roman authorities of running “fake” intelligence and the alleged pressure from other European capitals.

People close to US President Donald Trump, including his son Donald Trump Junior and Eileon Musk, have repeatedly criticized Romania for treating the case. Musk It was published on Wednesday “They just arrested the person who won the largest number of votes in the Roman presidential elections. This is a mess.”