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    Shock as pro-Russia independent wins first round of Romanian election

    An ultranationalist, Moscow-friendly Nato critic is set to face a centre-right candidate in the runoff of Romania’s presidential elections after a shock first-round result that has upended the country’s politics and could jeopardise its support for Ukraine.

    https://www.theguardian.com/worl…

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    • doesn't this just mean that the vote was split between the two centrist candidates and Elena Lasconi will mop up in the next round?kingsteven
    • Pretty much.
      But due to finding out this fucker used bot farms to "convince" people on tiktok to vote for him, now Supreme Court asked for a vote recount
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    • He was unknown, had something like 3% in polls before elections, then got over 20% overnight basically
      From poorly educated people on tiktok
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    • Pure political chaos :))
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    • https://polymarket.c…
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    • It was the same MO from Georgia, Moldova, and even Brexit. Influencing elections through social media
      Tiktok getting really dangerous for democracies worldwide
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