Russia, in a Startling Case of Politics by TikTok, Creates a Candidate To Take Over a NATO Nation
On Sunday, Romania’s Călin Georgescu, a fringe candidate who has praised President Putin, could well be elected president.

A soils scientist, Călin Georgescu, may well be elected president of Romania Sunday. A fringe candidate, he had been kicked out of a right wing party for praising President Putin, deriding the North Atlantic Treaty, and hailing Romania’s World War II-era fascist leaders as “heroes.” A month ago he was languishing at one percent of voter intentions in the polls. So what made the difference?
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