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Journalists investigating trail of Russian money behind Romanian presidential candidate receive threats

December 5, 2024

Journalists at Snoop.ro were recently threatened for exposing a network of ads and news created with Russian funds to back Romanian presidential candidate Călin Georgescu.

Georgescu, who came seemingly out of nowhere and claimed the first place in the initial round of the presidential elections, has always claimed to have conducted his campaign with virtually no money. 

Snoop.ro, however, showed how Russian money, paid for seemingly benign ads about natural medicine and saint-related...

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