Amidst sweeping investigations into the mechanics of Russia’s failed bid to rig the Romanian Presidential election,  several social media influencers and individuals with criminal ties have fled the country. Authorities believe these figures were paid by businessman Bogdan Peșchir to promote pro-Russian, Nazi sympathizer, Călin Georgescu’s campaign through TikTok-driven propaganda, significantly boosting his popularity in the election’s first round.

Now two weeks after Russia’s attempt to install a little known pro-Russian, Nazi sympathizer into the Romanian Presidency using 10 million TikTok accounts, fake facebook profiles and around €380,000 in payments to social media influencers, Romanian law enforcement agencies have initiated a series of searches targeting individuals suspected of financing the presidential campaign of Călin Georgescu.

Putin’s Puppet assad is going down “We’re breathing the sweet air of freedom. It’s like paradise.” The brutal Russian-backed Assad regime is currently getting annihilated city by city, with the increasing likelihood of not only Damascus falling but also Russia’s two most important military bases outside Russia.

As Russians go from country to country applying their new and improved hybrid election rigging model, it seems that Romania has just set the gold standard in how to fight back. Having decades of experience living under brutal Russian oppression, Romanians understand that the stakes are high and that it’s much easier to keep the Russians from getting in, rather than getting them out once they’re already in, a fact that Georgia is regrettably learning right now.