I'm not shocked although it's messy. From the technical point of view elections have rules and if candidates break the rules it seems ok to block them. At anot

I'm not shocked although it's messy. From the technical point of view elections have rules and if candidates break the rules it seems ok to block them. At another level, Russia is kind of waging war on Europe to try to engineer a fascist takeover. Some of us don't like that - remember Hitler was democratically elected and Putin is merrily killing thousands of innocents in his imperial quest. There is other iffy stuff: > ... evidence about a plot organised by former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu and a group of former French Foreign Legion fighters ... were planning to "infiltrate peaceful protests and trigger chaos through violent actions" >Police found large amounts of lethal weapons, ammunition, and cash https://www.romania-insider.com/romania-prosecutors-georgescu-plot-march-2025 https://www.romania-insider.com/romania-prosecutors-georgesc... >Russian Military Intelligence Behind Attempted Coup in Romania: The Shadowy Network Supporting Pro-Russian Candidate Călin Georgescu https://lansinginstitute.org/2025/03/10/russian-military-intelligence-behind-attempted-coup-in-romania-the-shadowy-network-supporting-pro-russian-candidate-calin-georgescu/ https://lansinginstitute.org/2025/03/10/russian-military-int... etc. 6 charged with treason. I'm not sure how proven it is but Russian military coups are bad and all that.