Romania annuls first round of presidential vote won by far-right candidate [Video]

• A top Romanian court annulled the first round of the country’s presidential election after intelligence was declassified alleging that Russia ran a large scale social media campaign to promote the candidate Calin Georgescu.
• Reformist Elena Lasconi, who Georgescu was due to face in a runoff on Sunday, condemned the court’s decision.
• In the intelligence release, the secret services alleged that one TikTok user paid more $381,000 to other users to promote Georgescu content.

A top Romanian court on Friday annulled the first round of the country’s presidential election, days after allegations that Russia ran a coordinated online campaign to promote the far-right outsider who won the first round.

The Constitutional Court’s unprecedented decision — which is final — came after President Klaus Iohannis declassified intelligence on Wednesday that alleged Russia ran a sprawling campaign comprising thousands of social media accounts to promote Calin Georgescu across platforms like TikTok and Telegram.

The intelligence files were from the …