Romanian far-right presidential candidate leads in polls ahead of May vote

Reuters - 21/01
Romanian far-right pro-Russian presidential candidate Calin Georgescu remained voters' top choice ahead of a re-run of a presidential election in May, an opinion survey showed late on Monday.
BUCHAREST, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Romanian far-right pro-Russian presidential candidate Calin Georgescu remained voters' top choice ahead of a re-run of a presidential election in May, an opinion survey showed late on Monday.
The survey comes one month after the European Union state's top court annulled the presidential election in which Georgescu was the frontrunner two days before the second round, citing allegations of Russian interference in his favour.
The cancellation came after state documents showed Georgescu, a critic of NATO who has praised Romania's 1930s fascist leaders, had benefited from an unfair social media campaign likely to have been orchestrated by Russia, accusations Moscow has denied.
Conducted by pollster Avangarde and cited by online news website ho...
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