Romania's Foreign Ministry (MAE) on Tuesday said that recent statements by the Russian foreign intelligence service "are ridiculous and fully inappropriate."
"They are part of the series of hybrid actions carried out by the Russian Federation to undermine democracy in Romania. All these activities, which include public messages, influence campaigns and interference with democratic processes, are meant to decrease trust in the authorities and criticise Romania's EU and NATO memberships," said MAE.
It added that, "these allegations are part of the Russian efforts to build a narrative addressed to its own audience, given that Russia does not have a space for free debate or free elections."
"There, any opposition is imprisoned or murdered. Criticism of the EU or Romania also has the role of distracting from such realities," said MAE.
The European Union's leadership is obviously behind the decision to bring charges against Romanian presidential candidate Calin Georgescu, Russia's Tass news agency quotes Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) as reporting on Tuesday.
According to SVR, Brussels is waging a war on those European leaders who openly support US President Donald Trump.
"According to available data, the European bureaucracy has declared a war on 'non-systemic leaders' who are open supporters of US President Donald Trump and refuse to follow instructions from the EU's ruling liberal elites," the SVR press bureau said in a statement.
According to the SVR, "Brussels is extremely concerned that the new US leader could weaken the European globalist superstructure and is relying on nationally oriented conservative leaders such as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico and Romanian presidential candidate Calin Georgescu in this work."
"European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who played a key role in recognising the results of the first round of the presidential elections in Romania as invalid, called on the current authorities in Bucharest to bar Georgescu from participating in the second round in May. She warned that if this representative of 'non-systemic forces' continues his election campaign, the European Union will restrict access to its funds for Romania," the statement said.
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