Telegram CEO: French intelligence head asked me to ban Romanian conservatives

French deny this, so I guess is true but more nuanced: https://x.com/francediplo/status/1924129503800127999

Anyway, the election was held and the pro-EU candidate won with a large margin and had one of the highest turnout in decades.

I was impressed by the Romanian counting and reporting. Apparently they were able published live participation numbers since they used tablets log people who came to vote and they had the full results in about 2 hours.

This is the website for it: https://prezenta.roaep.ro/prezidentiale18052025/?region=roma...

Fun fact, the winner is a mathematician who had perfect scores at the international mathematics olympiads in 1987 and 1988.

Here's his profile: https://x.com/francediplo/status/1924129503800127999

For context: 2024 Romanian election (Annulment)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Romanian_presidential_ele...

As per tradition, just your regular Russian election interference, right on election day.

BTW, both candidates were conservatives.

https://en.iz.ru/en/1888293/2025-05-19/zakharova-responded-r...