Romania expels Russia’s military attaché and his deputy

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1. This is in the context of the controversial cancelled presidential election in December 2024

   >The Romanian prosecutors are reportedly in possession of recordings of phone communications between Marian Motoc – a Romanian individual currently under investigation for organising an illegal far-right organisation – and the military attache of the Russian Embassy. 

   >Motoc has also been in contact with far-right politician Calin Georgescu during last year, allegedly plotting a coup d’etat involving paramilitary forces handled by Horatiu Potra.

   >Russia has recently commented in support of Romanian far-right politician Calin Georgescu – currently under investigation for serious allegations, including planning a coup d’etat.

2. > The Romanian prosecutors are reportedly in possession of recordings of phone communications between Marian Motoc

   Phone recordings used as evidence in 2025, when AI has no issues faking entire videos, a media with far more fidelity than the low bitrate sound bytes used by cell phone companies.

   You can get anyone to say anything these days, just feed an LLM some audio recordings.

   > a Romanian individual currently under investigation for organising an illegal far-right organisation – and the military attache of the Russian Embassy.

   Being under investigation does not mean charged for breaking the law. Georgescu himself was “under the investigation” for all kinds of things, which ended up being disproved. Didn’t stop them from canceling the election though.

   > Motoc has also been in contact with far-right politician Calin Georgescu during last year, allegedly plotting a coup d’etat involving paramilitary forces handled by Horatiu Potra.

   Guy A was in contact with guy B, who in turn was in contact with guy C. Therefore guy A is undisputably supporting guy C.

   Or it could also have absolutely no relation at all, but don’t let that get in a way of a good argument.

   > Russia has recently commented in support of Romanian far-right politician Calin Georgescu – currently under investigation for serious allegations, including planning a coup d’etat.

   Guy wins an election, and gets that election cancelled. He must (have been) planning a coup!

   Russia speaking out in support of the guy who got slapped in the face with the values of democracy = being part of that coup.

   I’m not really privy to all of the details, just dissecting the arguments and words the article uses. Seems a lot like Romania trying to cover up for all of those cancelled elections and subsequent repressions and political pressure of Georgescu – and trying to find excuses to justify what they have done.

   With Russia currently being the token bad guy, it’s easy to just pin all of your issues and problems on them, and justify everything with Russian interference.

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