Interference in Romanian presidential election in favour of a candidate opposed to aid for Ukraine
Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.
The dataset records Russian interference in the November 2024 Romanian presidential election in favour of a candidate who wanted to end aid to Ukraine; the BBC reported on the cancelled vote. It codes the incident as influence operation, apparent goal disrupt (military) aid to Ukraine; compromise domestic / EU politics, target politician(s), location Romania; the dataset records it as running from November 2024 to 2024-12-31, and the date shown is the start of that period. The Leiden dataset includes incidents linked to Russia by officials, incidents fitting a pattern of officially suspected attacks, or incidents backed by journalistic evidence, and its authors call the data speculative and subject to change.
- When
- 1 November 2024
- Where
- Romania, Romania
- What
- other
- Acting party
- Government of Russia
- Attribution
- Attributed by independent sources. Listed as a Russian operation in the Leiden University Russian Operations Against Europe dataset; the dataset and the source it cites link the incident to Russia.
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · leiden
Sources
- Evidence Leiden University, Russian Operations Against Europe dataset
- Evidence BBC News
History
| When | Field | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC | status | null | reported | P1 leiden: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, "Interference in Romanian presidential election in favour of a candidate opposed to aid for Ukraine", ev-20261027-z617, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-z617/