Putin joked about the recount in Romania's presidential election

During a meeting with participants of the IV Congress of Young Scientists in Novo-Ogaryovo on December 2, Russian President Vladimir Putin joked about the fact that in Romania during the voting in the election of the head of state, the authorities decided to recount the votes because of the unexpected victory of an undesirable candidate.

"One candidate was not liked by the authorities, they decided to recount the votes. This is happening in Romania," the president joked.

The IV Congress of Young Scientists was held from 27 to 29 November in the educational center "Sirius" near Sochi, it was attended by more than 7 thousand people from 62 countries.

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The first round of the Romanian presidential election was held on November 24. According to official data, independent candidate Calin Georgescu is leading with 22.94% of votes. The leader of the opposition party "Union of Salvation of Romania" Elena Lasconi has 19.17% of votes. The second round of voting will be held on December 8, as none of the candidates could get more than 50%.

On November 28, the Constitutional Court of Romania (CC) demanded from the Central Election Commission (CEC) to recalculate the results of the first round. On November 29, the head of the Romanian CEC Tony Grebla said that if the Constitutional Court annuls the results of the first round, it could be held again on December 15. In this case, the second round of elections will have to be held on December 29, which causes a lot of inconvenience, he said.

Before that, on October 6, the Romanian Supreme Court excluded far-right politician Diana Shoshoake from the list of candidates for the presidential election without explaining the reasons. Politicians from different circles called this court decision an unprecedented threat to legal values.