{"id":6918,"date":"2025-09-24T13:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T13:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6918"},"modified":"2025-09-24T13:00:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T13:00:54","slug":"romanias-general-prosecutor-points-to-early-connections-between-russia-and-horatiu-potra-calin-georgescu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6918","title":{"rendered":"Romania\u2019s general prosecutor points to early connections between Russia and Hora\u021biu Potra, C\u0103lin Georgescu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former independent presidential candidate C\u0103lin Georgescu, who came in first place in the 2024 canceled presidential elections<\/a>, had ties to Moscow through fugitive mercenary Hora\u021biu Potra, according to Romania\u2019s general prosecutor Alex Floren\u021ba.<\/p>\n

Connections between the two were established early on, in the fall of 2021. They were consolidated in April 2022, when Georgescu turned to the leader of the mercenary group for support for the upcoming presidential elections.<\/p>\n

Alex Floren\u021ba also said that Hora\u021biu Potra traveled to Moscow in the fall of 2023 and in September 2024, according to G4Media<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Romanian mercenaries that Potra led, who were stopped early on<\/a> by police from inciting protests, even attempted to establish contacts in the breakaway Russian-majority Moldovan region of Transnistria to acquire weapons. Transnistria hosts what is believed to be Eastern Europe\u2019s largest ammunition depot<\/a>, a relic of the Cold War secured by some 1,500 Russian troops.<\/p>\n

Potra\u2019s trips to Moscow and his documented connections to Russia were, therefore, capable of leading to a serious threat.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After the failed attempt to stoke violent protests, Potra\u2019s men became Georgescu\u2019s security detail.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mercenaries were used on all levels. There are also cars that were handed over at that time for the use of the independent candidate, cars paid for by the mercenaries. There are several such elements. [\u2026] The whole mercenary part around him is made up of former fighters in the Foreign Legion and many of them in mercenary actions in Congo, being employed by the companies led by Potra,\u201d said Alex Floren\u021ba.<\/p>\n

Potra, who allegedly represents the link between Georgescu and Moscow according to prosecutors, had his home searched by prosecutors several times. Investigators seized phones, laptops, and computers and used them to uncover his plans.\u00a0<\/p>\n

C\u0103lin Georgescu, who surprisingly emerged as the winner of the first round of last year\u2019s presidential elections, was sent to trial<\/a> last week on charges of complicity in an attempted coup, alongside Hora\u021biu Potra and 20 other people. He also allegedly benefited from hybrid warfare operations coordinated by Russia during the country\u2019s 2024 presidential election crisis.<\/p>\n

The case against Georgescu and Potra represents \u201cthe most serious case monitored in the last 35 years,\u201d Floren\u021ba said. He warned that Romania has been under sustained hybrid warfare aimed at destabilizing society and manipulating public opinion.<\/p>\n

radu@romania-insider.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

(Photo source:\u00a0Brett Critchley<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Dreamstime.com<\/a>\u00a0and Inquam Photos | Octav Ganea, George Calin)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former independent presidential candidate C\u0103lin Georgescu, who came in first place in the 2024 canceled presidential elections, had ties to Moscow through fugitive mercenary Hora\u021biu Potra, according to Romania\u2019s general prosecutor Alex Floren\u021ba. Connections between the two were established early on, in the fall of 2021. They were consolidated in April 2022, when Georgescu turned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6918\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}