Shock as pro-Russia candidate comes first in Romanian election runoff

Călin Georgescu, a Nato critic who praised Vladimir Putin as 'a man who loves his country', won 22.9% of the vote in the first round of the presidential election.
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He will face centre-right candidate Elena Lasconi, who won 19.17%. Prime minister Marcel Ciolacu had been expected to take the lead of the race, but came third with 19.15% of the vote.

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