How the Russians mobilized when Călin Georgescu was erected: “At the Order of the Puppet of Romania” Investigation
The former candidate for last year's presidential election, Călin Georgescu, has benefited from supporting an online network specialized in spreading Russian propaganda on Tiktok and Facebook, managed by the Moldovan ilan Șor oligarch in Moscow.
The network coordinated by Ilan Șor supported Călin Georgescu. Photo: Mediafax
According to an investigation conducted under cover by the journalists “Ziarului de Gardă”, the online network was put on wheels after the presidential elections and the pro-EU referendum held last fall in the Republic of Moldova. During both scrutins, the Kremlin, through the network coordinated by the oligarch of the Moldovan, The online scheme is the parliamentary elections of September 28, 2025.
Therefore, hundreds of accounts with false identities were created by the members of the victory block, led by the fugitive ilan Șor oligarch, the network being specialized in spreading Russian propaganda on Tiktok and Facebook.
According to the quoted source, the members of the scheme are trained to post through the secret groups and channels on Telegram. For several months, they have been taught by instructors who speak in Russian how to use social networks and how to deceive algorithms to achieve the highest impact.
Subsequently, they received anti-European propaganda texts, aligned with Russian propaganda narratives, which they distributed daily in the online space. They act as “A digital army of the Kremlin against the Republic of Moldova”. Initially, it was not discussed about a possible financial remuneration, but later, the most active were paid by Moscow.
For example, on the morning of January 14, 2025, without any prior warning, the activists received the task of promoting the Ilan Șor's message in support of Anne Mihalachi, a Moldovan sued by the President of the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu, because he denigrated the image of his grandfather.
In addition to the message, they were forced to distribute on Facebook the hashtags and the link to Ilan Șor's Telegram channel, as well as a video clip, accompanied by hashtaguri, intended to publish Tiktok.
Maia Sandu or Klaus Iohannis, the targets of propaganda
On February 5, the journalist of the Guard newspaper, infiltrated in the group of trained activists, was called and invited to be part of a new project, with the name “Infolider”. It had been created for “To spread on the Internet Political information on the Republic of Moldova. We will publish posts on Facebook and Tiktok every day”.
Among the first tasks was the distribution of messages about the MAE Moldovan decision regarding the closing of the Russian Center for Culture and Science, due to the fact that several fragments of Russian drones fell in the Gagauz region of the Republic of Moldova.
“New tasks followed. One of them assumed the spread of the message that, after Trump's arrival in power, the” Sandu regime “must leave. In this context, anti-EU and anti-Aid narratives, spread during that period and several pro-Russian politicians from the Republic of Moldova. The homeland », a tribute to the Soviet army, the” infoliders “were able to spread the message that the power in Chisinau would like to” wipe memory “to those who fought in World War II. Sandu, who should “leave after Iohannis” “the journalists from Chisinau write.
The arrest of Călin Georgescu
Moreover, the “Infolider” project was also used to support it “Calin Georgescu, a former candidate for the Presidency of Romania, a sovereign leader, criminally investigated for the establishment or support of groups of fascist, racist, xenophobic or anti -Semitic character. When Georgescu was detained by the Romanian authorities, the members of the network were asked to publish support messages. The posts were accompanied by hashtags such as: #Nuromania, #nueu, #nuglobalists, #crisademocracy. All the posts had to be sent to the “Infolider” chatbot to be accounted for “, notes the media source.
The journalists of the mentioned source demanded a reaction from the Navy Tauber, a representative of the Victorian block, which is hidden from the Moldovan justice in Moscow. Near the pro-Russian Ilan Șor promised that he would come back with a point of view, which did not happen. Instead, Alexei Lungu, the leader of the Party Chance within the Victorian Bloc, refused to talk to the press about this case.
