Romanian prosecutors charged ultranationalist politician and the frontrunner in last year's cancelled presidential election Călin Georgescu on Tuesday with attempting to stage a coup. According to the charges, Georgescu and 21 other people were planning to endanger national security and the country's constitutional order after the pro-Russian candidate's first round election victory in November was ruled invalid. In an interview with Euronews Romania, Romania's former Prosecutor General Augustin Lazăr said Georgescu could face up to 20 years in prison if found guilty. The previous day, Romania's Constitutional Court annulled the first round of the election after allegations emerged of electoral violations and Russian interference. RelatedWriting on X on Tuesday, Dan said the prosecutors' investigation showed how Russia's actions "directly supported a pro-Kremlin candidate in the electoral race".