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Legionnaire-style blacklists, a method adopted by Romania’s communists and sovereignists
Legionnaire-style blacklists, a method adopted by Romania’s communists and sovereignists

The so-called “blacklists” have recently remerged in Romania – they are particularly circulated by Călin Georgescu’s supporters. In Romania, blacklists have a rather dark history, as they were used by extremists to take out their opponents.

Cezar Manu
27 Feb 2025
How Ceaușescu came back to life on TikTok
How Ceaușescu came back to life on TikTok

Nicolae Ceaușescu, Corneliu Zelea Codreanu and Ion Antonescu have tens of thousands of followers on TikTok, and their videos account for only a fraction of those that promote extremist discourse and false narratives.

August 23, 1944, a turning point in Romania’s history constantly seen through a political lens
August 23, 1944, a turning point in Romania’s history constantly seen through a political lens

Ion Antonescu’s arrest and Romania turning arms against Nazi Germany were two events that have been permanently interpreted through the lens of politics, to the detriment of a critical analysis, free from ideological constraints.

Cosmin Popa
23 Aug 2024
Ceaușescu was a great leader of sovereign Romania
Ceaușescu was a great leader of sovereign Romania

Sputnik has now joined the current trying to rehabilitate Nicolae Ceaușescu and advance the idea that he was a great leader and patriot, and Romania thrived under Ceaușescu. Some of the concepts are similar to those of proto-chronism, national-communism and sovereigntist lines of thought.