Dozens of armed men were arrested on their way to the Romanian capital to take part in protests against the decision to scrap presidential elections because of alleged Russian interference.
The frontrunner in the annulled vote, far right candidate Călin Georgescu, had called on supporters to gather around closed polling stations on Sunday, the day of the now cancelled run-off.
“No one ever can close the door in the face of Romanians, especially not the state institutions,” Georgescu said. “The state must be open to people, not closed . . . The institutions [must] let Romanians choose their destiny and not allow others to choose for them.”