With the victory of Călin Georgescu, Romania enters its darkest possible scenario: a violently anti-Western, pro-Russian, neo-fascist, and anti-Semitic candidate wins the first round of the presidential elections. It’s hard to imagine a greater political disaster. We are living a nightmare. No one saw this coming—not the press, polling agencies, political parties, nor the renowned Romanian intelligence services that are supposed to protect us from hybrid wars and complex Russian online attacks.