Romania detained 20 pro -Russian mercenaries with weapons that prepared riots

The group booked hotels in the center of the Romanian capital and planned to break protests against the pro -Russian presidential candidate Kalin Georgescu. Romanian police detained 20 armed pro -Russian mercenaries who planned to arrange riots in Bucharest. Agepres writes about it. Police in Romania detained several people when they went to Bucharest with weapons, machetes and knives, in order to arrange provocations at rallies in support of the pro -Russian presidential candidate Kalin Georgescu.

The group booked hotels in the center of the Romanian capital and planned to break protests against the pro -Russian candidate who won the canceled first round of elections. The mercenaries also found a list of politicians and journalists who were planning to intimidate. Law enforcement agencies were questioned by at least 13 people after their cars stopped at the ILFOV county at night.

According to sources in the judiciary, among the detainees - the leader of the contingent of Romanian private military contractors who fight in the Congo Horacement. Ilfev police reported that criminal proceedings were opened on this fact. According to Romanian media, in 2011 he was sentenced to two years in prison with a delay in punishment after he was found guilty of creating a paramilitary group. The rally with the participation of Georgescu has passed without incidents.