The metallurgical Industry of Romania is almost entirely transferred to Russia and the Russian influence seems to have stopped at an industry, we could even argue that it has extended over some people too.
"This which I am saying can be proven with historical documents: The Soviets and later the Russians have kept their influence in Romania until later on. The adviser to President Putin himself on matters of national security has made a press statement in Romania saying that "regardless of whether some countries in the Eastern Europe are orienting towards NATO, we continue to be interested in this area and we will continue to be very influential. We will collaborate not only with state officials, but also with representatives of the civil society and others". With the term “and others" , they acknowledged they could collaborate with people from different spheres who enjoy influence. Therefore, they have a very large range which they felt entitled to use to keep up their influence ", Cristian Troncotă explained, the former head of the National Intelligence Academy.
The producer of the show "Meeting Point", Radu Tudor, explained however that there have been enough politicians in the Romanian administration who have opposed the Russian offensive. " People that have kept alive the anti-Russian tradition and who, with the events of December 1989, have heard again what our parents had said, what our grandparents had said namely that the biggest threat comes from the East. "
"I believe that this story with Traian Băsescu being involved in sulfurous relations with entities from Moscow weighs seriously and is worthwhile debating. I want you to remember something important, one of the first concerns of President Basescu was to provide power supply much cheaper than the market price to the Russians from Alro. And wondered why President Basescu would not intervene for a Romanian company. And I saw in the case of the Prosecutor General why for the Russians - we were told by the Romanian intelligence – they walked with a bag 4 million in cash in Bucharest. "
Moreover, Radu Tudor reminded that Traian Băsescu had funding including from Russia for his 2009 presidential campaign.
"In 2009, Basescu's presidential campaign was sponsored by the Russians from Lukoil with $ 100,000, led by one of the top billionaires in Moscow, a close friend of Vladimir Putin. If all this is coincidence, it means that I do not know how to evaluate politicians. "
PSD Senator Daniel Savu, former SRI counterintelligence officer explained, from his perspective an episode of President Basescu.
"It is with great sorrow that I am telling this, but the things we talk about happened before 1989, in this field people are recruited and kept in preservation for 20 years, they make their appearance at the appropriate time. These kind of services in the Eastern Europe are much more efficient. I remind you one thing: I used to be a counter intelligence officer. In the first year as president of Bsasecu, the freshly elected president, Traian Băsescu attends the parliamentary assemble of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. There, a deputy from the Duma says “the presence of the American troops on the territory of Romania, places us in danger”. To whom Băsescu replies and made the MP leave the room" for 30 years you have done whatever you wanted in Romania, now we are doing what we want ". The Anti-Russian Băsescu. I, from my experience, I would say that this is the very thing you want to do if you seek to make credible one of your agents of influence.