Thousands of flag-waving Romanians protested outside parliament on Friday against the annulment of presidential elections, where an obscure far-right candidate had been the front-runner amid claims of Russian interference.

Thousands of Romanians rallied outside the country's top court on Friday to protest against the December cancellation of the presidential election in which a little-known pro-Russian candidate won the first round.

Citizens will vote again on May 4 after previous presidential election annulled over allegations of interference from Moscow

Romania will hold a repeat of last year’s contested presidential election on May 4, months after the country’s top court annulled the ballot over allegations of Russian meddling.

Romanian intelligence chiefs should be fired for creating an “ambiguous” report used by judges to annul the country’s general election results, a leading candidate has said.