Voice of Russia, 21 Nov 2012, Valentin Mândrasescu: "The web site of the German radio station Deutsche Welle in Romanian published an article, which would be very funny if it did not raise doubts about the level of professionalism of the German journalists. Despite the fact that the article was entitled 'Is Romania a colony?' it authors did not bother to dwell on the subject, but went directly to attacking the Voice of Russia. The Russian radio station is blamed for almost uprooting the government authority as well as the law and order. Some of the passages from the text published by Deutsche Welle create a surrealistic impression. ... Despite the accusations directed at the Voice of Russia, it is the Deutsche Welle journalists who can be suspected of attempting to directly influence the policy of the Romanian government. In that respect very demonstrative is the recent editorial published by the web site of Deutsche Welle, in which the German journalists harshly criticized Prime Minister Victor Ponta for the mere thought to veto the German draft of the EU budget. ... The Voice of Russia attracts the Romanian readers by exactly the fact that it tries to look at the world from their point of view and their problems. This is the difference with the Western propaganda, which faces an unpleasant task of convincing the whole nation that to give up the right of determining its own destiny is good and right and to close eyes on all the drawbacks of the Western world. It is easy to notice that in this context the Voice of Russia hinders the efforts of the Western propaganda."

Voice of Russia, 23 Nov 2012: "The Voice of Russia radio, one of the largest and oldest foreign-language broadcasters in the world, has once again experienced attacks coming from Europe. This time it was Germany’s state-run Deutsche Welle radio that accused the Voice of Russia of making Romania a 'banana republic' and disintegrating the basics of a legal state in the country, as well as attempting to distance Romania from Berlin and Brussels. ... The Voice of Russia has forwarded a letter to DW offering a thorough discussion on the matter to exchange opinions and information. Earlier, Romanian President was given an opportunity to speak out on the VoR air and website."

Deutsche Welle, 20 Nov 2012, Petre M. Iancu (translated from Romanian): "Coupled with the enormous interest in the development of Bucharest, one of unprecedented intensity, manifested in recent months both in Moscow and Voice of Russia, on the one hand, and in Brussels or Berlin, on the other, the harshness shows real stakes in the Romanian election."

Update: Voice of Russia, 10 Dec 2012, Valentin Mândrasescu: "After an unfortunate experience with the Voice of Russia last summer, [President Traian Basescu]limited himself to gentle hints. For example, he called upon his voters to cast their votes for those 'who would preserve the strategic alliance with the USA' and would not reorient Romania's external policies towards Moscow and Beijing, not forgetting to mention the need to... 'be friends with Russia and China'. Basescu's right wing supporters have not their minced words; Monica Macoway, former Justice minister, member of the European parliament and titular leader of the alliance supporting the Romanian president, was strident in identifying and disclaiming those she holds responsible for the president's problems... 'This summer, for example, in the context of the impeachment of the president, the Voice of Russia was very active and then it gave instructions to the leaders of the Social Liberal Union about how to create chaos in the country and how to force the president to resign. ... The same Voice of Russia has put together a list of Romanians that the West trusts and that need to be destroyed and discredited by the Social Liberal Union.'"