The problem here is that the state didn’t need to go through this charade. He was tried in absentia. He is never going back to this place. Romania has no power to enforce this. It was a waste of Romanian tax payers money funding a theatrical performance for a bunch of old men. Just waste, to send a message, in the dying days of a war long lost.

Today, in the U.S., an executive order was signed to reclassify cannabis, which is the primary reason pretty much any other state in the world still has it illegal, and consequently not built a local cannabis industry worth real money. It has been traded by humans for centuries.

Romania are attempting to exclude this man’s cultural works from their state. Which is impossible. Of course, this just makes him more popular, illicit. Europe is connected enough, any Romanian could go to one of his concerts in any other European city trivially. The only people hurt by this are themselves, Romanian local commercial activities like concerts, merch, food, entertainment from tours. I hope the see the absurdity of their actions and adopt a more 21st century view of things.