Romania's Social Democratic Party (PSD) leader Mircea Geoana, who now runs in presidential elections due to take place later this month, has paid a private visit to Moscow on April 27, 2009, where he secretly met one of the aides of President Medvedev, political sources have told HotNews.ro. According to the sources, the meeting was allegedly mediated by Boris Golovin, a businessman with energy interests in Romania about whom the media has reported to be an ex-officer of GRU, the foreign military intelligence directorate of the Russian Federation army. Contacted by HotNews.ro, Golovin denied any links with the PSD. Initially, prominent Romanian politicians VIorel Hrebenciuc and Cozmin Gusa said they new nothing about the secret visit. After several hours, former Foreign minister Cristian Diaconescu confirmed that Geoana paid the visit but said he did not know whom the PSD leader met with, what the talks focused on or how long the visit was.

The starting point of the HotNews.ro research into the issue was a message posted by a HotNews.ro user on Tuesday signing as GRU. He addressed the message to Cristian Diaconescu, now a vicepresident of the PSD, and alleged that "information was circulating that Mircea Geoana paid a secret visit to Moscow on April 28, 2009. He left by a private plane, the visit was mediated by Boris Golovin, a former Russian spy with businesses in the energy sector in Romania, close to Viorel Hrebenciuc. The purpose was to obtain a meeting with Putin or with Medvedev for lobby and support. Geoana only met an aide at Kremline and it was nothing official, but took place somewhere close to Moscow. He obtained the promise he would be financially helped through all vectors of influence in Romania. As a Foreign minister, did you know of Mr Geoana's visit, be it secret or not, to Moscow? Does it seem correct to you that the second man in the st