Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice has ordered the release of mercenary Horațiu Potra from pre-trial detention and placed him under house arrest for 30 days, local news agency Agerpres reported. Potra is one of the main defendants in a case involving an alleged plot to destabilize Romania following the annulment of the 2024 presidential election . In the final ruling issued on Wednesday, June 17, the court replaced Potra's preventive detention measure with house arrest, effective until July 16.