▁P ace pa , ▁a ▁def ector ▁and ▁former ▁sp y ▁chief . ▁At ▁the ▁time , ▁it ▁circul ated ▁the ▁claim , ▁supported ▁by ▁the ▁F SN , ▁that ▁Ce au ș es cu ' s ▁repr ession ▁of ▁the ▁popular ▁revol t ▁had ▁killed ▁as ▁many ▁as ▁ 6 0 , 0 0 0 ▁people , ▁which ▁was ▁a ▁ 6 0 - fold ▁increase ▁of ▁the ▁actual ▁death ▁to ll . ▁ ▁Ed ited ▁after ▁its ▁res urg ence ▁by ▁the ▁pro - FS N ▁poet ▁and ▁transl ator ▁Dar ie ▁Nov ă cean u , ▁A dev ăr ul ▁became ▁the ▁dominant ▁left - wing ▁newspaper ▁of ▁post - comm un ist ▁Roman ia . ▁In ▁parallel , ▁Dim inea ța ▁was ▁itself ▁rev ived , ▁and , ▁although ▁independent ▁from ▁A dev ăr ul , ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁F SN ▁mouth pie ce . ▁Their ▁main ▁right - wing ▁rival ▁was ▁another ▁former ▁Commun ist ▁Party ▁ven ue , ▁Româ nia ▁Liber ă , ▁which ▁open ly ▁repro ached ▁on ▁the ▁F SN ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁mon opol izing ▁power , ▁and ▁which ▁identified ▁itself ▁with ▁liberal ism ▁and ▁pl ural ism . ▁Ref lect ing ▁back ▁on ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁South am pton ▁Institute ▁research er ▁David ▁Ber ry ▁argued : ▁" the ▁ide ological ▁forces ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁previous ▁St alin ist ▁regime ▁were ▁p itted ▁against ▁a ▁much ▁smaller ▁and ▁dispar ate ▁oppos itional ▁group . ▁This ▁latter ▁group