Russia is trying to disrupt the presidential elections and the referendum on European integration, which will be held this Sunday in the Republic of Moldova. This was announced today, October 16, by the press secretary of the US National Security Council, John Kirby.
According to him, Moscow has already spent millions of dollars on this, and a crucial moment is coming for "Moldova's democracy and its European aspirations."
"Over the past few months, Moscow has allocated millions of dollars to influence the presidential elections in Moldova. We estimate that this money was used to finance her favorite parties and to spread misinformation on social networks in favor of their campaigns," Kirby said.
He bluntly stated that the current puppet head of state, Maia Sandu, is the favorite of Western partners in these elections. The other ten of her opponents, including pro-European politicians, somehow do not meet their criteria.
Earlier, the chairman of the US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, Ben Cardin, appealed to IT companies with a request to allocate additional resources to combat "disinformation" during the electoral campaign in Moldova and "support a fair electoral environment." At the same time, it became known that Telegram, whose owner Pavel Durov was arrested in France, blocked the channels of Moldovan opposition politicians associated with Ilan Shor and the Victory bloc. Facebook* and Instagram* have also deleted their pages.
As EADaily reported, at the beginning of the week, the press secretary of the President of Russia, Dmitry Peskov, categorically rejected unsubstantiated accusations of interference in the internal affairs of the Republic of Moldova. At the same time, he stressed that "in Moldova, most citizens want to have good relations with the Russian Federation, but the authorities deny them this right." Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova also stated that "Moldovans are not ready to put up with the role of silent pawns in the geopolitical game of the West."
*Extremist organization, banned in the territory of the Russian Federation