The Kremlin spokesman says that the presidential elections in Moldova were not conducted in accordance with democratic rules.
The second round of presidential elections took place in Moldova on Sunday. The pro-Western and pro-European Maia Sandu won the first round with 55.35%. support. Second place went to former Attorney General Alexander Stoianoglo (44.67%). Prime Minister Donald Tusk commented on the results of the presidential elections in Moldova. “Despite Russia’s aggressive and massive interference in the Moldovan presidential elections, Maia Sandu most likely defeated Moscow’s favorite. Let us hope that this trend will continue in other countries in the coming days and months,” he wrote.
We also know how Russia is handling the matter. – These elections were neither democratic nor fair, they were full of electoral manipulation – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with state news agency RIA Novosti. For example, he commented on the mood in Moldova.
Attempts to undermine Sandu’s victory
According to the American think tank ISW, influential people linked to the Kremlin have launched a propaganda campaign aimed at undermining the victory of Moldova’s President Mai Sandu.
“Pro-Russian opposition groups and officials tried to undermine Sandu’s victory: the Moldovan Socialist Party called her an ‘illegal president’,” pro-Kremlin Moldovan oligarch Ilan Shor claimed on Russian state TV Rossiya-24 that the opposition ‘proved’ of widespread fraud in Sandu’s favor, and former pro-Kremlin President of Moldova Igor Dodon told TASS that Sandu only won thanks to the votes of the diaspora,” ISW describes.
The Russian information community, including Russian milbloggers, echoed these statements, claiming that the elections were controlled by “European bureaucrats” and that Moldovans had no control over the voting process. ISW previously reported on Russia’s systematic attempts to interfere in Moldova’s elections and obstruct the referendum on the country’s accession to the EU.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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