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Moldova narrowly votes in favor of EU membership in referendum marred by claims of foreign interference

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Moldova held a presidential election and a referendum on EU membership, with the "yes" vote narrowly winning by 50.39% of nearly 1.5 million ballots cast, a slim margin of just over 11,000 votes. The referendum was marred by claims of Russian interference, with President Maia Sandu accusing "criminal groups" working with foreign forces hostile to Moldova's interests of trying to undermine the vote. The Kremlin denied any involvement, calling on Sandu to "prove" election interference. Sandu described the vote as a culmination of her four-year presidency and a crucial step towards Moldova's irreversible path to Europe. The referendum result has left the country with a mandate, but also deep divisions and uncertainty over its direction.

  1. European Union
    1. Moldova was facing really unprecedented intimidation and foreign interference by Russia and its proxies ahead of this vote.
  2. MD
    Maia Sandu
    Independent
    1. Moldova has faced an unprecedented assault on our country's freedom and democracy, both today and in recent months.
    2. Unfortunately, the justice system failed to do enough to prevent vote rigging and corruption.
    3. We are waiting for the final results, and we will respond with firm decisions.
    4. We have clear evidence that these criminal groups aimed to buy 300,000 votes – a fraud of unprecedented scale.
    5. Criminal groups, working together with foreign forces hostile to our national interests, have attacked our country with tens of millions of euros, lies and propaganda, using the most disgraceful means to keep our citizens and our nation trapped in uncertainty and instability.
    6. Here, too, we must draw a line, correct what went wrong, and learn the lesson. We heard you: we know we must do more to fight corruption.
  3. RU
    Dmitry Peskov
    Krem­lin
    1. Even amid this unfree election campaign, we see how many people oppose the ideology of incumbent President Sandu.
  4. US
    John Kirby
    White House National Security Council
    1. In the last several months, Moscow has dedicated millions of dollars to influencing Moldova's presidential election.
    2. We assess that this money has gone toward financing its preferred parties and spreading disinformation on social media in favor of their campaigns.
  5. MD
    Ilan Shor
    1. Today I congratulate you, you lost the battle.
  6. MD
    Vadim Pistrinciuc
    1. Everybody on the pro-European side is very grateful to the diaspora, because they saved democracy in the country.
  7. US
    Cristian Cantir
    Oakland University
    1. I think the ideal scenario for them would have been to have something that showed overwhelming support for the EU – and that simply did not happen.
    2. If I were a pro-EU politician … that's where I'd look for signs of good news.

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sources

  1. 1.Al Jazeera
  2. 2.The Times of India
  3. 3.France 24
  4. 4.The Guardian
  5. 5.The New York Times
  6. 6.Le Monde
  7. 7.CGTN
  8. 8.ABC News (Australia)
  9. 9.BBC
  10. 10.The Times
  11. 11.The Washington Post
  12. 12.CNN

perspectives

  1. 1.Russian Foreign Policy
  2. 2.Election
  3. 3.European Commission under Ursula von der Leyen
  4. 4.Electoral Fraud
  5. 5.Enlargement of the European Union
  6. 6.Moldova under Maia Sandu

countries

  1. 1.Bosnia and HerzegovinaBA
  2. 2.ChinaCN
  3. 3.Moldova, Republic ofMD
  4. 4.PolandPL
  5. 5.RomaniaRO
  6. 6.SerbiaRS
  7. 7.Russian FederationRU
  8. 8.UkraineUA
  9. 9.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.European Union
  2. 2.Krem­linRU
  3. 3.Central Election Commission
  4. 4.Socialist PartyFR
  5. 5.World Bank
  6. 6.European Commission
  7. 7.North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
  8. 8.Central Election Commission of Moldova
  9. 9.EU Parliament
  10. 10.Harvard UniversityUS
  11. 11.Oakland University
  12. 12.Party of Socialists of the Republic of MoldovaMD

persons

  1. 1.Maia SanduMD
  2. 2.Alexandr StoianogloMD
  3. 3.Ilan ShorMD
  4. 4.Dmitry PeskovRU
  5. 5.Ursula Von Der LeyenDE
  6. 6.John KirbyUS
  7. 7.Peter StanoSK
  8. 8.Viorel Cernauteanu
  9. 9.Andrew Higgins
  10. 10.Cristian CantirUS
  11. 11.Donald TuskPL
  12. 12.Florent Parmentier

technicals

  1. 1.Soviet Union
  2. 2.Balkans
  3. 3.Constitution
  4. 4.Eurofighter Typhoon
  5. 5.Russia-Ukraine War