Moldova. This is not the end of post-election unrest. The Kremlin has a new plan

On Monday Central Electoral Commission in Chisinau reported official results this year's presidential elections, won by pro-European Maia Sandu.

On the same day, Russian and pro-Kremlin agents were to begin disinformation operationthe aim of which is to discredit the incumbent head of state – said researchers from ISW (Institute for War Studies).

Moldavian Socialist Party she called Sandu an “illegal president” and associated with Russia Moldovan oligarch Ilan Sor he told Russian state television Rossiya-24 that Moldovan opposition has “evidence” of mass fraud in favor of Sandu.

Earlier, the Moldovan, pro-European authorities warned that a large-scale bribery campaign was being carried out in the country in connection with the presidential elections and referendum. Organized by the aforementioned Sora.

Pro-Kremlin former president Moldova Igor Dodon in an interview with the Russian propaganda agency TASS, he emphasized that Sandu won only thanks to votes Moldovan diasporai.e. Moldovans living outside the country. Let us recall that if the choice of the future head of state was decided only by citizens living in Moldova on a daily basis, Stoianoglo – considered pro-Russian – would win (51.33% to 48.67%).

W electoral commissions outside the country was recorded during these elections record attendance – over 320,000 voted people. In the second round of elections, the diaspora overwhelmingly voted for Sandu. Ultimately, 54.34 percent took part in the vote. citizens, of which women (54.79%) were more willing to go to the polls than men (45.21%).

According to ISW, the Russian information space repeated the words pro-Russian Moldovan opposition. This maintains that elections in Moldova are controlled by “European bureaucrats”and Moldovans have no influence on the vote result. Election winner and incumbent president Maia Sandusupported by Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) indicated as the main goal of its rule Moldova's aspiration to join the EU and closer contacts with the West.

Alexander Stoianoglo entered the elections as the candidate of the pro-Russian socialist party. Although during the campaign he positioned himself as a pro-European candidate, at the same time appealed for good relations with Russia. He also did not support the candidate promoted by Sandu referendum on entering European integration into the constitution.

Sources: Ukrinform, ISW