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The President of Moldova Maya Sandu called the EU “the problem of survival” for the central European state and stated that the country of Eastern Europe is in the race over time, since it is heading for critical parliamentary elections, preventing Russian intervention and influence.
Sandu He said In the European parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday, three weeks before the vote on September 28, which he called the “most important” in the history of the country and the “final battle” in the course of the country in accordance with the EU.
Resonance of the pro -European party of actions and solidarity (PAS) Sandu was significantly muffled Compared to the latest elections of 2021. This may be behind the main opposition team, a patriotic bloc (PSRM), a four -party union, which is considered very close to Russia.
“(The result of these elections) will decide whether we will establish a stable democracy in the process of joining the EU (…) or whether Russia will destabilize us, to remove us from Europe,” Sandu told Sandu in the speech in European.
Moldova is a candidate for joining the EU since 2022, and negotiations officially began in June 2024. But this march was doubted in October last year, when the referendum on joining the EU to the Constitution of Moldovania won with Very subtle majorityField
Despite his victory, the camp in favor of the EU remained discouraged and Sandu He claimed this The voices were redeemed and that Russia’s participation was.
A year later, he accuses the Kremlin of the same illegal intervention. “Russia began the entire arsenal of hybrid attacks against us. The battlefield is our elections, ”he told Meps in Strasbourg.
In order to “understand Moldova through the urn for voting”, Russians use various tactics, from illegal financing, which spils through encryption and prepaid cards to cyber attacks, manipulating social networks and even the acquisition plan, she said. “Fake emails are also used in the name of state institutions. Deep politicians, built sites that represent impartial news, but serve as the propaganda of the Kremlin, ”said Sandu.
“According to estimates, our institutions, during the year, Russia held an equivalent of 1% of Moldova GDP to influence the elections in 2024,” he said.
Maya Sandu claimed that the criminal gangs of Moldova are recruited for sabotage and bullying, while the Moldovans abroad are also attacked in online campaigns and are not encouraged by voting. “Last year, fourteen polling stations in the EU countries threatened Fars to break the vote,” he said.
The President of Moldova warned the parliament that her country could be a “area of tests”, while “Europe is a goal” for Russian interventions and a hybrid war. “The purpose of the Kremlin is clear: turn us into a base for hybrid attacks in the European Union,” he said.