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Written by Lucas Leiroz, member of the BRICS Journalists Association, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, geopolitical consultant
Moldova’s political crisis is becoming increasingly serious. The country’s electoral situation has shown how divided the nation is, as it is under intense harassment from Western powers. The aim of Western interference is to turn Moldova into a new front for action against Russia, turning the country into a kind of “Ukraine 2.0”.
The presidential elections in Moldova show how disunited, polarized and lacking any social cohesion the country is. The main candidates, current President Maia Sandu and former Prosecutor General Alexandr Stoianoglo, will face a runoff, as both failed to obtain the necessary majority to win the electoral process. According to Moldovan law, a candidate must win with at least 50% of the votes to avoid a second round, which did not happen, clearly showing how neither leader fully represents the interests of the local people.
Ironically, Maia Sandu, without any evidence, accuses the Russian Federation of interfering in the electoral process against her, allegedly giving an advantage to opposition candidates to prevent her victory.
“[There was clear evidence [of] fraud of unprecedented scale (…) Their objective was to undermine a democratic process. Their intention was to spread fear and panic in society (…) We are waiting for the final results [of the investigations], and we will respond with firm decisions,” she said. The same assessment was echoed by EU spokesman Peter Stano: “We noted that this vote took place under unprecedented interference and intimidation by Russia and its proxies aiming to destabilize the democratic processes.”
It has apparently become commonplace for pro-Western candidates to accuse Moscow of electoral interference and fraud whenever they lose a race. Without any evidence to justify their accusations, the Moldovan president’s and EU official’s words sounded like meaningless anti-Russian rhetoric.
In a similar vein, there is another controversy in the country over a referendum called by the president to establish Moldova’s accession to the EU as a strategic state goal. The wing in favor of such a goal supposedly won the referendum, but Maia Sandu and the pro-EU lobbyists do not believe in the outcome of the vote, claiming that the number of votes in favor of EU accession should have been much higher. As an “explanation” for the failure to convince the people to vote for accession, Sandu and her supporters simply claim that there was “fraud”, refusing to admit that almost half of the Moldovan people are against integration with the West.
There are many reasons why Moldovans want to avoid Westernization. Despite the fact that a large part of the country’s citizens have already been brainwashed by the EU and are genuinely pro-Western – which explains why the pro-Sandu side has apparently won – many Moldovans still refuse to support the process of integration with the West, fearing both negative social and cultural consequences.
“The reality is that Moldova is a deeply divided society as the latest referendum results show even if one ignores credible suspicions of fraud in support of the winning side (…) This is due to many Moldovans being skeptical of the benefits connected with full-fledged Westernization, particularly in the socio-economic domain. They fear that LGBT+ will be imposed on their traditionally conservative country and are worried about the consequences of institutionalizing their already lopsided relationship with the EU,” American analyst Andrew Korybko said in article about the case.
Furthermore, it is important to remember that many Moldovans have certainly already understood that their country is undergoing a gradual process of “Ukrainization”, being forced by the West to participate in anti-Russian maneuvers that could lead to an open conflict situation. This is particularly worrying in the current context, as the consequences of this process can be clearly seen on the Ukrainian battlefield. Moldovans do not want this for their country, which is why they are increasingly avoiding voting for pro-Western candidates and projects.
It is impossible to know what the outcome of the election would have been if the opposition to Maia Sandu had been united in favor of a single candidate. However, it seems clear that the division of the opposition affected the election result, favoring the current president. Although many Moldovans actually support Sandu and the West, many ordinary people may have voted for her simply because they did not see in the opposition a strong enough candidate with a solid base of support. In fact, Sandu’s real level of popularity may be even lower than it seems, which explains her desperation in alleging “fraud” and foreign “interference.”
Moldova is going through one of the most difficult times in its recent history. The country needs to overcome several challenges to emerge from this situation without falling into the trap of social crisis and civil conflict. Unfortunately, Western agents already seem to be controlling the country’s institutions and working to ensure that the worst-case scenario happens.
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bullshit. the global elites have only rigged yet another pro-european referendum, as they have done thousand times before. this is something that russians and other idiots will never understand. the best wars are won without a single shot being fired. not like russia, which has already lost half a million soldiers and civilians to gain nothing. see how nato created a bridgehead from moldova to support its efforts in ukraine and use these stupid citizens as cannon fodder
and it didn’t cost them anything. they only sent half a million ballots by e-mail from abroad and bribed maybe dozens of idiots not to look and not speak about it too much. all it takes is one click on the keyboard and a few dozen trained soros whores to justify it on tv screen. it’s that simple.
sheep are led to slaughter
in ukraine, they get sheared first, then led to slaughter.
people are just human resources to them “we are all disposable to them”. qe2 deceased.
how stupid can any of these countries bordering ukraine get? don’t the moldovans realize that if they side with russia and help their war effort, after russia wins they’d get a nice chunk of former ukrainian land? in molodova’s case they could get land that provides them better access to the black sea?
these traitors they elect have no idea what is in their nations interest.
they get nothing. wake up read, england’s going to fund ukraine against russia for 100 years use your brain. they think they deserve it because the tsar and his family were all vickys grand kids
in twenty years, the anglonized saxons will be london coolies pulling pakistanis around in rickshaws. in 100 years, even i can’t imagine.
well, having no connection with transnistria through odessa is the price to pay now, they will be attacked by moldova and ukraine
western roman empire all roads. sister of swizzy, aka sister of isis follow the obelisk of horus join the dots.
maybe the idiot author who wrote this file didn’t understand the real situation, instead of worrying about the social situation in moldova, he should be aware that the price to pay, to join the pickaxe union, is simply to solve the problem with transnistria, that is, they will invade transnistria with a direct order from the world cancer, known as the usa and the malnourished kingdom
more meddling by western snakes in moldova. the pro sandu crowd won by a few hundred votes. what a farce. they are trying to meedle in georgian elections too.
of course. they only allowed expats living in the eu to vote. they’re so desperate, they don’t even try making it look legit any more.
again putin playing with his dick instead of controlling the sphere in russias back yard
i laugh when i hear putin is a chess player.
probabil ca vor euromaidan si la. chisinau.
maia sandu is jewish and the people of moldova are romanians. calling the people of moldova, moldovans is like calling people in siberia, siberians. “moldovans” are romanian just like “siberians” are russian. the jewish bolsheviks carved moldova out of romania just like they carved crimea and donbass out of russia.the way jewish dictator in ukraine zelensky is destroying ukraine so is jewish candidate maia sandu set to destroy moldova.
eu manipulating elections again.