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Moldaus President complains of “enormous pressure from Moscow” about choice
Pro -Russian and pro -European forces have been fighting for the course in Moldau for decades. Shortly before the election, President Sandu complained that Russia uses unfair methods.
Immediately before the parliamentary election in Moldau, the pro -European president Maia Sandu complains of massive Russian influence. “This is about the territorial integrity and independence of our republic. And what we see is an enormous pressure from Moscow to interfere in the elections and influence the elections,” said Sandu to the news portal “Zdfhute.de”.
Moscow spends “hundreds of millions of euros” for “to finance political parties, even to bribe voters or to train young people to organize destabilization activities,” said Sandu. A new parliament will be elected in the small Republic of Moldova – EU membership candidate since 2022.
Surveys recently expected that the party of Sandu, who is actively supported by the European Union, could again become the strongest strength in the election, but can no longer rule alone. The Russian -oriented alliance of patriotic blocks are given opportunities for a good election result.
Moldova: towards Russia or towards the EU?
Sandu described the upcoming elections on platform X as the most serious for the future of the country. “Your outcome will decide whether we will consolidate our democracy and join the EU or whether Russia pulls us back to a gray area and makes us a regional risk.” The Moldauers would have to decide on the future, not Moscow.
The President sees her country on a good way to the EU. “We have made great progress in the past three years. I really believe that the Republic of Moldova can be an EU member by the end of the decade,” she told the news portal “ZDFHeute.de”.
Even if the pro -European camp was supposed to lose the election on Sunday, Sandu wants to continue fighting for democracy. “Because we believe in freedom. And don’t want to live under Putin’s regime,” she said with a view to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In the impoverished agricultural land between EU member Romania and Ukraine, pro-Russian and pro-European forces have been fighting for the course for decades. Around 2.4 million people live in Moldova.
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Source: Stern
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