The pro-Western incumbent prevails in the election in the former Soviet Republic of Moldova. Moscow is now contradicting the accusation of interference and is making serious accusations of its own.
The Kremlin has criticized the presidential elections in the former Soviet Republic of Moldova between Ukraine and the EU country Romania as unfair and undemocratic. “They were full of election manipulation,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. He complained that hundreds of thousands of Moldovans living in Russia were deprived of the opportunity to vote. In contrast, the Moldovan diaspora in the West could have voted, which would have had an impact on the outcome. The pro-Western incumbent Maia Sandu won the presidential election in the country torn between the West and Russia.
Sandu received a total of just over 55 percent of the votes cast. Her challenger Alexandr Stoianoglo got almost 45 percent, but was ahead in terms of votes cast in the country itself. The Republic of Moldova, which is also a candidate for EU membership, had accused Russia of massive election interference and spoke of organized voter transport, especially in the Transnistria region, which has broken away from Moldova. Peskov rejected these allegations. There is no evidence to support these allegations, he said.
Source: Stern
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