The nationwide safety adviser to Moldova’s pro-Western President Maia Sandu accused Russia on Sunday of serious interference within the ongoing run-off presidential election.
Stanislav Secrieru wrote on Sunday on the platform X: “We’re seeing large interference by Russia in our electoral course of as Moldovans vote within the presidential run-off as we speak—an effort with excessive potential to distort the end result. Authorities are on excessive alert.”
Authorities are reportedly alarmed by organized transport of voters to the polls within the breakaway area of Transnistria, the place Russian troops are stationed, which Secrieru stated is against the law.
Secrieru additionally reported that organized transport from Russia is being organized with buses and constitution flights to ferry voters to Baku, Istanbul, and Minsk. He shared a video circulating on social media that allegedly exhibits people holding their Moldovan passports on a airplane heading to Minsk.
There had been prior complaints in regards to the restricted voting choices for Moldovans dwelling in Russia, with solely two polling stations open in Moscow. He acknowledged that the flight serves as clear proof of a large-scale organized voter transport effort.
