The Kremlin “complains” of “irregularities” within the counting of the votes of the referendum in Moldova, the place “sure” to hitch the European Union narrowly prevailed this morning after the mixing of the votes of the Moldovan diaspora, whereas “no” prevailed initially .
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov demanded “proof” concerning the “critical accusations” made by pro-EU President Maya Sandu concerning the exercise of “felony gangs in collaboration with overseas powers, hostile” to Moldova's pursuits.
Peskov finds it “troublesome to clarify the rise in votes in favor of Sandu and becoming a member of the European Union” this morning. “Anybody who is aware of the electoral course of can detect anomalies within the improve of votes,” he stated through the press briefing.
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The Kremlin spoke of an “intolerant election marketing campaign”, assured that Moscow “is aware of how a lot folks don’t help the president's ideology and actions” and requested the outgoing president to deliver “public proof” of the “critical accusations ” of overseas interference within the electoral course of, which goals to “entice Moldova within the insecurity and destabilization” that Moscow believes will likely be attributable to the nation's removing from Russia's sphere of affect.
The voters accredited with 50.17% of the votes the registration within the Structure of the target of becoming a member of the European Union after the counting of 98% of the votes.
For a lot of hours, “no” prevailed through the counting of votes, till the mixing of the votes of the Moldovan diaspora started, which overturned the election outcome.
Concurrently the referendum, the voting of the presidential elections was held in Moldova.
Maya Sandou, 52, received the primary spherical with 42% of the vote, however is making ready for a tricky second spherical the place she is going to face Alexander Stoyanoglou (26), a former prosecutor backed by pro-Russian socialists who seems to have extra pool of votes by drawing from the smaller candidates.
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