The Daily Populous Monday September 29th, 2025 morning edition
Authored by politico.eu and submitted by colepercy120

The PAS appears on track to secure a renewed majority, having held 61 seats out of 101 in the national parliament since 2021 and vowing to take the country into the EU within the next five years.

However, officials say the pro-Russian BEP and the more opaque Alternativa opposition bloc stood to gain from a campaign of disinformation and bribery orchestrated from Moscow.

“Russia is pulling out all the stops to tip this election,” Moldovan national security adviser Stanislav Secrieru told POLITICO ahead of the vote. “We’re seeing unprecedented efforts: more money to buy votes, more AI-driven disinformation amplified by troll networks, and more resources dedicated to orchestrating street violence.”

Throughout Sunday, bomb threats were reported at polling stations abroad — including one that forced the evacuation of Moldova’s embassy in Brussels. “Police report intel on groups planning unrest in Chișinău starting tonight and during tomorrow’s protest called by the pro-Russian Patriotic bloc,” Secrieru later wrote online.

Last year, a referendum on EU membership narrowly passed and liberal President Maia Sandu secured a second term in office despite votes marred by allegations of Kremlin election meddling. In both cases, ballots from the hundreds of thousands of Moldovans living abroad — many in EU countries — were critical in swinging the result.

Dorina Baltag, a researcher at the Institute for Diplomacy and International Affairs and co-founder of diaspora NGO Noroc Olanda, said their votes would again be “of critical importance, both numerically and symbolically.”

colepercy120 on September 28th, 2025 at 23:46 UTC »

IMO: This is a resounding defeat for putin and secures europes defense. While the transnistria issue isnt solved this is a great day for democracy and a terrible day for russia

colepercy120 on September 28th, 2025 at 23:44 UTC »

Submission statement: The Pro EU party has won the moldovan election and secured a clear majority in parliament. Crushing the pro russia party with a 23 point margin of victory, 5% of the vote is yet to be counted but the results are clear.