Hi all,

Today it’s the 2nd round of presidential elections in Moldova. The candidates are:

  • Maia Sandu - the Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS), pro-EU
  • Alexandr Stoianoglu - Socialists (PSRM), less pro-EU, rather pro-Russia, supported more or less by the Kremlin.

Get your Moldovan friends to the ballots if you have any. I’ll try to keep you posted about any updates as much as I can (I’ll be on a hike so I likely won’t have that much cell service).

Here’s the Election Commission’s official website where you can see the presence in real time (as well as the results after the polls close): pv.cec.md/

Right now it’s around 10:00 AM here in Romania, I guess it’s the same in MD

Edit: if you know any Romanian/trust Google Translate enough, here’s a live feed: hotnews.ro/live-alegeri-in-rep…

  • 0x815English
    5·
    21 hours ago

    https://feddit.org/u/petrescatraian@libranet.de

    Seems all fine, right?

    Pro-EU leader claims Moldova victory despite alleged Russian meddling

    Moldova’s pro-EU President Maia Sandu has claimed a second term after a tense election run-off seen as a choice between Europe and Russia. With most votes counted Sandu had won 55%, and in a late-night speech she promised to be president for all Moldovans.

    Her rival Alexandr Stoianoglo, who was backed by the pro-Russian Party of Socialists, had called for a closer relationship with Moscow.

    During the day the president’s national security adviser said there had been “massive interference” from Russia in Moldova’s electoral process that had “high potential to distort the outcome”.

    Russia had already denied meddling in the vote, which came a week after another key Eastern European election in Georgia, whose president said it had been a “Russian special operation”.

      • 0x815English
        3·
        21 hours ago

        I assume you agree that they will continue to interfere, but, yes, for now there is reason to celebrate a bit :-)

        • Cătă@libranet.deOP
          4·
          21 hours ago

          @0x815 as long as it has troops in Transnistria they will surely continue to interfere and do it rather efficiently (not to mention about Găgăuzia), but yes, for now it seems the tide has changed in favor of Moldova - at least for the time being.

          Also, what I did not mention was that Maia Sandu won in the county of the runaway Ilan Shor. How the turns have tabled. 😁