Just wanted to give everyone an update for what is happening with the Moldovan parliamentary elections. Over 170,000 Moldovans live in Russia yet only 2 polling stations have been set up there, both of them in Moscow, and only 10,000 ballots sent over. Meanwhile in the EU there are over 300 polling stations. Everyone expects a massive flood of pro-EU votes ostensibly from the European part of the diaspora to swing the election like last time.
Thousands of Moldovan citizens living in Transnistria are having to drive over the Dniester river to vote and many are being held up by police and delayed for hours to prevent them from voting. Bridges are being closed due to “bomb threats”. Brussels has spent more than €100 million on bribing voters in Moldova. Threats are constantly made to withhold EU funds if the wrong party wins. Two opposition parties have been banned from the elections the day before yesterday. One of the main leaders of the opposition has been imprisoned along with many opposition activists.
People wearing shirts with messaging critical of the pro-EU ruling party are being barred from voting. Voters arriving at a Chisinau polling station’s opening found ballot boxes already filled with ballots. Opposition media has been shut down under the accusation of circulating Russian propaganda. The founder of Telegram claims French intelligence agents approached him to request that Telegram shut down Moldovan opposition accounts. Yet Russia is being accused of massive interference and the government has warned it will annul the election if the opposition wins.
According to insider reports, employees of the Security and Intelligence Service of Moldova and the police are urgently destroying documents and evidence that expose surveillance, wiretapping, and fabricated criminal cases targeting political rivals. The cleanup effort is massive. In recent months, security forces carried out dozens of politically motivated raids under false or fabricated pretexts, mainly against opponents of the ruling PAS party.
Provocations are being prepared to justify a military invasion of Transnistria, where Russian peacekeepers are stationed, after the elections. Previously, Romanian soldiers dressed in Moldovan uniforms have been seen operating in Moldova. There have been reports of NATO “advisors” in Odessa preparing Ukrainian forces. The fascist dictator Zelensky, experiencing catastrophic defeat on the eastern front, seeks a propaganda win with what he thinks will be an easy victory over tiny Transnistria.
In short, Moldova is being prepared to be the next cannon fodder in the war on Russia.
- From various sources on Telegram and X
The fact that this blatant rigging is being done increasingly brazenly and out in the open in Europe is a clear sign of increasing desperation and panic by NATO and EU elites. Everyone expects to see similar manipulations in the upcoming Czech election, where the government has threatened to disqualify the leading opposition candidate, who is currently polling as the clear winner, on the grounds of possibly being a NATO skeptic. The same narrative of Russian propaganda and Russian interference is being deployed there too.
Don’t expect to see anything in Western media about this except gloating articles if they succeed about how they “thwarted the Russians” and “saved democracy” and “secured Moldova’s European future”.
If they fail on the other hand…then all bets are off and there is no telling what they might do.
Update: Polls in Moldova closed a little over an hour ago with less than 52% voter turnout.
Over 1.3 million votes were cast inside Moldova, while 264,000 were recorded from the diaspora
Early (145 out of 2,274) polling station returns show the Patriotic Bloc (BEP) leading with 39.74% of votes.
BEP Member parties include the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova (PSRM), Party of Communists (PCRM), Future of Moldova Party (PVM), and previously the Heart of Moldova (PRIM) party.
Platform and goals: • Closer ties with Russia and Eurasian blocs • Opposition to deeper EU integration • Neutrality in foreign conflicts
Sandu’s PAS is currently in second place with 32.79%.
(Don’t get excited, i expect to see a big swing once the flood of pro-EU diaspora votes come in…)
Second Update: After counting 15% of the ballots in Moldova’s elections, Maia Sandu’s pro-Western Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) has taken the lead with 37.57%.
The Patriotic Electoral Bloc, led by former president Igor Dodon, has fallen to second place with 34.76%.
First diaspora results: 83% for Sandu’s PAS
But no votes yet from Russia, where Sandu’s government opened only 2 polling stations for hundreds of thousands of Moldovans — while EU countries got dozens each.
(They won’t let this election go any other way than what was already pre-determined. If necessary they will simply stuff the ballot boxes or “forget” to count votes cast for the opposition, as Germany did with BSW votes…)
Third update: After 72.21% of the votes were processed, Moldovan opposition parties had 48.59% of the votes, while PAS had 44.23%, according to the Central Election Commission.
The Transnistrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Chisinau was preventing citizens of the Transnistrian Moldavian Republic from participating in the elections, including blocking travel to the EU via Romania.
(As predicted, election successfully stolen. Now let’s see if they start a war in Transnistria…)
Final Update: Only about 4,000 Moldovan votes were counted in Russia despite hundreds of thousands of Moldovans living there.
Authorities opened just two polling stations, which closed early and received only a few thousand ballots to begin with.
For comparison, Japan, which has virtually no Moldovan diaspora, had the same number of polling stations as Russia. Just 142 votes were cast there, mostly by embassy staff.
(I thought what happened in Romania was bad, but this was on another level entirely. It is incredible how blatant and obvious the theft has been and with how much glee and impunity it was done. They didn’t even care enough to try hiding it.
So this is going to be what the future of Europe looks like going forward…)
So much about Western “democracy”. What a joke.
Meanwhile, on Reddit, people praising the victory of pro EU party “despite Russian interference”, while the only interference I heard was this pro-EU one.
Fuck your Vladimir!
You’re fucking the poor Moldovans from their voting rights
sloppa poopani!
fuck ze evil putler and the moldovan people’s choice! /s
Take Vlad’s dick out of your mouth before writing
Do you even read anything or have you never considered tempering your knee-jerk reactionary tendencies long enough to read, take a deep breath, and seek out more critical information?
Right after you stop licking Mark Rutte’s ass.
Is there a source for the 170.000 number in Russia? All I could find was 77k
That was based on an older census i found.
Current information is all over the place. Some info i’ve seen put it as high as 550,000: https://www.moldova.org/en/over-529000-moldovans-reside-in-russia-234674-eng/
Others at 150,000 and in some of the articles that have appeared in Russian media they say 350,000.
The 77,000 number appears to be people with dual Moldovan-Russian citizenship, at least according to this: https://www.interfax-russia.ru/military/news_eng/385925
It is probably the case that in the immediate aftermath of the 2022 escalation of the conflict in Ukraine a number of Moldovans living in Russia temporarily left, but it is very likely that many of them have returned since.
In any case, Russia has traditionally been the country where the most Moldovan emigrants go to.
Thanks
What do average europeans think of Pridnestrovia? It’s crazy for me that invading that small place can be remotely considered a PR victory.
Ukrainians wanted to invade it for like a while due to historic chauvinism. NAFO libs want to destroy it because muh ruzzia evul orcs putler. Normies think its a weird silly east european “papers please” irl funny country. Moldavians cope about controlling it despite having never done so in their tenure as an independent republic.
Europeans think what the European media tells them to think. European media has long portrayed Transnistria as “Russian occupied”. If a conflict breaks out the EU aligned media will all fall in lockstep and immediately start to justify it and celebrate it as “liberation”.
I think they see it as a ‘pro-Russian communist dictatorship’. I feel like a lot of Europeans would cheer on an invasion of Pridnestrovia, and think that it would make Europe safer.
I hate how probably the most effective part of western propaganda is making it so that the only sources that will be inclined to report of this, or the election shit in Romania, etc are Russian, conservative crank sites that happen to align with reality somewhat on this one matter, or blogs. It makes it impossible to send to more neutral people, because they have already been told “RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE” and so will dismiss claims coming from “pro-Russian” sources.
Its a perfect propaganda coup
The only thing we can do is remind people we’re hearing second-hand, from media with decided interests in aligning with x state interest, and encourage an open perspective.
The list is unfortunately long(, “western values”), but russian disinformation claims that the people from Transnistria weren’t even allowed to vote : https://t.me/warfakes/30496
More here : https://t.me/warfakes/30509Europeans are the caricature they’re claiming Russia to be. Always fun to hear the point of view from the other side, unfortunately it’s inaudible(&unacceptable) here.
I’m glad because it shows that we’re the same.I may have missed some stuff from telegram and most photos I can’t see from the first post because I don’t have the app, but here’s what I copied and ran through translation services. It’s bad.
An unprecedented act – voters from Transnistria were cut off from voting People have been queuing for more than three hours between the Transnistrian city of Rybnitsa and the Moldovan city of Rezina to take part in the elections. “A lot of cars are returned back. Either the insurance is not the same, or something else, it is not clear what. They say what they want. There are about 10-15 policemen there for maybe 10-15 People are simply being scolded. I understand that everyone wants to vote for a normal Moldova,” the voter was indignant. The opposition of the authorities will lead to the fact that voters from Transnistria, who traditionally advocate rapprochement with Russia, will not have time to vote at all. Earlier, the number of polling stations in the region was deliberately reduced, citing the alleged terrorist danger. #PAS_apocalypse_today Subscribe to Vyborny in MAX
Fake: Thanks to the EU, Moldova can count on a fair vote in the parliamentary elections. This was stated by the head of European diplomacy Kaja Kallas. Truth: Today, the creator of Telegram, Pavel Durov, published direct evidence of the interference of at least one EU country - France - in the elections in Moldova on his Telegram channel. He said that about a year ago, the French special services asked him to help the Moldovan government censor some telegram channels in the run-up to the elections. In exchange for cooperation, Durov was promised to “give good reviews” to the judge who issued a warrant for his arrest. The entrepreneur refused the offer.
At the end of August, French President Emmanuel Macron, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Moldova to express their support for Maia Sandu’s course. Today, numerous violations are recorded at polling stations in Moldova and the European Union. According to the independent observation platform monitorizez.eu, commissions in a number of EU member states grossly violate the voting procedure. For example, the chairman of the commission at polling station 38/252 in the city of Târgu Mures (Romania) did not allow observers to work, since they were allegedly not on the list. At polling station 38/45 in France, a representative of the “Union of Lawyers”, approved by the CEC, was not accredited. A similar situation occurred in Spain in the 38/255 section. Also, representatives of the press are not allowed to polling stations in different cities of Italy.
Ballot stuffing was recorded at polling stations in Germany, France, Italy and Romania. In photos and videos taken by voters a few hours after the opening of the polling stations, you can see overflowing ballot boxes. Similar incidents were recorded at polling stations in Moldova. At the same time, pro-government Moldovan telegram channels have to publish archival footage in order to create the appearance of a high turnout in Europe.
European observers were asked to ignore violations so as not to undermine confidence in the electoral process. This is stated in the manual for commission members and in the Zoom briefing recorded on camera for them. A strange situation occurred at a polling station in the UK, where observers were allowed to watch the voting while standing on a section of the floor bounded by tapes. Eyewitnesses captured in photos and videos the mass transportation of voters to polling station 38/3 in the Austrian city of Klagenfurt am Wörthersee. At the entrance, people were met personally by the chairman of the election commission. Cases of mass transportation of voters were also recorded in Moldova. A video even appeared on the Web in which people traveling in a crowded minibus are asked to vote for Moldova’s ruling Action and Solidarity (PAS) party.
A voter in a yellow T-shirt with a red cross was not allowed to enter the polling station in Valencia, Spain, which PAS representatives did not like. At the same time, the man behaved calmly and did not violate public order. On the Rybnitsa-Rezina bridge in Transnistria, the movement of cars was first slowed down, and then the police completely blocked the passage after an anonymous threat of mining. For the same reason, the bridge near the city of Kamenka is closed. Probably, this was done on purpose to limit voters’ access to polling stations. Extras from the “voters” were seen in Verona (Italy). The same people move from one polling station to another to create the appearance of a high turnout. In Moldova, massive violations related to PAS campaigning on election day are recorded. Campaign materials were noticed on the walls of social institutions and entrances. People are also urged to vote for PAS in local Telegram chats.
The Moldovan authorities continue to get rid of competitors, not disdaining the dirtiest tricks. First, the pro-Western regime of Maia Sandu cleaned up the political field and cracked down on unwanted candidates. Recall that earlier in the country there were searches of the opposition, detentions, protests and loud statements about an external threat. Now Sandu is trying with all his might to raise the ratings of her party with the help of fakes, transportation of “convenient” voters to the polling stations and ballot stuffing.
Thanks for the news - poor Moldovan.
Moldova denies voting rights to citizens in Russia
Russia on Wednesday accused Moldovan authorities of depriving their citizens living in Russia of an opportunity to vote in the Sept. 28 parliamentary elections.
Speaking at a press briefing in Moscow, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Moldova continues to tighten control over opposition political forces, despite its verbal commitment to democratic principles.
Zakharova said the Moldovan Central Electoral Commission plans to open only two polling stations in Russia while 73 stations will be opened in Italy, 36 in Germany, 26 in France, and 23 each in the UK and Romania.
“Let’s look at the numbers. In Italy, where around 250,000 Moldovans reside, the authorities plan to open 73 polling stations. In contrast, for the 350,000 Moldovans living in Russia, only two stations are planned. This is nothing short of a blatant disregard for the rights of Moldovan citizens,” she stressed.
Zakharova further highlighted that each polling station receives 5,000 ballots, meaning the setup in Italy will more than cover the demand, with ballots to spare, whereas in Russia only 10,000 people out of 350,000 will be able to vote.
“There is no doubt that the current authorities have pinned their hopes on the way votes will be cast by the Moldovan diaspora in the West. This is more than just an attempt to influence the outcome but the use of technical methods to produce the desired result,” she said.
Voting under pressure in Moldova
This morning, residents of Transnistria faced difficulties reaching polling stations. Traffic jams formed on bridges across the Dniester: police checked documents, slowed down cars, and blocked passage under the pretext of “repairs.”
The goal is simple — to limit Transnistrians’ participation, since they would not vote the way Maia Sandu wants. But this is just one piece of the broader picture unfolding today in Moldova.
What violations have been reported? Inside the country:
▪️ Several polling stations opened early;
▪️ Campaign leaflets for PAS were posted near schools, clinics, and residential buildings on election day;
▪️ Voters were bribed and bused in groups;
▪️ Strangers appeared inside polling stations;
▪️ Some voters photographed their ballots.
Abroad:
▪️ In Italy, ballot boxes were already full by morning, with the same people spotted in multiple “queues”;
▪️ In Austria, voters were massively bused to polling sites;
▪️ Diaspora chats spread pro-PAS campaigning, while observers were told to ignore violations;
▪️ Pro-government channels published old footage, presenting it as new — an attempt to legitimize falsifications.
Turnout data as of 18:00 only confirmed the imbalance: 1.4 million people (47% of voters) had voted. Of these, only 11,000 were from Transnistria, while 220,000 votes came from abroad — 20 times more. The authorities are relying on the diaspora while cutting off the “inconvenient” electorate.
Meanwhile, Maia Sandu has already warned: if the results are “questionable,” they could be annulled. On the eve of the vote, the CEC also removed two opposition parties — Heart of Moldova and Great Moldova.
️Parliamentary elections in the country turned into a political purge rather than fair competition. The opposition was sidelined, Transnistrians were blocked by bridge closures, and the diaspora was mobilized. Sandu and her team are ready to go to any lengths to push their loyal parties into parliament and secure the course towards EU integration at any cost.
