US EditionMoldova Election May Shift Ties Toward EU or Russia, Prompting Bomb Threats
Moldova faced over 16 million cyberattack sessions and bomb threats targeting election sites abroad amid efforts to influence the vote between EU integration and Moscow alignment.
- On Sunday, voters faced bomb threats at diaspora polling stations in Belgium, Italy, Romania, Spain and the U.S., while Moldova's Information Technology and Cyber Security Service reported coordinated cyberattacks on electoral systems.
- Authorities barred pro-Kremlin parties ahead of the vote, with the Supreme Court of Justice upholding Greater Moldova’s cancellation after suspected illegal financing and election violations.
- The Information Technology and Cyber Security Service said DDoS attacks generated over 16 million sessions targeting electoral websites, government cloud service systems, and some voting stations abroad.
- Security forces detained three suspects, including two brothers, and Moldova's Foreign Ministry said, "State institutions were prepared for this scenario..." to ensure election safety.
- Russia's presence in the Transnistria region heightens long-term geopolitical stakes, as the Action and Solidarity party could lose its majority, complicating Maia Sandu, President of Moldova's EU reform efforts.
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Moldova: bomb threats in polling stations abroad amid tense election
Moldovans on Sunday cast ballots in a tense parliamentary election plagued by claims of Russian interference, a vote seen as a choice between integration with the European Union or a drift back into Moscow’s fold. The election was clouded by security incidents, including in polling stations abroad. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent Maria Gerth-Niculescu and analysis by the Romania editor of Radio France International (RFI), Ovidiu Nahol.
The Moldovan government and the EU denounced Russian manipulation to influence elections, while the pro-Moscow forces returned the charges to Brussels. Bomb threats disturbed the foreign vote.
Bomb threats in several polling stations abroad. Election authorities were exposed to cyberattacks
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