Showing posts with label fomenting instability. Show all posts
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Saturday, October 19, 2024

Moldova votes on whether to join EU as Russia intensifies vast disinformation campaign; The Conversation, October 15, 2024

Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham , The Conversation;nMoldova votes on whether to join EU as Russia intensifies vast disinformation campaign

"Moldova is emerging as a major strategic battleground in a fierce competition between Russia and the west. A Kremlin-backed disinformation campaign has intensified over the last few months, in the run-up to Moldova’s presidential elections. 

One of the key reasons for this is that a referendum on EU membership has been scheduled for the same day, October 20.

The challenges for this small country, wedged between Ukraine and Romania, are complex. Russia continues to foment instability through its persistent disinformation initiatives, instigation of anti-government protests, and acts of sabotage and vandalism

Add to this credible allegations of vote buying, and efforts to call into question the legitimacy of a pro-European election and referendum result, and the situation in Moldova appears highly combustible."