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- Moldova held parliamentary elections framed as a choice between deeper EU integration and renewed Russian influence.

- The pro-EU ruling party (PAS) led polls, but faced competition from a pro-Russian bloc exploiting economic discontent and disinformation.

- Officials accused Moscow of large-scale interference, while President Maia Sandu called it the country’s most consequential vote.

Moldova went to the polls on Sunday in parliamentary elections widely seen as a turning point for the country’s geopolitical future, with allegations of Russian interference casting a shadow over the vote.

Prime Minister Dorin Recean warned ahead of the election that Moscow was waging a “hybrid war” against Moldova, accusing Russia of pouring “hundreds of millions” of euros int

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