Russia allocates Millions of euros for violent protests, voters' corruption; Moldovan PM says no one can defeat vote

The pressure on Moldova is very high Before the parliamentary elections due on September 28, said Prime Minister Dorin Recean. He specified that Russia had allocated 100 million euros for voters’ corruption and organizing provocative protests. Recean also said that Russia no longer controlled Moldova and cannot defeat the citizens' vote.

“The Russian Federation has allocated 100 million euros to criminal groups to corrupt voters, finance protests and provocations and conduct violent actions, called 'kinetic actions', meant to challenge law enforcers. The pressure on  Moldova is very high and one of the goals is to overwhelm the governmental system,” Recean said for ONE TV.

“Another goal is to create a sense of uncertainty, anxiety and distrust in the future, as well as to instill fear among voters. Russia does not have a development plan for Moldova; its intention is to frighten citizens and state institutions,” Recean stressed.

The prime minister emphasized, however, that voting stayed an instrument of the citizens and that no external influence can control it:

“No one can defeat the vote. We, the citizens, must go to vote. I want to emphasize this: the Russian Federation no longer controls and no longer dictates matters in  Moldova. Russia has tried any kind of destabilizations, so-called protests which were actually paid for, attempts to create conflicts between citizens, between different ethnicities, conflicts with the police and they did not succeed in influencing last year's vote, neither at the referendum, nor at the presidential elections, even though they spent huge sums on propaganda, false information, distortions of reality and even buying votes.”

Recean urged citizens to actively participate in the democratic life, not to be intimidated and to exercise their right to vote. He emphasized that the state had the necessary capabilities to protect the integrity of the electoral process and public order.