Carmamin threatens the independence of Moldova, warns the president against the main vote

The President of Moldova Mia Sando warned that her country’s independence and European future were at risk after the police arrested dozens of people accused of involvement in a conspiracy to receive violent turmoil, which was claimed by Russia.

A few days before the central parliamentary elections on Sunday, Moldovan Police said they had confiscated weapons and explosives in raids throughout the country.

They claim that some of the 74 detainees traveled to Serbia to train them by Russian coaches, including firearms.

In his speech to the nation, President Sando accused the Kremlin of “pouring hundreds of millions of euro” in Moldova in an attempt to stir violence and spread misleading information and fear.

“The Kremlin believes that we are all offered for sale. We are smaller than to resist. We are not a country, only a region,” the president declared, pointing to Russian participation at the highest level.

“But Moldova is our home. Our house is not for sale.”

The parties loyal to Russia Sando accused them of trying to intimidate them – and the effect of voting.

Sandu also called on supporters to go out and throw voting cards on Sunday in elections in which the forces loyal to Russia shake the current supportive situation of the European Union. The vast majority of Sandu’s Labor and Solidarity Party, PAS, is seen in danger.

For her, the high participation rate – especially between the diaspora – is the key.

Moldova has declared independence as the Soviet Union has collapsed more than 30 years ago, but it has a large number of Russian -speaking population. The separation area of ​​Transnistria, which is supported by Moscow, is still home to the care of the Russian forces.

For years, Moscow’s influence has been on Moldovan’s policy.

However, during the era of President Sando, the country launched talks to join the European Union, and last year a referendum held voters to devote the goal of joining the bloc in their constitution.

This poll was the President’s initiative, an attempt to put the European Union’s path in Moldova in Stone.

In the end, the “Yes” vote won a small margin of 50.4 % to 49.5 %. The referendum was drowned in extensive evidence of Russian intervention – including the criticism that was smuggled into the country to buy votes.

It is believed that only a small percentage of money is sent – from 10 to 15 % of the total – and in Moldova, with its young population, each vote.

“Through 200,000 votes, it is possible to change everything: it is sufficient to look at the European Union referendum in October, which he decided with a small margin,” indicates Sergiu Panainte, deputy director of the German Marshall Fund in Bucharest.

“The fines now to sell your vote is really large, but there are still people ready to do this.”

The hybrid attacks in Russia are a large part of the Pas Sandu problem, but not all.

Opponents accuse the government of not going to a large extent to address corruption, for example, and in Russian -speaking areas such as Gagazia, voters believe that Moldova should deal with Moscow and not “suffer.”

President Sando and her supporters differ severely.

In 2022, when Russia launched the full invasion of Ukraine in Moldova, it took a decisive turn towards Europe as the only guarantor of its country’s security and sovereignty.

The latest police raids indicate that Moscow has not surrendered.

Separately, on Monday, Bloomberg News reported that it had seen documents that define large -scale Russian plans for turmoil and deformation in voting.

Russia’s foreign intelligence service has now issued its own statement, which intentionally reflects what Moldova said. It claims that the European countries themselves are planning to “flagrant forgery” the result on Sunday in order to stir up protests.

SVR warns even that the European Union can ride an “armed and professional penetration in Moldova, falsely claiming that the European Union is deploying forces.

“This is Russia, publicly planning the plan B,” warns Sergio Panainte. “If PAS gets the majority, this means that they (Russia) will resort to violence and the organized attacks. This is the option they are preparing for.”