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Chisinau, Moldova – 19 September 2025
1. Various of Moldova Presidency headquarters in central Chisinau
2. Various of electoral banners
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London – 16 September 2025
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ben Scott, Director of Reset Tech:
“I think It’s pretty clear that the Kremlin is using Moldova as a case study, as a kind of sandbox to test out different techniques, and it’s pretty clear that they will simply roll the same techniques into other campaigns in other countries. We saw that in the Polish elections last year, we saw it in Romanian elections. This is a set of tactics that is evolving overtime and they’re testing them out in small countries where they think the companies aren’t paying attention and the great powers won’t hold the great companies accountable and so far they’ve been right.”
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Chisinau, Moldova – 19 September 2025
4. Various of Moldova Parliament headquarters
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London – 16 September 2025
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ben Scott, Director of Reset Tech:
“We’ve been tracking Russian influence operations since the full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and we have learned to detect the fingerprints of these Russian secret services in lots of different countries and we traced them across Eastern Europe and we’ve seen them really active in Moldova and not surprising because Moldova has some very critical elections not least the vote about their posture to the European Union. This is in a way, the first major test case in the confrontation between Russia and Europe."
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Chisinau, Moldova – 19 September 2025
6. Various of Arch of Triumph in front of Moldova Parliament
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Chisinau, Moldova – 17 September 2025
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrei Rusu, media monitoring expert at WatchDog:
“We have our experience with fight with Russian and fugitive oligarchs who spend a lot of money in our elections to bribe the votes, and our authorities are more prepared like (than) most of European countries in this case, so we know how to fight Russian propaganda (and) pro-Russian oligarchs. But we need more support from our partners because we tell them what is going on in this campaign but we need to see more actions than words, the phrase ‘we sustain Moldova’. We understand, you sustain Moldova but we need you to take actions in these cases, because the words will not save our country from a pro-Russian regime if this election will be corrupted by Russia.”
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Chisinau, Moldova – 19 September 2025
8. Various of statue of Stephan the Great in central Chisinau
STORYLINE:
Moldovans are facing a flood of disinformation driven by artificial intelligence ahead of a critical parliamentary election, which will determine whether the small country can stay on its path toward the European Union or is pulled back into Moscow’s orbit.
Ahead of Sunday’s vote to choose a new 101-seat legislature, multiple online monitoring groups have tracked propaganda and disinformation campaigns attributed to Russia. Their aim is to diminish support for the ruling pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity, or PAS, in a vote many view as a geopolitical choice between East and West.
Researchers say the coordinated campaigns mark a new phase in Russian influence operations, built on fresh infrastructure and heavy use of AI. Spoof websites impersonate legitimate Western media and pay “engagement farms” in Africa, while AI bots are deployed to flood comment sections deriding PAS and the EU.
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