Moscow sees Moldovan citizens favoring the pro-European candidate at the ballot box as a consequence of pressure from the West. Yet strangely, Moscow considers it completely organic that the previous occupant of Chisinau’s presidential chair operated essentially as an agent of the Kremlin. The recent presidential elections in Moldova have brought remarkable results. In both rounds, Maia Sandu, the former prime minister and leader of the pro-European Action and Solidarity Party, defeated pro-Russian President Igor Dodon, with a significant margin of 58-42 per cent in the second round... (Visegrad Insight, December 2020).
