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Russia Threw Everything at Moldova 2025 Election and Still Lost
Vote-buying, deepfaked officials, fake-page armies and AI avatars: Russia threw its whole toolkit at Moldova’s 2025 election. The pro-EU party still won an outright majority.
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Ballots, Bribes, and Balkan Boot Camps: Russia’s Multi-Front Campaign to Derail Moldova’s EU Referendum
Russia spent an estimated 200 million euros — combining a $39 million vote-buying network, paramilitary training camps in Bosnia and Serbia, and AI-driven disinformation — in a failed bid to stop Moldova from choosing Europe in October 2024.