moldova's secret service (sis) has published a 16-page report (in romanian) about russian interference in moldova's presidential election and eu referendum. some highlights in english that stood out to me. first, the kremlin created a command center in 2024 to interfere ...   /1867243454662619484 .. in md's domestic affairs, with the major goal of compromising the eu referendum (p. 3). the center had branches in md and involved tens of thousands of people. second, pro-ru fugitive oligarch ilan or has been getting help from people close to ru oligarch roman abramovich... ... third, more than a hundred young people were trained in moscow on how to fight law enforcement, some of whom later vandalized a bunch of buildings in moldova (p. 6). fourth, moldovan voters in moscow got bribes (like free food vouchers) in exchange for their vote (p. 7)... .. fifth, russia and or have managed to get around the ban on a russian bank's website in moldova to transfer money for vote-buying, including using vpns, transnistrian banks, and money laundering organizations. sixth, russian secret service ... ... agents tried to use the osce to get accredited as election observers (md rejected/withdrew accreditations for 8 such people - p. 10-11). finally, there's a social media network spreading kremlin propaganda about moldova on telegram, tiktok, facebook, and vkontakte (p. 12)... ... if you're following md news, this is a good roundup of ru interference, and if you're curious in general about ru interference in democratic processes, the report pretty much has the menu that ru has used or can use in other countries:   comunicate/fisiere/raport_sis_publi c_interferenta_in_procesul_electora l.pdf
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