The ruling pro -European Action and Solidarity Party (PAS) earns 40% of the votes that have been counted so far in the parliamentary parliamentary today, compared to 31.5% for the pro -Russian patriotic bloc, with 28% of the vote.
The struggle between the East and the West in Moldova’s policy has given the elections a particular importance. Situated between Ukraine and Romania, Moldova, a small country with a population of 2.4 million, is strategically significant due to its geographical location and is a critical test for the disposition against Western Europe.
The vote for the election of 101 representatives, who will serve for four -year terms, is being held at an unstable moment for the country’s geopolitical.
The Trump administration reduced foreign aid, including Eastern Europe, and removed media in the region, such as Radio Free Europe and Voice of America.
In Moldova, President Maia Sandu’s Sando -Curriculum accuses Russia of trying to influence the vote by throwing hundreds of millions of dollars in extensive misinformation campaigns, fueled by false news created by artificial intelligence.
