Moldovans expect basic elections when the leader warns Russian intervention

The Moldovans voted in the parliamentary elections, regarded as critical of their future path to the European Union against the backdrop of the allegations of “large -scale Russian intervention” before the vote.

The allegations made first by Moldova’s security forces were repeated by the President of Pro-ES, Maya Sano, who told reporters outside the election station in the capital Chisinau, the future of her country, surrounded by Ukraine and Romania, were in danger.

The partial results will appear in the coming hours and the election committee said that turnout until the end of the vote at 21:00 (18:00 GMT) is just under 52%.

Two political forces are regarded as almost neck and neck in the competition: the party of actions and solidarity of Sano (PAS) and the pro -Russian patriotic electoral block.

Another important factor is more than 267,000 voters, who have been largely priestly diaspora. A measure of tensions surrounding the vote reported scares for bombs in the polling stations in Italy, Romania, Spain and the United States.

Similar scares have been reported in Moldova itself.

Moldova also has a pro -Russian detached enclave called Transnistria along its border with Ukraine, complete with a Russian military presence. Residents in this land have passports in Moldovsky and most are strongly promoted, but they have to cross the Dniester River to vote.

The Moldovans were accumulated by Russia’s full -scale war in neighboring Ukraine, but they also fight spiral prices and high levels of corruption.

President Sandu, 53, won a second term last November and warned Moldovans that the future of their democracy was in their hands: “Do not play with your voice or you will lose everything!”

If her PAS party loses its majority in parliament in 101 places, she will have to seek support from two of the other parties that are expected to enter parliament, the Alternative Bloc, or the populist of our party.

One of Sanu’s main rivals, socialist leader Igor Dodon, went on national television as soon as the polls closed to demand their pro -Russian allies in the patriotic electoral block, won the elections, although there were no starting surveys and before any early results were announced.

However, he called on the PAS government to leave power and the party’s supporters to go out on Monday to “protect” their vote.

One of the countries in his block was forbidden to run two days ago because of suspected illegal funding.

On the eve of the vote, police reported evidence of unprecedented efforts of Russia to spread misinformation and buy votes. Dozens of men have also been arrested, charged with traveling to Serbia for training firearms and coordinating excitement. BBC investigation revealed network Promising to pay the participants if they publish pro -Russian propaganda and fake news.

Countries involved in Moscow have rejected police claims as fake and show – created by the government to scare people to support them. The Russian Embassy in the UK has rejected the BBC’s allegations, accusing Moldova and its “Western sponsors” of striving to divert attention from Chisinau’s “internal troubles”.

At the end of the separatist enclave of Moldova on Sunday on Sunday, a long queue of cars waited to cross the river to register its voice in 12 polling stations open beyond the administrative border, some of them more than 20 km (12 miles).

The number of voters has declined in recent years, with just over 12,000, an indication of the fight they are confronted with.

Moldov’s police checked documents and car boots before letting them go. Most cars had several people inside, often whole families.

By the middle of the afternoon, the tail extended into the distance beyond a pavilion with an emblem of Soviet style from above and the green-red striped flag of transistia.

Speaking to drivers, most seemed carefree of the inconvenience and the atmosphere was relatively calm.

A man told the BBC in Russian that he was voting for change because the PAS government promised paradise and did nothing. ” No one would be more specific than this, insisting that their preference for voting was “secret”.