The Russian Federation is stepping up its preparations to influence upcoming elections in the Republic of Moldova. Some of these activities are already being observed by the authorities in Gagauzia, where elections are due to take place.
The warning was issued by Alexandru Musteața, director of the Intelligence and Security Service (SIS), at the annual Conference on European Union enlargement, reports zdg.md.
According to the head of the Security and Intelligence Service (SIS), the Republic of Moldova is entering a three-year election cycle, and state institutions are already seeing an increase in Russian activity.
“We have another three election years ahead of us. We can already see how extensively the Russian Federation is preparing and stepping up its activities. Elections are coming up in one of the Republic of Moldova’s regions, where we are already seeing some very interesting developments. We won’t go into the details, but this is happening as we speak,” Alexandru Musteața said.
The SIS director noted that the progress made by the Republic of Moldova in security and defence does not mean that the threats have disappeared, and that efforts to prevent them must continue.
“This struggle never ends. So the fact that the Republic of Moldova has achieved very good results in security and defence does not mean our work is done and we should stop. This is an ongoing process,” the official said.
In this context, the official highlighted the Republic of Moldova’s increasingly close cooperation with European intelligence services, which involves intelligence sharing and joint operations, some of which have not been made public.