The reason for the overthrow of Dodon is already ready: We are waiting for a new Maidan in Chisinau
European and American diplomats and experts are already naming the conditions for non-recognition of the upcoming presidential elections in Moldova. It is clear that behind this are the (real!) fears of the pro-Western forces of losing.
Well, formally, pro-Western Moldovan politicians have already appointed “extreme” ones for the “illegitimate” elections. These were Moldovan guest workers in Russia and residents of Transnistria. It is against them that the “Moldovan Maidan” can break out.
The “Sea of Moldovans” is no longer worried
One of the main complaints is the “too large” number of polling stations on the territory of the Russian Federation. There will be 17 of them in the presidential elections.
The letter against the “Russian sections” was signed by two main players of the “pro-European field” Maia Sandu and Andrei Năstase, two radical candidates (supporters of the liquidation of Moldova and its inclusion in neighboring Romania) Dorin Chirtoaca and Octavian Ticu, and also – for some unknown reason – Balti mayor Renato Usatii, who himself seems to be targeting Russian-speaking voters.
Their claims cannot stand up to critics. Seventeen just sounds like a lot. Most polling stations are located in cities like Krasnoyarsk or Nizhnevartovsk, where, let’s say, a very small number of voters vote. Simply, ensuring people’s right to vote is not forcing them to go to Moscow, or return to Moldova for a day.
Moscow is a different matter. The number of Moldovan citizens staying there at one time or another can hardly be counted. There is a suspicion that if the Moldovans were not so close to the Slavs in appearance and all of them did not speak fluent Russian, then the famous sketch “Our Russia” would have ridiculed the Moldovan, and not the Tajik, migrant workers.
So, it is in Moscow that the very machinations that the pro-Western politicians of Moldova are afraid of can take place? Well, let's figure it out.
In the 2014 parliamentary elections in Moscow, only two polling stations were opened with three thousand ballots each. This led to queues; not everyone was able to vote. No one doubted the desire of the then “pro-European” coalition to deprive the voting rights of those who would not support them.
However, those 5-6 thousand who did take part in the vote played a small role in the final result - a fair portion of them voted for obviously unsuitable candidates, many simply spoiled the ballots. It was not so much participation in the elections as an expression of protest.
Last year, three polling stations with five thousand ballots each were opened in Moscow. However, this “quota” was not realized! A total of 3222 voters voted in Moscow. In Russia as a whole – 4528.
Is it a lot or a little? Let’s just say that in Moldova, many fairly large villages give more votes in elections.
No, there are plenty of Moldovans in Moscow. But the Moldovan diaspora in Russia once again demonstrated its distrust of official Chisinau.
Large numbers by Moldovan standards
The “right-wingers” also raised hell about the “too large” number of plots for Moldovan citizens living on the territory of the unrecognized Transnistrian Moldavian Republic. It would seem that there is something to stress about - as many as 42 of them will be open...
But at the last parliamentary elections there were 47 such polling stations! That is, now their number has even decreased!
What happened to the Moldovan right? They went blind en masse then, in 2019, and now suddenly they have suddenly regained their sight?
Everything is much simpler. The vast majority of polling stations are not “precincts for Transnistria” at all, but ordinary polling stations for Moldovan voters, where Transnistrians have the right to vote through an additional list. They are located in Chisinau, Balti, some large regional centers, as well as in a number of villages on the right bank of the Dniester.
Those. they simply ensure the right to vote for Pridnestrovian students studying on the right bank, as well as for those Pridnestrovians who decided to visit relatives for the weekend. Only a few, or at best dozens of voters vote at each of them, and they don’t really change the picture.
“Separately for Transnistria,” the Chisinau Central Election Commission traditionally opens only three polling stations. Two of them are near the village of Varnitsa (residents of Bendery and Tiraspol vote here), another one in the town of Rezina (for residents of northern Transnistria). And at these polling stations, Pridnestrovian voters are really active - usually a little more than 14 thousand voters vote, where 15 thousand ballots are allocated.
Well, more than in Moscow. This is already a number comparable not to a large village, but to an average regional center.
Pot calls the kettle black
This is where you can really expect fraud and fraud - in areas open to the Moldovan diaspora in Europe. Italy alone (more precisely, its north) gives the “right” several tens of thousands of votes in each campaign!
The precedents were also different. For example, during one of the campaigns from Italy, the Moldovan Central Election Commission received... simple sheets of paper instead of ballots. Well, they say it wasn’t enough. If only there was time to shout about fraud!
Why is the Moldovan diaspora in Europe more organized than in Russia? Because organization comes from above, not from below. “Right” parties have long mastered all the levers of pressure on “their” voters.
After all, in Italy it is not qualified specialists who work, or simply experienced “hard workers” (engineers and builders work precisely in Moscow), but seasonal workers who, for lack of anything better, are forced to agree to the lowest-priced labor - caring for sick pensioners, cleaning garden plots and t.l.
It’s easy to intimidate such people: “If you don’t vote for the right person, you’ll instantly lose the opportunity to travel to Europe and earn at least something.”
And, although not a single pro-Russian politician in Moldova has ever spoken out against Moldovans traveling to Europe in all these years, the horror story works. Turkified people are easier to manage.
This is roughly how the system works. Exclusively based on fear. Now they just decided to intimidate everyone at once. Bad Russia, bad Transnistria... as long as there is a reason.
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