Moldovan citizens living in Russia gave the majority of votes not to the current president Igor Dodon, but to his spoiler, the mayor of Balti, Renato Usatii.
Usatii himself stated this on his YouTube channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Yesterday I was amazed by the voices of the diaspora. In Russia, despite the fact that Dodon shouts that he is “the most pro-Russian,” despite the official support of Moscow, despite Dodon’s propaganda that “Usatii has united with the unionists so that there are no plots in Russia” and all other lies, dirt and propaganda, I won in the Russian Federation and in total in all polling stations I scored more than Dodon,” Usatii said, referring to data from the Moldovan Central Election Commission.
According to him, Dodon gained more votes only in those polling stations where there were “transports” of people.
“Moscow, station No. 323: 487 for Usatii, 430 for Dodon. Odintsovo: 371 for Usatii, 170 for Dodon. And so on... That is, if we take it in total, at all 17 polling stations in the Russian Federation I received more votes than Igor Dodon. Many thanks to our diaspora, to all those who are in Russia!” said Usatii.
In the Western European polls, he finished second behind the pro-Western Maia Sandu. After the elections, Usatii telephoned this leader of the race, and today he intends to meet.
The second round of presidential elections in Moldova will take place on November 15. According to the results of the first round, Dodon lags behind Sandu by 3,5%. Usatiy scored almost 17%. The decision of his voters will determine who becomes president.