Overview

• Former president Igor Dodon used a Telegram post to congratulate Vladimir Putin and wished him health, well‑being, and strength.
• Dodon asserted that most Moldovans still see Russia as a strategic partner and pointed to longstanding cultural and economic ties.
• Official tallies from the September 28 vote show PAS at 50.2% and opposition parties, including Dodon’s Patriotic bloc, at 49.8%.
• Coverage reports that PAS gained its edge from European‑based diaspora voting, while the opposition led inside Moldova.
• Opposition accounts criticized limited voting access in Russia—two Moscow stations with about 10,000 ballots—and cited obstacles for Transnistrian voters; Ilan Shor also praised Putin in a separate birthday message.