Overview

• Voters choose between President Maia Sandu’s pro‑EU PAS and pro‑Russian blocs including Igor Dodon’s Patriotic Bloc and Renato Usatîi’s Our Party.
• Security services say they detained dozens who traveled to Serbia and Republika Srpska for protest training allegedly directed by a GRU operative.
• The government says a cyberattack targeting the Central Election Commission was contained after being flagged by Vice Prime Minister Doina Nistor.
• Analysts and investigators report coordinated disinformation, including an SVR claim about a NATO invasion, identity‑theft tactics by Storm 1516, and a paid social‑media network exposed by the BBC.
• Moscow and Brussels trade accusations over the conduct of the vote, with Dmitri Peskov criticizing alleged restrictions as EU leaders pledge support for Moldova’s security.