Moldova's President Maia Sandu tells Le Monde that Putin must be stopped. Moldova is the target of Russian “interference” which “increases” as it progresses “towards integration into Europe” Moldova particularly fears a surge of disinformation in the run-up to the presidential vote and the referendum on EU membership scheduled for the fall.
“We also saw many young men moving to Chisinau to avoid being conscripted into the Russian army,” she says.