Pro-EU incumbent Maia Sandu re-elected to second term as president of Moldova

[MeganC]

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/11/04/pro-eu-incumbent-maia-sandu-re-elected-to-second-term-as-president-of-moldova

Speaking at the headquarters of her Action and Solidarity party in the capital Chișinău, Sandu said her priority in the coming years would be to be a president for all Moldovans.

Moldova's pro-Western incumbent president Maia Sandu has won a second term in a pivotal presidential runoff against a Russia-friendly opponent, in a race overshadowed by claims of Russian interference, voter fraud and intimidation.

With more than 99% of votes counted in the second round, Sandu had 55.03% of the vote, according to the Central Electoral Commission.

Her competitor, the former prosecutor general Alexandr Stoianoglo, was polling at just under 45%.

Speaking at the headquarters of her Action and Solidarity party in the capital Chișinău, Sandu struck a conciliatory tone and said she had listened to those who had voted both for and against her, adding that her priority in the coming years would be to be a president for all Moldovans.

[MeganC]

The dirtbag Russian imperialists were defeated yet again and this time in Moldova. Moldova will now take further steps to strengthen ties with NATO and the EU.

Inevitably the Russian occupiers in Transnistria will be expelled from Moldova and hopefully they take their colonists back to Russia where they belong.

Bonus: The Putin wing on TOS is near apoplectic with rage because Russia wasn't able to steal the election. 

[PeteS in CA]

Had Putin overrun Ukraine, Moldova might have been Putin's next target.

[MeganC]

Had Putin overrun Ukraine, Moldova might have been Putin's next target.

It absolutely would have been his next target. No doubt about it.

[PeteS in CA]

It absolutely would have been his next target. No doubt about it.

Well, there are also the Balkan states and, if Putin really felt his oats, Poland.