Moldova 2030: The Future of a European Economy
Author: Mihaela Sirițanu View the full analysis here. Policy Briefing The Republic of Moldova stands at a decisive moment: the EU accession process and European support of approximately €1.9 billion represent a historic opportunity for economic transformation....
The Financial Architecture of Election Interference
How A7A5, Crypto Markets, and USDT Enable Political Operations in Moldova Author: David Smith Produced in cooperation with WatchDog.MD Community Executive Summary This report examines how financial infrastructure enables political interference in Moldova, focusing on...
Cyber Operations and Hybrid Election Interference in Moldova’s 2025 Elections
Moldova’s 2025 parliamentary elections were targeted by a coordinated hybrid campaign linked to Kremlin-aligned networks. This campaign combined cyber operations, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI), staged evidence of electoral fraud and attempts...
THE ROLE OF FAITHBASED MESSAGING IN KREMLIN FIMI OPERATIONS
Author: David Smith Produced in cooperation with WatchDog.MD Community During Moldova’s 2024–2025 election cycle, religious institutions and faith-based messaging became a significant vector in Kremlin-aligned influence operations. This report examines how this...
Will Moldova build nuclear reactors or not?
Author: Eugen Muravschi "Moldova will build a modular nuclear reactor", "Moldova enters the nuclear era with a modular reactor", "Moldova intends to build a modular nuclear reactor" – this is how some local websites presented a post by the Minister of Energy following...
Externally Facing Influence Campaigns
This report examines a less-studied category of Russian-linked foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) targeting Moldova during the 2024 - 2025 election cycle: bespoke, “grasstops” influence operations aimed at policymakers, think tanks, journalists,...
MOLDOVA COULD RETURN TO PURCHASING ENERGY FROM MOLDGRES
Authors: Sergiu Tofilat, Eugen Muravschi Recently, there have been reports that Moldova may resume energy purchases from MoldGRES. This is despite the fact that in February 2025, the government publicly committed to abandoning energy from Russian sources, which...
Border ammo incident – a false flag operation used by Russian propaganda
The detention of a truck carrying weapons at the Moldovan-Romanian customs post in Leușeni-Albița quickly turned into an intense disinformation campaign against the governments in Chișinău and Kyiv. Moreover, the incident bears all the hallmarks of a false flag...
ANALYSIS OF ONLINE ADVERTISING EXPENDITURES OF ELECTORAL COMPETITORS IN THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF SEPTEMBER 28
Between August 31 and September 29, candidates in the September 28 parliamentary elections spent a total of approximately €237,167 on 2,903 advertisements on the META platform. On Google platforms, the identified electoral competitors sponsored 2,046 advertisements,...