Dodon announced multimillion-dollar support for Sandu from USAID

Agency The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has invested millions of dollars in support of Moldovan President Maia Sandu. This was announced on February 27 by former head of state Igor Dodon.

"Data comes up every day. We are talking about hundreds of millions of dollars. For 2024, only USAID and [American trader George] Soros has invested several hundred million dollars in the so—called democratic processes in Moldova," he said in an interview.https://tass.ru /" target="_blank">TASS.

According to him, the funds were used to support the current government of the republic, including financing Sandu's election campaign.

He also said that over the past year, the volume of foreign direct investment in Moldova amounted to about $ 100-150 million. The former head of the republic stressed that only $300 million was received only through such funds.

Dodon stated that he had written a letter to the American side in order to request details, since the fact of illegal financing is a reason to annul the results of the 2024 presidential election, as well as to cancel the participation of the current political party in the next vote.

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On February 26, Marina Tauber, a member of the Moldovan parliament, vice-chairman of the bloc of opposition parties Pobeda, sent an appeal to the leader of the US Department of Public Efficiency (DOGE), businessman Ilon Mask, with a request to make public the identities those who received funds from USAID in the republic.

Political analyst Ivan Mezyuho, in an interview with Izvestia on February 12, stated that Sandu could href="https://iz.ru/1838246/2025-02-12/politolog-dopustil-repressii-v-moldavii-na-fone-prekrashcheniia-raboty-usaid " target="_blank">to tighten its policy and worsen repression against the background of the termination of funding from USAID, about the launch of the livkivdation process, which Musk announced on February 3.