The amount of USAID funding for Sandu's victory in the 2024 elections has been revealed

In 2024, the Agency for International Development (USAID) sent Moldova $7.5 million to support Maia Sandu before the presidential elections in Moldova and the referendum on joining the EU, Moldovan MP from the parliamentary Bloc of Communists and Socialists Bogdan Tsyrdea told Izvestia.

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"On August 8, 2024, just two months before the presidential election and the referendum, three simultaneous transactions totaling $7.5 million took place. The funds went to support Maya Sandu," he said.

USAID has been financing Sandu's party since its formation in 2016. In total, in 2021-2024, Moldova received about $644.9 million from USAID, with the amount of funding steadily increasing on the eve of presidential or parliamentary elections.