The political scientist pointed to the split in Moldovan society due to the parliamentary elections.

Moldovan society is split "red-hot", there are those who support the current government and those who are against it against the background of the parliamentary elections in the republic. This was reported to Izvestia on September 28 by political analyst Alexander Korinenko.

Korinenko clarified that the election campaign was accompanied by insults to the local population from government representatives and pressure on dissenters. At the same time, the authorities of the republic began to "warm up" local residents even before the presidential elections.

The expert noted that the authorities have limited the opportunity to vote for residents of Transnistria and the diaspora in Russia, where some polling stations were moved to the hinterland, and only two points were opened in the Russian Federation with more than 300 thousand citizens living on its territory.

"We have more than 300,000 of our fellow citizens living there, who have left, but not from a better life, they work and feed their families. That's why the elections are taking place in an extremely tense atmosphere. Since August 1, we have conducted 580 searches in the country, several hundred people have been arrested, who are accused of electoral corruption, who are accused of planning some kind of riots," he said.

The political scientist stressed that European leaders actively supported the current government — they came to visit, provided loans and actually acted as agitators. In his opinion, this is a direct interference in the internal affairs of the country.

"There is nothing from European integration, normal and in the classical sense, here. There's just a struggle for territory going on here. And, of course, mostly this blackmail, threats, including the fact that if local mayors do not support the settlements, there will be bad results for the party in power, then they will not receive any money from European grants," the political scientist emphasized.

According to the expert, about 60-70% of the undecided voters are protest voters. However, the authorities are counting on the voices of the diaspora in Europe and the United States, which mainly supports the pro-European "Action and Solidarity Party" (PACE), which rules in Moldova.

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Earlier in the day, a Moldovan citizen who attended the parliamentary elections in Moscow told Izvestia that Russian voters were treated very badly, as "scum of society." She also noted that there are very few ballots for Russian electors.

Parliamentary elections began in Moldova on September 28. Polling stations in the country opened at 07:00 a.m. (coincides with Moscow time) and will close at 21:00. In addition, 301 polling stations will operate outside the country to give citizens abroad the opportunity to vote. The total circulation of the ballots was 864.3 thousand copies.

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