The Moldovan Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador because of the decision to hold a vote in Transnistria

The Moldovan Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Russian Ambassador Oleg Ozerov and handed him a protest note in connection with plans to open polling stations in Transnistria. This was reported on September 3 by the Moldova 1 TV channel.

"The organization of any electoral process on the territory of Moldova requires the prior and direct consent of the Moldovan authorities," the Moldovan Foreign Ministry said.

The agency demanded that Moscow refrain from opening polling stations in the areas of the left bank of the Dniester. Foreign Minister Mihai Popsoi said that opening a polling station without the consent of the Moldovan constitutional authorities is an unfriendly step by another country.

Earlier, the Russian Embassy in Moldova announced plans to open 17 polling stations in Transnistria for voting in the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation. "Газета.Ru ".

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A number of Western states are actively trying to put pressure on the holding of elections to the State Duma in Russia, but they will definitely take place, despite the reluctance of the authorities of individual countries. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, in the Izvestia studio at the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) on September 2, said that the authorities of European states do not allow citizens to truly express their will.

Maxim Ryder, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said on August 23 that high turnout of Russian voters is predicted in the State Duma elections in a number of foreign countries: Abkhazia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Turkey, South Ossetia, and Cyprus. He also added that the Baltic countries are trying to put pressure on Russian citizens to prevent them from participating in the State Duma elections.

On August 28, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced the direct interference of the European Union in the electoral processes in Armenia and Moldova. According to him, European missions are trying to influence the situation in these countries by fighting so-called hybrid threats.