DISINFO: Soros helped Moldovan Maia Sandu come to power
SUMMARY
George Soros has recently had a major victory in Moldova. His longtime protégé Maia Sandu has been elected as president.
Sandu’s connection with Soros during the elections was obvious. The entire Soros network, which is more than a hundred NGOs and more than a hundred media outlets, including 25 TV channels, 21 radio stations, about 80 portals, campaigned for Sandu day and night and tore Dodon, who was supported by only three TV channels, to shreds.
RESPONSE
This is recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation against pro-European leaders, claiming they are dependent on Soros.
Moldovan presidential elections took place on 15 November. Maia Sandu, a pro-Western candidate, defeated ex-president Igor Dodon, the Moscow-backed candidate. Sandu has always favoured closer ties with Europe, for which she became the target of the pro-Kremlin media who tend to label her as an "agent" of George Soros and the West.
The 'evidence' used to support these claims is that some of her team members have received training and/ or scholarships from programmes funded by George Soros or worked at Soros Foundation Moldova.
Read more about 2020 Moldovan presidential election in our article: "The Other Election: the Trials and Fails of pro-Kremlin Disinformation in Moldova's election campaign". See other cases which target Maia Sandu here.