{"id":51735,"date":"2025-09-05T18:54:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T15:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cji.md\/?p=51735"},"modified":"2025-12-12T16:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T14:15:09","slug":"disinformation-about-polling-stations-in-transnistria-on-facebook-from-violated-rights-to-imminent-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cji.md\/en\/disinformation-about-polling-stations-in-transnistria-on-facebook-from-violated-rights-to-imminent-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Disinformation about polling stations in Transnistria on Facebook: From \u201cviolated rights\u201d to \u201cimminent war\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The issue of polling stations for residents of the left bank of the Dniester, where the constitutional authorities of the Republic of Moldova have no control, sparked disputes and heated discussions in the second half of August and became one of the main tools for spreading disinformation in electoral context on Facebook.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\r\n \t<li>The narratives identified on <strong>98 pages and public groups on Facebook<\/strong>, although presented in various forms \u2013 discrimination, \u201csecond-class\u201d citizens, conspiracies related to Ukraine, preparation of war, or the cession of Transnistria \u2013 have a common point: delegitimizing the electoral process and eroding public trust in state institutions.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The narratives were initially launched by political actors, who used this topic as a pretext to promote their electoral messages, as well as by unrecognized institutions in the region (Supreme Council from Tiraspol, representatives of \u201clocal soviets\u201d), later amplified by partisan pages and Facebook groups visibly run by the same users.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>In all cases, similar techniques are observed \u2013 collective victimization, call to fear, conspiracies, documentary or audio fakes, ridicule and identity manipulation.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<table width=\"602\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"602\">&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>WHAT WE MONITORED<\/strong>\r\n\r\nWe focused on the content shared on <strong>98 public Facebook pages<\/strong> belonging to several parties and party leaders, media sources and influencers, as well as <strong>thematic public groups<\/strong> with audiences ranging from 1,000 to over 88,000 members.\r\n\r\nThe most popular <strong>public pages<\/strong>: Democra\u021bia Acas\u0103 [Democracy at Home] (over 529,000 followers); Renato Usat\u00eei (over 338,000 followers); Point.md (219,000 followers); Igor Dodon (over 192,000 followers); \u0422\u0438\u043f\u0438\u0447\u043d\u0430\u044f \u041c\u043e\u043b\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0430 [Typical Moldova] (190,000 followers); TV6 (174,000 followers); Unimedia (137,000 followers); Morari.live (130,000 followers); Primul \u00een Moldova [The First in Moldova] (125,000 followers).\r\n\r\nThe most popular <strong>public groups<\/strong>: <em>Moldova, treze\u015fte-te!<\/em> [Moldova, wake up!] (about 89,800 members); <em>\u0421\u0432\u0435\u0436\u0438\u0435 \u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0438\u0437 \u0420\u0435\u0441\u043f\u0443\u0431\u043b\u0438\u043a\u0438 \u041c\u043e\u043b\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0430 \/ Stiri din Republica Moldova<\/em> [Fresh news from the Republic of Moldova] (88,500 members); <em>ADOPT\u0102 UN VOT!<\/em> [Adopt a Vote!] (almost 80,000 members); <em>\u0218tiri din Moldova<\/em> [News from Moldova] (37,000 members).<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>BACKGROUND<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On August 24, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) <a href=\"https:\/\/a.cec.md\/ro\/sinteza-sedintei-comisiei-electorale-centrale-din-24-august-2025-2781_114698.html\">announced<\/a> that 12 polling stations would be opened for citizens from the left bank of the Dniester for the parliamentary elections of September 28, three times less than the 30 stations in the presidential elections of 2024. CEC deputy chairman Pavel Postic\u0103 <a href=\"https:\/\/moldova.europalibera.org\/a\/decizie-cec-mai-multe-sectii-de-vot-in-diaspora-si-mai-putine-pentru-stanga-nistrului\/33511646.html\">explained<\/a> that the reduction was made according to the electoral legislation adopted in 2022, which sets the number of polling stations according to the average turnout in the last three ballots. The intention of the CEC to reduce the number of polling stations for the left bank was speculated in the weeks preceding the official decision. Representatives of the left-wing opposition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcrm.md\/ru\/novosti\/view\/partiya_kommunistov_respubliki_moldova_obratilas_v_tsik_obse_pase_i_drugie_mejdunarodnyie_strukturyi_po_voprosu_ogranicheniya_izbiratelnyih_prav_jiteley_pridnestrovya\">criticized<\/a> the decision and <a href=\"https:\/\/socialistii.md\/psrm-cerem-vot-egal-pentru-toti-moldovenii-cec-sub-controlul-opozitiei\/\">protested<\/a> in front of the Central Electoral Commission. Previously, the unrecognized authorities from Tiraspol addressed Chisinau and European and international organizations on behalf of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vspmr.org\/news\/supreme-council\/prezidium-verhovnogo-soveta-pmr-obratilsya-s-zayavleniem-k-parlamentu-i-tsik-respubliki-moldova-a-takje-k-mejdunarodnim-organizatsiyam.html?clckid=cd6a0c4e\">\u201cSupreme Soviet\u201d<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/vspmr.org\/news\/supreme-council\/glavi-raygorsovetov-pridnestrovjya-obratilisj-k-parlamentu-i-tsik-respubliki-moldova-a-takje-k-mejdunarodnim-organizatsiyam.html?clckid=9896cabf\">\u201clocal soviets\u201d<\/a> with the request to open at least 41 polling stations, as was the case at the 2021 early elections, where about 28,000 voters voted, although the alleged authorities from Tiraspol claim that there are over 276,000 Moldovan citizens with the right to vote in the region.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>MAIN NARRATIVES IDENTIFIED<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Discrimination and limitation of fundamental rights<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This narrative presents the reduction in the number of polling stations as a deliberate attack on the fundamental rights of citizens. Posts on this topic use emotional language, frame this decision as an electoral crime and discrimination, accuse the government of directly attacking constitutional rights, and use collective victimization, appeal to fear, exaggeration, and labeling as disinformation techniques.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nvspmr\/posts\/pfbid02bp9eExy1gywy5BULTmuu4FPwhKoSEHpV1W3963txLn8Emq54zPRg3Wrh3MPc7Vjil\">Supreme Council of Transnistria<\/a> writes on its official website that the leaders of the local councils of people\u2019s representatives of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) consider that \u201cthe creation of such artificial obstacles to the exercise of electoral rights is an attempt to discriminate against the inhabitants of Transnistria on territorial and national grounds.\u201d When the CEC decision was announced, the Council <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nvspmr\/posts\/pfbid0UMu3SVuQKFiZ54cGGXeFvzTyzkD8EByPGmesMGU6AGwrnti9F4HeaJGc4NrqQLQJl\">published<\/a> the statement of the Presidium of the Supreme Council, which claims that it is \u201ca discriminatory and politically motivated decision, which violates constitutional norms and international standards.\u201d The statement was replicated on several thematic groups in the region, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1936003203328986\/permalink\/4024602547802364\/\"><em>\u041f\u0440\u0438\u0434\u043d\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043c\u0438\u0440<\/em><\/a> [Pridnestrovian World] and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/131802266947340\/permalink\/24190265904007640\/\"><em>\u041c\u044b \u0441\u0434\u0435\u043b\u0430\u0435\u043c \u041f\u0440\u0438\u0434\u043d\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e\u0432\u044c\u0435 \u0421\u041e\u0412\u0420\u0415\u041c\u0415\u041d\u041d\u042b\u041c!!!!<\/em><\/a> [We will make Pridnestrovie Modern!!!!]. It is also quoted in the statement of the presidents of city and district councils of PMR, who say that \u201cthis way, the Republic of Moldova openly discriminates against its own citizens based on their residence in a certain territory. In the modern world, such an uncivilized practice seems absolutely unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The PSRM (Party of Socialists) quickly linked this topic to the country\u2019s president and the ruling party, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/socialistii.moldova\/posts\/pfbid0DXY2V4RgYXfpi1R8UWeNzB7xuryaT2RydnnwqYQbwfXG62rf3haqbhrbzgRs7E6jl\">stating<\/a> that \u201cMaia Sandu and her party consciously promote a policy of segregation, depriving over 260,000 citizens of the Republic of Moldova of their legal right to vote. This is not just discrimination \u2013 it is a crime against their own people.\u201d The PSRM page also distributed several videos from the protest organized by the party at the CEC headquarters. In one of them, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/socialistii.moldova\/videos\/626629746840214\/\">Bogdan \u021a\u00eerdea<\/a> declares that \u201ccitizens are deprived of their rights. This is called a regime that discriminates against its own people \u2013 a dictatorship.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maxim Iordan, president of the Balti territorial organization of the Victory Bloc, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/moldova.moldova\/permalink\/24303192292655894\/\">wrote<\/a> in posts distributed in groups that \u201cthe elections have turned into a farce in which their rights are simply ignored and trampled.\u201d<\/p>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;51719&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2. <\/strong><strong>\u201cTransnistrians\u201d are considered \u201cstrangers\u201d and \u201csecond-class\u201d by the Moldovan authorities, who divide citizens into good and bad<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another idea, close to that of discrimination, insinuates that the government divides the citizens into \u201cgood\u201d and \u201cbad\u201d, marginalizing the Moldovans from the left bank of the Dniester, who are allegedly considered to be \u201csecond hand\u201d. It is through these messages that identity manipulation, \u201cus versus them\u201d division, and victimization take place.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The tone in this regard was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/2674055576221096\/permalink\/3722366768056633\/\">set<\/a>, among other people, by Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for Russia\u2019s Foreign Ministry. According to her, \u201cMoldovan citizens living in Transnistria turned out to be second-class voters,\u201d there is discrimination against Transnistrians who hold Moldovan citizenship, and Chisinau deliberately filters voters \u201caccording to their reliability,\u201d creating artificial obstacles to voter turnout. The statement, released several days before the CEC decision, spread across several Facebook groups<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the same time, the so-called Foreign Minister of the Transnistrian region, Vitali Ignatiev, says in a video report on local television that Chisinau\u2019s reaction represents \u201cpanicked reluctance not to listen.\u201d He uses this conflict as a pretext to bring the recognition of the region as a separate state back into discussion. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/441788529600873\/permalink\/2253420215104353\/\">text accompanying video<\/a>, Ignatiev is quoted with the narrative that \u201cif the government, in the person of Sandu, Grosu, and other representatives, do see the Transnistrians as \u2018strangers,\u2019 then it should probably say so directly. In this case, the question arises: Do we recognize the inhabitants of the left bank of the Dniester as part of our society, and the territory as part of the country? Or should we honestly recognize Transnistria as a separate state and stop playing with half measures?\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The post of the socialist Vladimir Odnostalco from the protest organized in front of the CEC was also redistributed in several groups, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/moldovamaremd\/permalink\/1448234566325962\/\"><em>\u0417\u0435\u043c\u043b\u044f \u041c\u043e\u043b\u0434\u0430\u0432\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f!<\/em><\/a> [Moldovan Land!]<em>, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/moldova.moldova\/permalink\/24313837044924752\/\"><em>\u041c\u043e\u043b\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0430 \u0437\u0430 \u043c\u0438\u0440!<\/em><\/a> [Moldova for peace!], and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/448197435384160\/permalink\/2901839843353228\/\"><em>\u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u044f \u0438 \u041c\u043e\u043b\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0430 \u0412\u041c\u0415\u0421\u0422\u0415<\/em><\/a> [Russia and Moldova TOGETHER]. The politician states that \u201cafter Maia Sandu and PAS came to power, the society was divided into \u2018good\u2019 citizens and \u2018bad\u2019 citizens. They continue to divide us by reducing the number of polling stations.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On thematic Facebook groups on the left bank of the Dniester, netizens amplify this narrative even more. An example of a user on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1936003203328986\/permalink\/4018463765082909\/\"><em>\u041f\u0440\u0438\u0434\u043d\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043c\u0438\u0440<\/em><\/a> [Pridnestrovian World] group illustrates a video with statements by several politicians from Chisinau, including false ones, accompanied by the text: \u201cLike 30 years ago, the residents of PMR are second-class citizens for the Chisinau elite&#8230; And there is no need to be hypocrites and lie to Transnistrians!\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another video, accompanied by a false voice and distributed on multiple groups and pages on Facebook, promotes the same narrative and targets MP and PAS member Radu Marian, who in an alleged telephone conversation about reducing the number of polling stations said that the inhabitants of the left bank of the Dniester are \u201cSoves\u201d <em>(people with Soviet mentality)<\/em>, who should vote \u201cin Siberia,\u201d and that they are not Moldovans at all, which means they should not have the right to vote. In the group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/2674055576221096\/permalink\/3719765144983462\/\"><em>\u041f\u0440\u0438\u0434\u043d\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u041f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0434\u0430: \u041d\u041e\u0412\u041e\u0421\u0422\u0418, \u0421\u041e\u0411\u042b\u0422\u0418\u042f, \u041b\u042e\u0414\u0418<\/em><\/a> [Pridnestrovian Truth: News, Events, People], the recording is commented by reference to multiple other disinformation narratives: that the government that came to power with the help of \u201cforeign forces\u201d is maintained by means of dictatorial methods; that those in the government have the same attitude not only towards \u201cTransnistrians\u201d, but also the rest of the inhabitants of Moldova; that \u201cthe current government includes not only fake idiots and incompetent NGO workers, but also moral perverts and banal clowns\u201d; that the people \u201cbecame hostages of all kinds of garbage and a group of political prostitutes.\u201d The administrator of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/367383575408271\/?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZUOy5p4ZLOk2o6dA1xOeEOmXOhYfuaP_qsAC0yYJezbiUZNKalVG7LALd-b9UfzDj_wLPy51G3ntKjqmmeQWu_4At71GQAvANKKlWWRYRd6D8S3d81PBtrG235UsMm8QTA_5xps3HhPFi4NoEBqbt0oDBnmnUgIvwN2W-rgJOlPMJgJyMYteWxjWjyK-OVyFRVvF00CuSlnzfnIXG4o461npAqRq_0qV5Tjsr0grO3JAIVNJbyGJb2_yhW2pptmY0qYLQsU2fRx226H9zEIAFTO&amp;__tn__=-UC%2CP-y-R\"><em>\u0421\u0442\u043e\u043f\u0424\u0435\u0439\u043a \u041c\u043e\u043b\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0430 \/ StopFals Moldova<\/em><\/a> [StopFake Moldova] distributes this video in other thematic groups with the comment that such statements of PAS representatives take place according to a \u201cfamiliar pattern,\u201d meaning that when a scandal intensifies, it is followed by statements about \u201cfakes\u201d and \u201cKremlin provocations,\u201d \u201cbut the essence does not change: people on the left bank of the Dniester again hear from representatives of the governments that they are \u2018strangers\u2019 and that their opinion can simply be excluded.\u201d Other users <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/RENASTERE\/permalink\/31018479187767138\/\">comment on<\/a> the fake audio recording of Marian citing Insider Moldova, but not including the link to source: \u201cThis is direct discrimination, this is selective segregation. The government divides people into \u2018correct\u2019 and \u2018useless\u2019, strengthening the status of Transnistrians as second-class citizens. And after that, Sandu keeps talking about \u2018reintegration\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;51722&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>3. <\/strong><strong>The authorities reduce the number of polling stations because they know that the votes will go to the opposition<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This narrative interprets the CEC decision as part of a deliberate PAS strategy to prevent the opposition from accumulating votes in the Transnistrian region, with the help of a conspiracy theory, documentary fakes (\u201cNote for Bolea\u201d), or delegitimization of institutions.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On August 19, the website <em>\u041d\u0435\u0437\u0430\u0432\u0438\u0441\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0435 \u041f\u0440\u0438\u0434\u043d\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e\u0432\u044c\u0435<\/em> [Independent Pridnestrovie] published <a href=\"https:\/\/np-inform.com\/index.php\/tema-dnya\/item\/3088-pochemu-kishinevu-nevygodno-chtoby-na-vyborakh-v-parlament-golosovali-grazhdane-rm-iz-pridnestrovya\">an article<\/a> titled \u201cWhy it is not in Chisinau\u2019s favor for the citizens of the Transnistrian region to vote in the parliamentary elections.\u201d According to the article, the right to vote of residents from the left bank of the Dniester is intentionally limited by Chisinau by reducing the number of polling stations. The decision is called \u201cdiscrimination\u201d and \u201ca crime against its own people,\u201d suggesting that it could be the result of \u201csecret agreement with Kiev.\u201d In several Facebook groups, the article is shared with a focus on the key message: \u201cIt seems that the answer to this question can be given immediately. The participation of Transnistrian voters in the parliamentary elections in the Republic of Moldova is disadvantageous because the majority will not support the pro-European PAS, which might change the political balance in the parliament.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another fake identified in groups and appealing to a conspiracy theory is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/RENASTERE\/permalink\/31034791582802565\/\">photo of a<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/RENASTERE\/permalink\/31034791582802565\/\">document<\/a> allegedly called \u201cInformation for V. Bolea\u201d, which allegedly included a list of instructions with actions planned for voting day with the aim to limit the vote of people in the region. According to the text, \u201cthe story of the reduction of the number of polling stations in Transnistria to 10 turned out to be only the first episode. Now, the <em>Note for Bolea<\/em> came into the public space \u2013 a document that looks like a plan not just to limit, but to actually disrupt the vote for people on the left bank. The list of instructions includes an entire set of dirty technologies: recruitment of heads of commissions, pressure on observers, turning off lights, blocking roads. We are not talking about random excesses on site, but about a conscious strategy.\u201d The author of the post also explains why PAS would resort to these actions: because \u201cthe voters of Transnistria are an electorate that does not vote for the government. Their additional vote turns into a threat.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Several posts identified in the analysis, distributed and redistributed in various groups, accuse the PAS government of limiting electoral and constitutional rights, explaining such actions by the fear that the inhabitants of the region would vote with the opposition. They include:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\r\n \t<li>\u201cToday, in a shameful and criminal way, the power and members of the CEC have de facto limited the right to vote of more than 260 thousand Moldovan citizens living in Transnistria. The reasons are, of course, obvious \u2013 the opinion of the Transnistrians differs from the political program of the ruling party.\u201d<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Fewer polling stations means fewer votes. It is apparently not just a simple organizational mistake, but a \u201cwell-thought-out strategy.\u201d<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The opposition \u201cis convinced that the authorities are acting consciously. Long queues at polling stations can be presented as \u2018organized transportation\u2019 of voters and, therefore, as a reason to accuse Tiraspol and Moscow of interference. Vote buying, pressures, \u2018outside influence\u2019 \u2013 all these could become a convenient pretext to question or even cancel election results.\u201d All this \u201cstrategy\u201d is allegedly aimed at \u201cminimizing the number of votes on the left bank of the Dniester.\u201d<\/li>\r\n \t<li>\u201cThe reasons for such actions are obvious: The huge rating problems of the ruling party, which means that Transnistrians who are skeptical of the current government in Moldova could play a role in their collapse in the parliamentary elections, as well as Chisinau\u2019s almost manic policy of discriminating against the inhabitants of Transnistria.\u201d<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From the same spectrum of posts, an image of Maia Sandu with Vlad Plahotniuc is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/441788529600873\/permalink\/2249866242126417\/\"><u>accompanied by a text<\/u><\/a> about two \u201ccoincidences,\u201d as the author calls them \u2013 the alleged delay in bringing Plahotniuc into the country and the CEC\u2019s decision to reduce the number of polling stations on the left bank of the Dniester by three times. \u201cIn reality, the reason is obvious: The Transnistrians support the opposition more. This means that their votes can influence the outcome of the elections. It seems that the situation is as follows: The authorities fear Plahotniuc and, at the same time, try to limit the participation in the vote of those who can support the opposition,\u201d the user concludes.<\/p>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;51725&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>4. <\/strong><strong>\u201eLimitation of vote\u201d would lead to the division of the country and cession of the Transnistrian region<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The reduction in polling stations is being presented as part of a plan to break Moldova in two by limiting voting in the Transnistrian region. It is also implied that these actions are a step towards ceding the Transnistrian region to Ukraine through secret agreements.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In this case, too, the PSRM is one of the sources that sets the framework, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/socialistii.moldova\/posts\/pfbid0DXY2V4RgYXfpi1R8UWeNzB7xuryaT2RydnnwqYQbwfXG62rf3haqbhrbzgRs7E6jl\">launching<\/a> the idea that \u201cMaybe Sandu and PAS are preparing the cession of Transnistria? Is the denial of vote part of secret deals with Kiev? Why do Moldovan authorities give up territory, industrial potential, power plants, metallurgy? Who would the transformation of Transnistria into a \u2018broken piece\u2019 suit?\u201d In the same post, the party addresses PAS with appreciations about \u201ca policy of segregation,\u201d \u201cirresponsible policy that leads the country to division, isolation, and chaos,\u201d \u201cwe will support the unity of the country, despite all the attempts of the power to divide it.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unimedia.info\/posts\/pfbid021Djj1CaZHiKqVmJmbJuAmjajf4ADAuCBAjpttiEyCUVGDMmpcN4J8uptWpCQCvhKl\">Unimedia<\/a> quotes the PSRM with the question about \u201cceding Transnistria\u201d in the foreground. At the same time, these statements were promoted on multiple platforms. For example, the group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1008913719820269\/permalink\/1704086973636270\/\"><em>\u041d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0413\u0430\u0433\u0430\u0443\u0437\u0438\u0438 \u0438 \u044e\u0433\u0430 \u041c\u043e\u043b\u0434\u043e\u0432\u044b<\/em><\/a> [The News of Gagauzia and the South of Moldova] shared a text produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/balti24md.2?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZVTsAcCx0ZhBCWKc5oLCEhCwkeEwNET7D7acgC4er8ZwPQT1LQf9wGvDkk8pPBwHZUspnheLLAO9yzCT6cqCzyQUI72F5TbEYakPdOBW2rA83EJmySNDy8fdMxS4mAi_5L1S58pmqsj6i58UM3019qLAvEbnA7w0NSqxWGYxyIjJL3U9tsbh59sZxzfJ-dyscnTx9ZexBC0wjMNS8bPrTEQcSCjzLAGd4pUUKBjmIDBkGaYn9fS5S8lb-1ZzUzwuB-GLgDQNTnaTscbAc37TZpl&amp;__tn__=-UC%2CP-y-R\">\u0411\u0435\u043b\u044c\u0446\u044b 24<\/a> [Balti 24], which mentioned the accusations of discrimination brought by Igor Dodon, and also the fact that he \u201calso recognized that the government\u2019s actions might be related to \u2018secret agreements with Kiev\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/telegraphmd\/videos\/1859123141613171\/\">Telegraph Moldova<\/a> also quoted the politician \u2013 in an excerpt from a video interview with Igor Dodon, initially distributed on his official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dodon.igor1\/videos\/644501615347085\/\">page<\/a>, in which he suggestively asks whether \u201cthis is an attempt to effectively exclude Transnistria from the electoral process. To whom do you plan to give this region? Ukraine? Our citizens live there. And you just abandon them.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/moldovakalendar\/posts\/pfbid0GiYBprE6t32W86SnjABxtuQEUURrQ3kfv2MTmE14FLYSRCmVyTGvmpFQNf9QDfMCl\"><em>\u041c\u043e\u043b\u0434\u0430\u0432\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u041a\u0430\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0434\u0430\u0440\u044c<\/em><\/a> [Moldovan Calendar] quotes Vasile Tarlev, who declared on his Telegram channel that \u201cit is not just a restriction of rights, but a concrete step towards the division of the country.\u201d Tarlev also referred to European integration, insinuating that it can lead to internal division of the country and that for the sake of this desideratum the authorities are willing to sacrifice part of the population.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>5. Reduction of polling stations is tantamount to preparing for war<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The alarmist narrative presents the reduction of polling stations as a step towards military conflict and destabilization.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A post distributed by a netizen in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/141305269373301\/permalink\/2899549636882170\/\"><em>\u041f\u041c\u0420<\/em><\/a> [PMR] group is a classic example of a conspiracy theory and call to fear, which insinuates a secret collaboration between the Moldovan and Ukrainian authorities to start a war with Russia. The post suggests that the detention of a Moldovan with explosives at the Palanca customs post was part of a provocation organized by the Ukrainian secret services, designed to blow up a checkpoint of Russian troops in the region and thus draw Moldova into a military conflict with Russia. It is stated that the operation had the consent of the Chisinau leadership and that the ultimate goal was to open a \u201csecond front\u201d against the Russian Federation, but the plan was allegedly thwarted by customs officers.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An interview with Serghei Mi\u0219in, presented as a PhD in Law, distributed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/moldova.moldova\/permalink\/24337982632510193\/\">in several groups<\/a>, sends the message that the reduction of polling stations for residents from the left bank of the Dniester is not a simple technical decision, but a strategic step with serious consequences. In the end of the text, the author states that \u201cthis policy is dangerously reminiscent of what happened in Donbas between Kiev and Donetsk with Lugansk in the period of 2014-2022&#8230; and it could lead to the definitive loss of Transnistria.\u201d This narrative, which equates the electoral situation in Moldova with the precedent of Donbas and induces the idea that the Moldovan authorities are deliberately pushing the Transnistrian region towards a definitive break, is echoed in a larger text published on Moldanalytics and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/RENASTERE\/permalink\/31083545287927194\/\">distributed<\/a> in several groups.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In another group we identified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1599133697033735\/permalink\/4176026606011085\/\">a post<\/a> suggesting that Moldova is favored in the European integration process to the detriment of Ukraine. The text quotes a publication in Politico, after which it mixes facts with opinions and correlates them with the subject of the number of polling stations. In the end, the author concludes: \u201cEurope is betting on Moldova as a more \u2018convenient\u2019 candidate, even if it means turning a blind eye to violations inside the country. The Moldovans, looking at this scenario, involuntarily wonder: Will Chisinau repeat the Ukrainian path of 2014, only in a \u2018better packed\u2019 package?\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/141305269373301\/permalink\/2907098426127291\/\">post<\/a> elaborates in an alarmist tone on a conspiracy theory that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his \u201cglobalist sponsors\u201d were preparing major provocations, including drone attacks on Russia, the Kursk power plant, and the Druzhba pipeline. The post cites as its source a Telegram channel and introduces Moldova as part of a \u201csecondary plan.\u201d The central quote is formulated as follows: \u201cThe probability of provocation by Ukraine and Moldova in relation to Transnistria is 98%&#8230; The war will take place 100% only under the conditions of two factors: Sandu\u2019s party must maintain the monopoly on power; the Ukrainian crisis must continue for at least another year.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Through this narrative, the parliamentary elections in Moldova are transformed into an existential choice between \u201cwar or peace.\u201d The ruling party is presented as an instrument of \u201cglobalists\u201d that is allegedly pushing the country into a military conflict against Transnistria and, implicitly, Russia, while the opposition appears as a guarantor of peace. The post exploits fear and resorts to manipulation through a simplistic dichotomy: \u201cPAS = war, opposition = peace.\u201d<\/p>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;51728&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>CONCLUSION<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The topic of participation of citizens from the Transnistrian region in the vote is instrumentalized on social networks such as Facebook not only to challenge the legitimacy of the CEC decision, but also to build a broader narrative about the inability of the PAS government to respect the fundamental rights of all citizens, about the betrayal of national interests and a dangerous future for Moldova. This convergence of messages indicates that the issue of polling stations is not treated as an administrative matter, but is transformed into a vector of political mobilization and propaganda.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The monitoring was carried out within the project\u00a0\u201cResilient Media, Informed Voters: Safeguarding Moldova\u2019s Elections from Disinformation\u201d, funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Moldova. 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