This was a big L for Putin. Now he flew to Belarus today to whine to Lukashenko.
I don’t really care if it was a big L for Putin. But it may turn out to be an even bigger L for the Moldovians.
(In all likelihood the governing party would have won without any untoward election interference, but they just had to make sure. Unfortunately that may have long term consequences in Moldovia and elsewhere.)
The fact that EU is supporting this type of election interference is a VERY BIG L for us who happens to live in EU countries where elections used to be non-corrupted.
Already 2023 the EU formed the EUPM (EU partnership Mission) for Moldavia with a budget of ca €20 million. This has of course been enlarged during the two intervening years.
https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eupm-moldova/about-eu-partnership-mission-republic-moldova_en?s=410318