Fake News, Disinformation & Propaganda - Mariana Vasilache

FAKE NEWS: Maia Sandu wants to abolish free media
FAKE NEWS: Maia Sandu wants to abolish free media

The President of the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu, only mimics her attachement to democratic and European values and if she could, she would establish an authoritarian regime in which freedom of expression would be limited. This fake narrative, originating from the Socialist circles, was also used during the elections campaign. 

FAKE NEWS: The Russian language, a shield that protected the Moldovan state from annihilation
FAKE NEWS: The Russian language, a shield that protected the Moldovan state from annihilation

The Moldovan Constitutional Court ruling not not to give a special statute to the Russian language is a step towards the destruction of the state and union with Romania. The narrative is seeking to push the fake notion that Moldova is a multi-national state, just like the former USSR, and like in the former USSR, Russian should be the lingua franca. 

DISINFORMATION: The Soviet era was beneficial for the Republic of Moldova .md
DISINFORMATION: The Soviet era was beneficial for the Republic of Moldova .md

Some media in Chisinau describes an idealized Communist period, disregarding the facts.

FAKE NEWS: Maia Sandu is trying to subjugate Moldova’s power structures in order to crush her opponents
FAKE NEWS: Maia Sandu is trying to subjugate Moldova’s power structures in order to crush her opponents

The newly elected president of the Republic of Moldova wants to control intelligence agencies and prosecutor’s offices to attack her opponents, just like millionaire Vlad Plahotniuc. The narrative is publicized by people close to PSRM, a party which holds de facto control over the institutions in question, although it has formally lost power.

FAKE NEWS: Maia Sandu and the RAND Corporation plan to destabilize Transnistria
FAKE NEWS: Maia Sandu and the RAND Corporation plan to destabilize Transnistria

The president of the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu, is the target of attacks launched by the Kremlin regarding the escalation of the conflict in Transnistria. After she reiterated Chisinau’s stand on the withdrawal of the Russian troops illegally stationed in the Republic of Moldova since the Dniester War of 1992, high-ranking officials in Moscow have accused her of destabilizing the situation in the region. The article also resumes the narrative according to which Maia Sandu was brought to power by the West.

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