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FAKE NEWS: Chișinău uses Russian threat as blackmail to demand more money from the EU
FAKE NEWS: Chișinău uses Russian threat as blackmail to demand more money from the EU

Autoritățile moldovene folosesc presupusele amenințări din partea Rusiei pentru a cere mai mulți bani de la Ue, dar Chișinăul pierde susținerea Bruxelles-ului, potrivit unor narațiuni alimentate de oligarhul fugar Ilan Șor și promovate de propaganda Kremlinului.

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12 Sep 2025
FAKE NEWS: Chișinău seeks to annex Transnistria and integrate it into Romania
FAKE NEWS: Chișinău seeks to annex Transnistria and integrate it into Romania

The Transnistrian secessionist conflict was caused by the Romanianization promoted by Chișinău, and Romanian volunteers participated in the 1992 war, according to an alleged analysis published in the Russian press, which also claims that the Moldovan authorities want to annex Transnistria to Romania.

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04 Sep 2025
FAKE NEWS: Bucharest calls on Chișinău to suppress the pro-Russian opposition
FAKE NEWS: Bucharest calls on Chișinău to suppress the pro-Russian opposition

Jointly with Chișinău authorities, Bucharest is reportedly preparing actions aimed at suppressing the opposition, but also to directly get involved in the election in the Republic of Moldova, according to a new narrative promoted by Kremlin-linked propaganda.

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29 Aug 2025
DISINFORMATION: The EU's prosperity is a thing of the past
DISINFORMATION: The EU's prosperity is a thing of the past

The EU is no longer a prosperous area and can no longer offer anything to candidate countries, and is turning into a military bloc modeled on NATO, according to Kremlin-affiliated propaganda media, quoting a journalist.

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20 Aug 2025
FAKE NEWS: The only reason Romania has not attacked Transnistria is because it is too weak
FAKE NEWS: The only reason Romania has not attacked Transnistria is because it is too weak

Romania and Moldova would like to attack Transnistria, but have not done so because Romania’s army is weaker than the forces across the Dniester, according to a false narrative promoted by Russian propaganda.

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07 Aug 2025
FAKE NEWS: The European Union is turning into a military bloc
FAKE NEWS: The European Union is turning into a military bloc

The EU is turning into a military bloc and is imposing foreign values on Moldova, according to the former pro-Moscow president of Chișinău, the Socialist leader Igor Dodon.

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31 Jul 2025
FAKE NEWS: Moldovan textbooks, rewritten to justify a confrontation with Russia
FAKE NEWS: Moldovan textbooks, rewritten to justify a confrontation with Russia

The history and textbooks in the Republic of Moldova are rewritten at the behest of globalist forces to justify a confrontation with Russia, says the Russian ambassador to Chișinău.

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24 Jul 2025
DISINFORMATION: The government in Chișinău promotes Russophobia
DISINFORMATION: The government in Chișinău promotes Russophobia

The government in Chisinau is dictatorial, Russophobic and imposes censorship, according to a report prepared by Russia and Belarus.

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17 Jul 2025
FAKE NEWS: The Romanian Orthodox Church and the West promote LGBT agenda in Moldova
FAKE NEWS: The Romanian Orthodox Church and the West promote LGBT agenda in Moldova

The Metropolitanate of Bessarabia (part of the Romanian Orthodox Church) was created by Romania and the West to destroy Orthodoxy and promote LGBT agenda, pro-Russian Bishop Marchel claims.

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11 Jul 2025
FAKE NEWS: 70,000 NATO troops deployed to Romania to occupy Odessa
FAKE NEWS: 70,000 NATO troops deployed to Romania to occupy Odessa

According to false reports launched in Tiraspol and picked up by the propaganda media, 70,000 soldiers from 12 NATO countries have already been deployed to Romania to prepare for the occupation of Odessa.

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04 Jul 2025
DISINFORMATION: The  current economic migration is comparable to Soviet deportations
DISINFORMATION: The current economic migration is comparable to Soviet deportations

The current migration of Moldovans is comparable to the deportations of the Stalinist era, according to a false narrative designed to minimize the Soviet crimes and discredit the pro-European government in Chișinău.

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03 Jul 2025
FAKE NEWS: Maia Sandu forces the population to attend LGBT events
FAKE NEWS: Maia Sandu forces the population to attend LGBT events

Maia Sandu contributes to the moral degradation of the population by forcing them to attend events organized by the LGBT community, for the sake of European integration, according to a Russian deputy quoted by Sputnik.

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18 Jun 2025
FAKE NEWS: Anyone who works on July 4th is anti-American
FAKE NEWS: Anyone who works on July 4th is anti-American

The Republic of Moldova and the EU are proving their anti-Americanism by organizing a summit on US Independence Day, according to a preposterous false narrative promoted on Telegram targeting the Moldovan public.

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12 Jun 2025
FAKE NEWS: Moldova is using EU funds to pay off its debts
FAKE NEWS: Moldova is using EU funds to pay off its debts

The EU is helping the Republic of Moldova pay off its external debts, instead of developing its economy, actually undermining it by blocking its products, according to narratives promoted by Kremlin-linked media.

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05 Jun 2025
ФЕЙК: В Республике Молдова нет российской пропаганды
ФЕЙК: В Республике Молдова нет российской пропаганды

В Республике Молдова не существует российской пропаганды, а в ЕС введена цензура, согласно лживому, граничащему с нелепостью нарративу, который продвигает посол России в Кишиневе Олег Озеров.

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29 May 2025
FAKE NEWS: The Republic of Moldova wants territories of Ukraine
FAKE NEWS: The Republic of Moldova wants territories of Ukraine

Республика Молдова, как и другие западные соседи Украины, претендует на ряд территорий Украины, согласно ложному нарративу, распространяемому российскими СМИ.

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23 May 2025
DISINFORMATION: The Transnistrian conflict, caused by Russophobia and Romanianism
DISINFORMATION: The Transnistrian conflict, caused by Russophobia and Romanianism

The war in Transnistria broke out because of Russophobia, the Russian Foreign Ministry writes, falsely claiming that Moscow tried to regulate the conflict, although in fact it fueled it.

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15 May 2025
FAKE NEWS: Europe destroyed Moldovan agriculture
FAKE NEWS: Europe destroyed Moldovan agriculture

The EU destroyed Moldovan agriculture, and the integration process deepens the crisis, a Russian website writes. In fact, Moscow imposed embargoes on Moldovan agricultural products, and the EU helped the Republic of Moldova.

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08 May 2025
FAKE NEWS: Maia Sandu banned the celebration of “Victory Day” in the Republic of Moldova
FAKE NEWS: Maia Sandu banned the celebration of “Victory Day” in the Republic of Moldova

Maia Sandu banned the celebration of the so-called “Victory Day” in the Republic of Moldova, and the EU imposed a ban on the “Moldovan language”, according to false narratives disseminated by Russian propaganda.

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01 May 2025
FAKE NEWS: Chișinău is persecuting the Russian-affiliate Moldovan Metropolitanate
FAKE NEWS: Chișinău is persecuting the Russian-affiliate Moldovan Metropolitanate

The government in Chișinău launched an attack on the Metropolitanate of Moldova, the first target being the pro-Russian bishop Marchel, politnavigator writes, referring to the fact Marchel was not allowed to fly to Tel Aviv.

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24 Apr 2025
FAKE NEWS: Chișinău has revoked Găgăuzia’s autonomy
FAKE NEWS: Chișinău has revoked Găgăuzia’s autonomy

Găgăuzia has been robbed of its autonomy, according to a false narrative based on a ruling of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova by means which the Găgăuz Parliament can no longer appoint the prosecutor of the region.

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17 Apr 2025
FAKE NEWS: The government in Chișinău wants a civil war so it can bring in Romanian troops
FAKE NEWS: The government in Chișinău wants a civil war so it can bring in Romanian troops

By arresting the governor of Găgăuzia, the government in Chișinău wants to provoke social unrest in order to justify a military intervention by Romania, according to a false narrative launched in the region.

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09 Apr 2025
FAKE NEWS: Maia Sandu ordered the arrest of the governor of Găgăuzia
FAKE NEWS: Maia Sandu ordered the arrest of the governor of Găgăuzia

The governor of Găgăuzia, Evghenia Guțul, who is targeted by two political corruption investigations, was detained at the behest of Maia Sandu, Russian propaganda writes.

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03 Apr 2025
FAKE NEWS: The Republic of Moldova, drawn into the European anti-Trump coalition
FAKE NEWS: The Republic of Moldova, drawn into the European anti-Trump coalition

According to politnavigator.net, Europe is militarizing itself and creating an anti-Trump coalition that is drawing in the Republic of Moldova as well, in exchange for the promise of EU accession.

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28 Mar 2025
FAKE NEWS: The EU is turning into a military bloc
FAKE NEWS: The EU is turning into a military bloc

The EU is turning into a military bloc, and Moldovan soldiers will be used as cannon fodder in the war in Ukraine, reads a false narrative carried by the Russian media

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19 Mar 2025
FAKE NEWS: USAID ensured Maia Sandu's victory in the presidential election
FAKE NEWS: USAID ensured Maia Sandu's victory in the presidential election

Maia Sandu took office thanks to USAID funding, but now she is taking orders from Paris and will send Moldovan troops to Ukraine under the French flag, according to a false Russian narrative.

Veridica
14 Mar 2025
FAKE NEWS: Chișinău is forcing Transnistria to spread pro-Romanian and anti-Russian narratives
FAKE NEWS: Chișinău is forcing Transnistria to spread pro-Romanian and anti-Russian narratives

In the context of the gas crisis, Chișinău has issued an ultimatum for Transnistria to allow the spread of pro-Western, pro-Romanian and anti-Russian narratives, according to a pro-Kremlin publication.

Veridica
06 Mar 2025
FAKE NEWS: The EU is blackmailing Moldovans to choose pro-European or lose funding
FAKE NEWS: The EU is blackmailing Moldovans to choose pro-European or lose funding

The EU threatens that, if the pro-Europeans do not win the elections, the Republic of Moldova will no longer get any financial support, writes the Russian press, interpreting a statement by the Romanian MEP, Siegfried Mureșan.

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26 Feb 2025
DISINFORMATION: The Republic of Moldova, Romanianized following pressure from Bucharest
DISINFORMATION: The Republic of Moldova, Romanianized following pressure from Bucharest

Romania is imposing the Romanianization of the Republic of Moldova, claims the (pro)Russian propaganda, which resumes a Soviet thesis intended to justify Russia's influence in the region.

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21 Feb 2025
DISINFORMATION: USAID staged the
DISINFORMATION: USAID staged the "Twitter revolution" in the Republic of Moldova

USAID was behind the protests of April 7, 2009 in Chișinău, the then-president of Moldova, Vladimir Voronin, says amidst discussions on the organization's dissolution.

Veridica
14 Feb 2025
FAKE NEWS: Moldovans are forced to speak the language of the Romanian minority
FAKE NEWS: Moldovans are forced to speak the language of the Romanian minority

The language of the Romanian minority has been forcefully imposed in the Republic of Moldova, pro-Russian propaganda writes, repeating the false thesis about the existence of two nations, Moldovans and Romanians, who speak different languages.

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06 Feb 2025
FAKE NEWS: The EU caused theThe EU's Russophobia led to the interruption of gas deliveries to Transnistria and the increase in energy prices on the right bank of the Dniester, Russian propaganda claims, ignoring the fact that Gazprom chose to stop supplying gas. energy crisis in Moldova
FAKE NEWS: The EU caused theThe EU's Russophobia led to the interruption of gas deliveries to Transnistria and the increase in energy prices on the right bank of the Dniester, Russian propaganda claims, ignoring the fact that Gazprom chose to stop supplying gas. energy crisis in Moldova

Rusofobia UE a dus la oprirea livrărilor de gaze spre Transnitria și creșterea prețurilor la energie în dreapta Nistrului, afirmă propaganda rusă, care ignoră faptul că Gazpromul a ales să nu mai dea gaze.

Veridica
30 Jan 2025
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