‘A large defeat’ for Moscow: Moldovan pro-EU party victorious despite Russian attempts to sway vote

Moldova’s ruling party on Monday hailed its key election victory that keeps the ex-Soviet country on a pro-EU path despite what the government and its allies said was a massive attempt by Russia to sway the vote. Speaking on FRANCE 24, Boris Najman, Associate Professor of Economy at University Paris EST Créteil and Former Advisor to the Ukrainian Government, says that the result represents a large defeat for Moscow.