"In a document seen by POLITICO and circulated by Moldova to EU officials shortly after the parliamentary election, the government documented how Orthodox**** priests in the country had received “instructions to spread disinformation seven days a week instead of only on Sundays.” Moscow also offered people in the country “guidance on how to set up and manage Telegram channels,” a messaging platform popular in Russia.

The government has also highlighted the use of large-scale vote-buying networks, staged protests, cyberattacks, troll farms and AI-generated deepfakes — with Russian proxies paid, sometimes in cryptocurrency, according to a performance-based system of financial bonuses.

Moldova said it has been dismantling networks of foreign-trained operatives sponsored by Moscow since 2024. “We are talking here about trainings organized in Serbia, in Bosnia-Herzegovina and in the Russian Federation,” said Misail-Nichitin, the interior minister."

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"In a document seen by POLITICO and circulated by Moldova to EU officials shortly after the parliamentary election, the government documented how Orthodox**** priests in the country had received “instructions to spread disinformation seven days a week instead of only on Sundays.” Moscow also offered people in the country “guidance on how to set up and manage Telegram channels,” a messaging platform popular in Russia.

The government has also highlighted the use of large-scale vote-buying networks, staged protests, cyberattacks, troll farms and AI-generated deepfakes — with Russian proxies paid, sometimes in cryptocurrency, according to a performance-based system of financial bonuses.

Moldova said it has been dismantling networks of foreign-trained operatives sponsored by Moscow since 2024. “We are talking here about trainings organized in Serbia, in Bosnia-Herzegovina and in the Russian Federation,” said Misail-Nichitin, the interior minister."