Russia is monitoring Moldova's elections but is not interfering in them, says Kremlin

FILE PHOTO: Members of an electoral commission count votes after polling stations closed in the course of Moldova's presidential election and a referendum on joining the European Union, in Chisinau, Moldova October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Friday that Russia was monitoring the ongoing presidential election in Moldova, but was not interfering in it despite a flurry of allegations from the West and Moldova's pro-Western president to the contrary.

Moldova is holding an election runoff on Sunday in which pro-Western President Maia Sandu will attempt to win a second term in a country that has become a diplomatic battleground between Russia and the European Union.