EADaily, November 6th, 2024. Today, on November 6, the Moldovan Foreign Ministry reacted to Moscow's statements that Maia Sandu could not be considered elected president, since the majority of voters in the country supported her rival Alexander Stoyanoglo.

Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman of Kremlin ruler Vladimir Putin, has questioned the legitimacy of Moldova's presidential election, claiming Maia Sandu could not be deemed the country's president. Source: Russian Kommersant,

Moldova's pro-EU incumbent Maia Sandu on Sunday won a tense presidential runoff, beating her rival backed by a pro-Russian party in what she described as a "lesson in democracy".