Russian Influence Assets Converge on Moldovan Elections

Insikt Group documents multiple Russia-linked influence operations targeting Moldova’s September 28, 2025 elections, including Operation Overload, Foundation to Battle Injustice, Operation Undercut, Shor-affiliated Evrazia pages, the MD24 media network, and the Portal Kombat Pravda ecosystem. The report details narratives aimed at vilifying President Maia Sandu and PAS, undermining EU integration, and seeding distrust in election integrity; identifies tactics such as deepfakes, media impersonation, coordinated inauthentic behavior, hashtag hijacking, and content laundering; and maps associated infrastructure including TikTok and Meta assets, domains, and IPs. While assessed to have limited success in shifting public opinion so far, these operations pose risks to media integrity and voter confidence, and the authors expect increased activity closer to the election, offering monitoring and mitigation recommendations.