Moldova remains firmly tied to agriculture, with more than a quarter of its population employed at fields, vineyards, and orchards. As it prepares for parliamentary elections on September 28, it is also fertile ground for anti-Western narratives spread online by the Kremlin -- due to very real widespread poverty. The network, it said, attacked the EU, Moldova’s European integration, and discredited pro-European leaders in Chisinau. During the presidential elections last year, deepfakes primarily targeted pro-Western President Maia Sandu. She sees Moldova's pro-Western path as the eventual solution to them.