Kremlin threatening Moldova's independence, president warns ahead of key votePresident Maia Sandu believes Europe is the only guarantor of Moldova's security and its sovereigntyAddressing the nation, President Sandu accused the Kremlin of "pouring hundreds of millions of euros" into Moldova in an attempt to foment violence and spread disinformation and fear. That we are not a country, only a territory," the president declared, pointing to Russian involvement at the highest level. That ballot was the president's initiative, an attempt to set Moldova's EU path in stone. President Sandu and her supporters strongly disagree. The SVR even warns that the EU could mount "an armed incursion and de-facto occupation" of Moldova, falsely claiming that the EU is deploying troops.