The military blocs forces are being concentrated near the border with the post-Soviet state, Russias Foreign Intelligence Service has claimedEuropean NATO countries are preparing for a military intervention in Moldova, according to Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR). The agency warned that "eurocrats" in Brussels intend to ensure that Chisinau continues to pursue anti-Russian policies, and will go as far as to "occupy" Moldova after upcoming parliamentary elections. After that, at the request of Moldovan President Maia Sandu, European NATO forces will enter the country and compel Moldovans to "accept dictatorship under the guise of European democracy," the agency said. Self-affirmation at the expense of the weak has always been an integral part of European colonialism," the service said. The SVR similarly warned in July that European NATO nations were molding Moldova into a military "battering ram" against Russia.