In the flow of social media and various websites, it seems that there is no limit to how miserable it is with Moldova's current EU-friendly government and not least President Maia Sandu.
She is accused of being involved in child trafficking, pointed out as schizophrenic and said to be planning for dictatorship and wanting to send Moldovans to the front in Ukraine. And so she tries to fertilize herself with the help of sperm from homosexual international pop stars such as Elton John and Ricky Martin.
The information is found in investigations conducted by news agencies such as AP and AFP and the British BBC – and which clearly point out Russia as responsible.
Kremlin agents use AI and simple software to create quick and dirty images for mirror sites, says Ben Scott from the organization Reset Tech to AP.
"Hybrid war"
Everything happens before Sunday's parliamentary elections in Moldova, which have long been described as a decisive election between East and West. Sandu's party PAS is expected to get clearly the most votes – but whether it will be enough to get a sufficient majority to continue the EU- and Western-friendly policy is unclear.
Both the government and the opposition have accused each other in advance of preparing violent protests if the result does not go as they want.
We are today facing a full-scale hybrid war. The Kremlin's goal is obvious: to win Moldova in the polling stations and turn it into a launching pad for hybrid attacks against the EU, warned President Sandu in the EU Parliament a few weeks ago.
EU friends in the West
The uncertainty is great. The EU friends hope for votes from the large part of the population that lives in the West. The Russia-friendly side has strong support in the breakaway region of Transnistria, the Turkish-speaking autonomous region of Gagauzia and in the countryside.
The fact that the already weak economy has been further damaged by the war in neighboring Ukraine also plays a role.
We cannot export to the EU because we do not have the certificates they require. It was much easier to export to Russia, says apple farmer Cristina Crudu to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Moldova is slightly larger than Småland, borders Ukraine and Romania and has around 2.5 million inhabitants, of which around 700,000 in and around the capital Chisinau.
Elections are being held on September 28 to elect the 101 members of parliament. The ruling EU-friendly PAS is expected to get clearly the most mandates, followed by the clearly Russia-friendly left-wing bloc PEB. Much of the election outcome will be decided by whether and if so which balancing role will be taken by two other opposition movements, PN and BEA.
Moldova has applied for EU membership and been approved as a candidate country, but is still waiting to start concrete negotiations.
