A "comprehensive and coordinated" attempt was made to prevent Moldovan citizens abroad from voting, including with bomb threats, according to the German Foreign Ministry.
Bomb threats were directed at polling stations in Hamburg, Frankfurt, Kaiserslautern, and Berlin, says the ministry's spokesperson Sebastian Fischer, who describes the incident as completely unacceptable, to AFP.
The Moldovan government had warned Germany before the election that Russia was planning to disrupt the electoral process in various ways, including with false bomb threats. It was also warned that similar attempts could be made in France, Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom, the USA, and Canada, as reported by the newspaper Die Welt.
The more pro-European President Maia Sandu defeated the more Russia-friendly opponent Alexandr Stoianoglo with over 55 percent of the votes.
In the first round, Sandu received a clear majority of votes, 42 percent, but since she did not receive over 50 percent, the election went on to a decisive duel. In conjunction with the first round, Moldovan citizens also voted with a minimal margin to include a striving for EU membership in the constitution.
