Russian disinformation and cyberattacks could be expected during this year’s elections across Europe, said NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană in an interview with Romanian news outlet Digi24.
Geoană, a native of Romania, said his country would likely be one of Moscow’s targets, and the latter would likely support those with an anti-Western stance, though they might not be necessarily pro-Russian.
“It's an obviously anti-Western force that Russia and others are trying to do here, to encourage those who are not necessarily pro-Russian, but are anti-Western – and there is a line of deliberate confusion in that area,” said Geoană.
He added the fact that 56 percent of Romanians do not believe the upcoming elections will be free and fair – as per recent polls – remains a point of concern.
Geoană said the ongoing situation in neighboring Moldova could be illustrative of Russia’s hybrid operations.
“There is now a much broader definition of national security and allied security. There is a military one, obviously. There is also a dimension of economic security, of cyber security, of security in front of hybrid theaters.
“Look at what is happening in the Republic of Moldova and here,” said Geoană.
In March, Moldovan Minister of Internal Affairs Adrian Efros said Chișinău is in a “state of full-scale hybrid war” with Moscow where the Kremlin has been attempting to interfere in its internal affairs, as reported by RBC Ukraine.
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While Geoană refrained from making “evaluative judgments” on Romanian politics, he voiced his hopes that Romanians would “come to vote in large numbers to protect their vote and not to let the future president of this country be appointed by the political oligarchy.”
Romanian presidential elections are scheduled for Sept. 15, while its parliamentary elections are scheduled for Dec. 8. The country is also building one of Europe’s largest NATO bases, which will be the size of a small city once completed, as reported by Kyiv Post in March.
The elections to the European Parliament will take place between June 6-9, where nationals of all member states are expected to cast their ballots to elect those representing their states.
Presidential elections for Slovakia, Lithuania, Iceland and Moldova are due to take place this year. Iceland is not an EU member state but a member of the European Economic Area (EEA), which is part of Europe’s single market.
There are also nine parliamentary elections in Europe this year, of which four are “likely to result in a notable change in government and/or policy direction,” as per a November 2023 report from EIU.
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Request to allied leadership:
- What are your plans to thwart this foreign political meddling risk before it can occur?
- For risks that cannot be mitigated, what are the plans to leverage western media to repeatedly and clearly warn the electorate of what is happening and what to anticipate? How will you drown out false propaganda with truth?
Please put some effort into this. If you need some motivation, keep in mind your federal pensions will not be paid, and past democratic leaders will probably be imprisoned as threats under a putin or Xi rule.
@John, are you kidding? Do you really believe Allied Leadership, whatever the hell that is, reads your dump posts? get yourself to a Doctor and have your head examined.
@Thomas, ...Admittedly I forgot to consider troll needs in my response. Thanks for inviting me to explain further.
What I write is often similar to what I actually do write various leadership leadership. For example I wrote the RCMP, CRTC and CSIS last week to expose 7 Canada based russian propaganda outlets a Ukraine hacking group recently undercovered. Sometime I even hear back from these and here at times even from the authors of articles below which I post. They are getting read. Even trolls like yourself read them.
I often post here as well in hopes it will get other readers thinking bout these issues and similarly querying their leadership.
Just as you hope for your leadership to continue its malfeasance so you can get your salary, I want my leadership to do what is morally right and increase helping Ukraine. I feel they can do this better with the support of their electorate, but these need to first be educated regarding MRGA techniques (like abusing other posters to try to make them leave...hows that working out?). I also know your hate or lie spewing posts illustrate what a world under putins thumb would look like... very oppressive. So thanks for your public service above.
I think that about covers it. Was there anything else you thought the readers here should know?
@John, quite sure readers have figured out you’re a dumb shit.
@Thomas, Well at least with your well-crafted response, your identity as a MRGA troll remains a secret here right "Thomas"?
Oops did I just type that and I click enter?
....sorry to have blown your cover in front of any newbies here were unaware of your MRGA allegiance. I wonder what 'poster name' you will use tomorrow.
@John, wow! You really are a modern day Sherlock Holmes! Go fuck yourself asswipe.