Russia Stirs Up Anti-LGBTQ Prejudice In Moldova ‘Information War’

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10/31/2024

When two false bomb alerts targeted an LGBTQ festival in Chisinau this month, organiser Angelica Frolov was left scrambling to find an alternative venue at the last minute. Days ahead of key elections in which Moldova’s pro-EU President Maia Sandu hopes to win a second term, Frolov blamed Russia for the false alerts, accusing Moscow of waging an “information war” in which the LGBTQ community is an “unwitting” pawn. “We are being used,” the 50-year-old activist told AFP. “Homophobia in Moldova is being used in this war.” Pro-Russian parties in the small country of 2.6 million bordering Ukraine, are using anti-LGBTQ prejudices to stir up anger towards Sandu and the European Union.

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