Crypto and Diaspora Election Interference

Moldovan authorities say the Kremlin shifted from smuggled cash to opening personal Russian bank accounts for thousands of Moldovans ahead of the 2024 votes and used cryptocurrency in 2025, while organizing diaspora transport and direct vote buying. In a small economy, 'hundreds of millions' of euros in covert financing can be a massive share of GDP, yet still failed to flip the election. — It identifies a scalable foreign‑interference toolkit—diaspora logistics plus financial rails (bank accounts, crypto)—that election integrity policies must monitor beyond traditional cash smuggling.