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Storm-1679 Moldovan election disinformation campaign

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The Storm-1679 disinformation campaign is targeting Moldova's 2025 elections, aiming to disrupt the Sept. 28 parliamentary vote and weaken the country's EU path. It uses news-style sites and false headlines against current Moldovan leadership. Technical overlaps point to Absatz and suggest infrastructure reuse across older and current Russian disinformation sites. The operation raises election-interference risk in a tightly timed national vote.

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Timeline

  1. 24.09.2025 23:01 1 articles · 9mo ago

    Absatz registers with Roskomnadzor

    Technical Analysis Update

    Absatz was registered with Roskomnadzor on March 31, 2022, creating a historical anchor for the Russian propaganda organization later linked to the Moldova disinformation infrastructure through shared technical fingerprints and reused hosting patterns.

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  2. 24.09.2025 23:01 2 articles · 9mo ago

    Silent Push discloses Storm-1679 Moldova election campaign

    Initial Disclosure

    Silent Push published research on Sept. 23, 2025 describing Storm-1679, also known as Matryoshka, as the actor behind a disinformation campaign against the 2025 Moldovan elections. The campaign used news-style websites, anti-government articles, and false headlines aimed at undermining support for Moldova's EU path ahead of the Sept. 28 parliamentary elections.

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