The Russian state propaganda agency TASS reports.Russians pushed a narrative that the EU allegedly intends to keep Moldova under its “Russophobic policy.”“This is to be done at any cost, up to deploying troops and effectively occupying the country. At this stage, NATO forces are being concentrated in Romania near Moldova’s borders,” Russia’s foreign “intelligence” service claimed.Russians also circulate “reports” alleging that troops from France and the UK have already arrived in Odesa.“The deployment of a NATO ‘contingent’ in Odesa region is being prepared to intimidate Transnistria,” the propagandists claimed.At the same time, Russia’s “intelligence” service provided no evidence to back up its statements.Moldova elections and the threat of Russian interferenceAccording to Bloomberg, Russia is planning to interfere in Moldova’s elections to weaken the pro-European government and undermine the country’s EU integration course. To this end, Moscow has intensified disinformation campaigns.Moldovan President Maia Sandu says that Russia could use the country as a staging ground to attack the Odesa region if its allied parties win the parliamentary elections.On September 22, Moldovan authorities detained 74 people suspected of undergoing training to organize mass unrest during the upcoming parliamentary elections.