Pro-Russian candidates win presidential votes in Bulgaria and Moldova

[Renew Deal]

Voters in Bulgaria and Moldova elected pro-Russian populist presidents on the weekend, adding to mounting concern about Western unity following Donald Trump’s victory in the US election last week.

Rumen Radev, a former air force general who openly opposes EU sanctions against Russia, swept to victory with nearly 60 percent of the vote at presidential elections in Bulgaria on Sunday.

On the same day Igor Dodon, who wants to scrap a trade deal with the EU and join the Russia-dominated Eurasian Union instead, won a second round run off in Moldova, a former Soviet republic that borders Ukraine and Romania.

Both men ran on anti-establishment platforms focused on issues like immigration, security, and a conciliatory line on Russia.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/14/pro-russian-candidates-win-presidential-votes-in-bulgaria-and-mo

[Wilms]

1. So we're going to have to invade Bulgaria and Moldova, too?