In other cases, the diaspora vote is more progressive: Moldova’s pro-European Union president, Maia Sandu, was elected in 2020 in part due to from Moldovans living abroad.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/05/11/turkey-elections-germany-diaspora-erdogan-kilicdaroglu/

Leaders from Croatia, Slovakia and Slovenia were also in Bucha and Moldova’s President Maia Sandu said those responsible should be held accountable.

Source: https://www.kuwaittimes.com/zelensky-vows-to-defeat-russian-evil/

MOSCOW – The Russian Foreign Ministry is warning Ukraine and its Western allies that an attack on Russian troops in Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria would be construed as an attack on Russia itself and trigger an “adequate response.”

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/world-news/2023/02/live-updates-russia-ukraine-war-anniversary/