that she is being disingenuous

Sandu has denied any such plans, but her critics say that she is being disingenuous out of fear that she will lose votes in the upcoming presidential elections in October (Politnavigator.net, September 6, 7, 10; Rubaltic.ru, September 7, 16; Eurasia.Expert, September 13; Izvestiya, September 14; Rusk.ru, September 24). The ongoing attacks on Sandu and her supporters for such an idea and the organization of mass protests against her and it, of course, are very much part of the electoral campaign. They should not be dismissed as merely that, however, because they reflect Moscow’s deeper and longstanding worries that it is about to lose influence ufabet