Dirty tricks by the Moldovan authorities have deprived the country’s citizens not only of choice, but also of a bright future Moldova’s recent presidential elections may well be considered the most bizarre and controversial in the country’s history. This has nothing to do with the fact that Moldova’s incumbent president, Maia Sandu, has been reelected; rather, the main issue is how the votes were counted.  Manipulating votes On October 30, former Moldovan president and leader of the Party of