Daughter of Moldova’s pro-Kremlin presidential candidate keeps your bank safe – POLITICO

However, her position in the ECB’s supervisory arm’s so-called Suptech team, which focuses on “fostering a digital culture and providing new supervisory tools and technologies” undoubtedly places her in a particularly sensitive.

Corina took up her new role last month, having previously completed a one-year internship at the ECB, starting in the summer of 2023. She joined the team at a time when, according to ECB“the cyber environment has become more hostile than before due to aggressive acts by authoritarian states or cybercriminals linked to them.”

Corina has not explicitly expressed anti-EU political beliefs, but has supported her father’s campaign, applauding his commitment to better education in a campaign video. She also acted as a conduit for his campaign messages, allowing herself to be tagged in her uncle’s frequent posting of campaign materials on Facebook.

Maia Sandu accused him of failing to prosecute the well-connected oligarchs who she said had looted the country under her former president, Igor Dodon. | Daniel Mihailescu/AFP via Getty Images

However, she removed a message she posted on LinkedIn earlier this month that included a image of her and ECB President Christine Lagarde at an internal staff event. The post triggered a substantial reaction from LinkedIn users and the Moldovan media, with users of the site expressing concern over a “potential risk to the integrity and security” of the ECB.

According to the Romanian news site G4MediaCorina can work at the ECB because she, her sister and her father all hold dual Moldovan and Romanian citizenship. Ordinary Moldovans do not have such rights, because their country is not part of the EU.

Moldova held presidential elections on October 20, along with a referendum on EU membership. The pro-EU side won by a slim margin, despite what its supporters claimed was a massive vote buying campaign financed by Russia to derail the country’s accession effort. Stoianoglo, who claimed a boycott of the EU referendum organized by pro-Russian parties, finished second in the first round of the presidential election with 26.1% of the vote. He will face incumbent Maia Sandu, who won the first round with 42 percent, in a runoff.