There were even some single votes apparently cast from the Republic of Moldova, Saint Lucia, Mauritius, and Greenland.

We don't want to promote pro-American, pro-European or pro-Russian politics, but only politics in the interests of the Republic of Moldova, he said.

People listen to the national anthem, during the opening of a new Romanian consulate in the Republic of Moldova, July 9, 2010.

Kogan, a U.S. citizen, was born in the former-Soviet republic of Moldova but moved to the United States as a child, Britain's Guardian newspaper said.