(ANSA) - BELGRADE, JUN 4 - "We must understand that Russia has the goal of seizing control of Moldova in the autumn and using Transnistria against Ukraine and Romania, which is a NATO member," Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean said in a press conference at the end of the EU-Moldova Association Council's ninth meeting in Brussels. "We are witnessing a massive effort by Russia to undermine democracy and weaken the Republic of Moldova," he stated. They are using very powerful tools like propaganda, disinformation, payments, and transfers to buy votes." (ANSA).