In a decisive move to protect its sovereignty, Moldova’s Central Election Commission has blocked the registration of the “Pobeda” (Victory) political bloc, a pro-Kremlin entity spearheaded by a convicted criminal. Predictably, Moscow reacted with outrage, accusing Moldova of suppressing political freedom. However, this is not a story about free speech. It is a story of a nation fighting to defend itself from being destroyed from within by a foreign power intent on dragging it into war.