2. Is there a ban on donations from foreign interests to candidates?

(1) It is forbidden to finance, as well as material support in any form, the initiative groups, the electoral campaigns of the candidates and the electoral contestants by other states, by foreign, international and mixed enterprises, institutions and organizations, as well as by natural persons who are not citizens of the Republic of Moldova. The sums thus received are confiscated by decision of the court and are made revenue to the state budget according to the provisions of the criminal and contravention legislation.
Source: Art. 39(1), Electoral Code, 1997 (amended 2020)

(3) It is prohibited the financing or material support in any form of the activity of political parties,initiative groups, electoral campaigns / electoral contestants by:
a) legal persons from abroad, including those with mixed capital, by other states or international organizations, including international political organizations;[…]
g) natural persons who are not citizens of the Republic of Moldova;
Source: Art. 41(3), Electoral Code, 1997 (amended 2020)