On Monday, President Maia Sandu reiterated claims that voter fraud and foreign interference had undermined the votes, calling it a 'vile attack.'

Voters in Moldova, a small country bordering Ukraine, voted by a slim margin to join the European Union. Though accession talks began only a few months ago and joining would not happen for years, the vote hinders Russia's attempts to draw the nation of 3 million people back into its own sphere of influence.

Moldovans were on track to clear a key hurdle toward joining the European Union in a set of votes on Sunday that may help break the Kremlin’s decades-long grip on the country.

Moldovans voted by a razor-thin majority in favor of securing the country's path toward European Union membership, electoral data showed Monday, after the pro-Western president accused foreign interference and "criminal groups" of trying to undermine the vote in the former Soviet republic.