Măriuța Nistor

Măriuța Nistor is an investigative journalist at the investigative newspaper “Ziarul de Gardă”.

Over the past two years of journalisfic activity, she has covered topics related to corruption, justice, public funds or the influence of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Moldova.

Măriuța Nistor is the co-author of two undercover investigations exposing the Russian Federation’s interference in Moldova’s elections, carried out together with journalist Natalia Zaharescu. 

The investigation “Serving Moscow” was published in 2024, ahead of the presidential elections and the referendum on Moldova’s accession to the European Union. It reveals how members of a network financed through Promsvyazbank received instructions to vote “No” in the referendum and to support several Russian-backed presidential candidates.

The investigation “Kremlin’s Digital Army” was released before the 2025 parliamentary elections and demonstrates how the Russian Federation built a social media disinformation network to spread pro-Russian narratives, with participants receiving monthly payments for their involvement.

Măriuța Nistor has received several awards for her journalistic work, including the European Press Prize 2025 (Bari, Italy), the “Ioan Rațiu” Fellowship for Investigative Journalism (Bucharest, Romania), and “Story of the Year 2024”(Bucharest, Romania).