Dumitru Buimistru
Dumitru Buimistru was born on November 26, 1992, in Chisinau. He graduated from the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences at Moldova State University. While he presents himself as a TV host, actor, and comedian, in reality, he promotes pro-Russian, pro-Shor, anti-European, anti-Sandu, and anti-PAS propaganda. Early in his career, he was known for his consistent anti-Chirtoaca stance. He participated in the Chisinau TVC League and began his career in comedy, creating or participating in humorous projects such as Moldova Yesterday, Evening Buimistru, Exclusiv News, and NEIGHBOURS.
He has appeared as an actor and presenter on various television channels including ITV, THT Exclusiv TV, Orizont TV, TV9, and First in Moldova. Recently, he has been appearing on MD24, a television channel with connections to Ilan Shor and Russia.
At the beginning of his career, his image was associated with PSRM. In 2015, he donated 95,000 MDL to PSRM, and in 2020, he donated another 5,000 MDL to the same party. Starting in 2021, he switched to television channels controlled by fugitive oligarch Ilan Shor, changing his political alignment.
He posted an edited photo appearing alongside Putin, congratulating him on his birthday and supporting Russia's annexation of Crimea. Over time, he has appeared in photos and videos with actors from the Sosedi project which he produces, including Ivan Macari, Cristina Donici, and Serghei Chirtoca.
Exclusiv TV/THT, which aired Buimistru's show, belongs to Ludmila Furculita, wife of socialist deputy Corneliu Furculita. His shows also appeared on First in Moldova, whose final beneficiary was Russian citizen Alexei Polunin.
In 2020, he participated in the YouTube project "Once Upon a Time..." on the Zdarova Natasha channel, alongside Anna Tulgara and Traian Stoianov, an adaptation of the popular Russian format "What Happened Next?"
According to journalist Dmitrii Garcaliuc from @littlecountry_md, Buimistru has legal troubles. He is allegedly involved in a case of espionage and creating an illegal network in Moldova with FSB agents Vadim Iurcenco and Iurii Gudilin, against whom the USA has imposed sanctions for interfering in another state's internal affairs and creating a disinformation campaign about Ukrainian refugees in Moldova.
He authors or promotes various pro-Russian propaganda narratives, including claims about Moldova being drawn into war through "armament," the "Romanianization" of Moldova through the replacement of Moldovan teachers with Romanian ones, false information about reduced exports to EU countries, and false claims about the 2024 constitutional referendum.
He is prone to spreading speculative and false information on social media, sometimes generating fake news himself. He often uses humour, parody, and satire as a cover for distributed or generated falsehoods, given his initial interest and occupation in comedy. Dumitru Buimistru's general evolution from 2010 to 2024 has been from comedian to propagandist.
Key Facts
| Social Media Accounts | ||||||
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| Platform | User Name | User Handle | Followers | Following | Likes | Views |
 | Dumitru Buimistru | buimistru | 2,100 | |||
| Вечерний Буймистру | latebuimistru | 76,000 | 3 | ||
| Наши Соседи | sosedi.tv | 64,800 | 14,000 | ||
 | sosedi.md - Скетч-шоу "Соседи | sosedi.md | 29,400 | 43 | ||
| Вечерний Буймистру | latebuimistru | 3,192 | 20 | ||
| Dmitry Buimistru | mrbuimistr | 1,122 | 109 | ||
 | Вечерний Буймистру | latebuimistru | 9,801 | |||
| Sosedi.md | sosedimd | 4,926 | |||
| mr. Buimistr | mr_buimistr | 6,147 | |||
| Скетч-шоу "Соседи" | @sosedi.md | 3,058 | ||||
 | latebuimistru | @latebuimistru2.0 | 1,298 | 7,431 | ||
 | СОСЕДИ | @SosediMD | 11,400 | 5,855,869 | ||
| mr.Buimistr | @mr.buimistr | 45,300 | 6,947,532 | ||
| Moldova Yesterday | @1vMOLDOVE | 85,500 | 26,250,088 | ||
| mr.Buimistr | @mr.buimistr5 | 3,447 | 20 | 56,600 | |
| Data Publicly Available | ownership data is easily available from other sources, e. g. public registries etc. |
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| Language | russian, romanian |
| Founding Year | 2014 Dumitru Buimistru created his personal Facebook profile in 2012, but it remained for private use until 2014. His popularity began to rise in 2014-2015 with the launch of Moldova Yesterday and the humorous YouTube project СОССЕДИ. In 2016, he started a second YouTube channel, mr.Buimistr, which currently hosts two videos. In 2017, he opened an Instagram account under the name mrbubuimistr, and in 2018, he launched the Facebook page Вечерний Буймистру. In 2021, he opened Instagram, Telegram, and TikTok accounts named latebubuimistru, dedicated to his program Вечерний Буймистру, Dumitru Buimistru's most successful project. In 2024, after TikTok blocked his latebuimistru page with over 25,000 subscribers, he launched a new page called latebuimistru2.0. |
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| Topics Covered / Focus Areas | Dumitru Buimistru frequently addresses political topics on his social media, though his approach lacks balance. He consistently criticises politicians with pro-European and pro-Western views. Early in his career, Buimistru focused his criticism on opponents of the PSRM, but in recent years, he has distanced himself from the Party of Socialists and now targets critics of political parties controlled by the fugitive oligarch Ilan Shor. Besides politics, he covers a range of topics including social issues, lifestyle, culture, travel, and architecture. He often engages with speculative and sometimes false topics, which he shares on his platforms; at times, he generates fake news himself. Buimistru frequently uses humour, satire, and pamphleteering to disguise these falsehoods, drawing on his original background in comedy. From 2010 to 2024, his progression reflects a shift from comedian to pro-Kremlin propagandist. |
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| Views / Values / Political Stances | He holds strong anti-European views and opposes Maia Sandu and the PAS party. His rhetoric is often discriminatory and populist, leaning toward propaganda and inciting divisive sentiments. He supports Russia and has shifted his political allegiance over time. Previously aligned with the PSRM, he now favors parties controlled by the fugitive oligarch Ilan Shor. |
| Mode of Delivery | Short videos on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. Stories, and reels on Facebook and Instagram. Photos and texts on Facebook, Instagram. Long videos on YouTube. |
| Reputation | Dumitru Buimistru is known as a comedian who creates Russian-language media content and has been vocally anti-European since 2014. Over the years, his rhetoric has become more radical, and with the onset of the full-scale war in Ukraine, it has taken on a propagandistic tone. His content is popular among supporters of the Russian Federation, advocates of the war in Ukraine, and is typically followed by Russian speakers and supporters of the Kremlin . From 2014 to 2021, he was known as a supporter of the Socialist Party (PSRM), and from 2021 to 2022, as a supporter of political projects associated with the fugitive oligarch Ilan Shor. Although he does not openly discuss it, and even tries to avoid the topic, Dumitru Buimistru left the Republic of Moldova at the end of February 2023 to settle in Moscow, Russia. In 2023, the TV station he was working for was shut down by a decision of the Commission for Exceptional Situations, and in 2024, TikTok closed one of his main accounts. During the fall 2023 elections, the TV station where he was active was sanctioned by the Audiovisual Council for allegedly targeting electoral candidates on the show "Вечерний Буймистру" in violation of the Electoral Code. |
| Target Audience | The target audience is the population of the Republic of Moldova. The content is created for all age groups, specifically Russian speakers, with anti-European, anti-government, and pro-Russian views. |
| Part of Network or Campaign | Over the years, Dumitru Buimistru’s programs have been featured on various TV channels, including ITV, Exclusiv TV/THT, Primul în Moldova, Orizont TV, and TV9. He hosted programs such as Exclusiv News and TNT Exclusiv and served as the general producer of TV9. Since 2024, he has appeared on the Russian-backed channel MD24 TV. |
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| Cross-Posting & Friends | Dumitru Buimistru's YouTube broadcasts are often picked up, in full or in part, by various propaganda Telegram channels, including Гагаузская Республика, KP, Смугглянка, Молдавская политика, Аргументы и Факты в Молдове, Владимир Односталко, Bogdan Țîrdea, Patriot, Gabriel Călin, Ивановна, Приднестровец, Sputnik Moldova, and Canal5. He is closely connected to the humor project СОСЕДИ, which he produces. In 2020, he participated in the project A fost odată... on the YouTube channel Zdarova Natasha, alongside Anna Tulgara and Traian Stoianov, an adaptation of the Russian format Что было дальше? In an investigation on the YouTube channel @LittleCountryMD, journalist Dumitru Garcaliuc reports that according to reliable sources, Buimistru’s departure from Moldova is linked to his involvement in an espionage case associated with Vadim Iurcenko, deputy chairman of the Moldovan-Russian Business Union, and political scientist Iurii Gudilin, a former FSB agent. Garcaliuc alleges that Buimistru organized a network of propaganda channels on Telegram at the direction of the FSB. Buimistru is known for his vocal anti-Chirtoacă stance early in his career and his current anti-Sandu, anti-European views. He distributes anti-PAS, anti-Sandu, and anti-EU narratives, promoting pro-Kremlin propaganda. Among his themes are claims of Moldova being "armed" to provoke war, the "Romanianization" of Moldova through educational influence, and economic falsehoods regarding exports to the EU. He further suggests that if the 2024 constitutional referendum passes, the government could alter the Constitution at will. |
| Endorsements & Recognitions | In 2017, VIP Magazin included him in the "Top 55 most popular and influential Moldovans on the internet." |
| Business Model | Missing Data |
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