Moldova

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The European Union has donated to the Audiovisual Council of the Republic of Moldova 45 computers, 46 uninterruptible power supply (UPS) devices, ...

This website is managed by the EU-funded Regional Communication Programme for the Eastern Neighbourhood ('EU NEIGHBOURS east’), which complements and supports the communication of the Delegations of the European Union in the Eastern partner countries, and works under the guidance of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, and the European External Action Service. It is part of the larger Neighbourhood Communication Programme (2020-2024) for the EU's Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood, which also includes 'EU NEIGHBOURS south’ project that runs the The total value of the donated equipment is €125,000.

Ex-Soviet Moldova is no longer receiving Russian gas or enduring the "blackmail" imposed by gas giant Gazprom over its difficulties in paying for supplies, ...

"Transdniestria did't pay for gas before and it's not paying now," Parlicov said. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story But when the (rest of Moldova) was getting gas, the Russian company resorted to supply cuts, to blackmail."

Moldova has been given permission to export processed poultry meat and table eggs to European countries. The decision follows a February meeting of the.

Moldova applied to be a member state in March 2022. Lebanon also presented a control plan for honey. Class A eggs are the highest quality. “We encourage entrepreneurs to invest in processing and production facilities with higher added value. The EU Commission recently published a report assessing the capacity of Moldova to meet the obligations of EU membership. The country had submitted a Salmonella control program in flocks of laying hens in the hope of being authorized to send class A eggs to EU countries.

Editor's note: This story is a collaboration between the Kyiv Independent and media partners, including Delfi Meedia (Estonia), Expressen (Sweden), ...

The plans envision that by 2030 there will be "stable pro-Russian groups of influence in the Moldovan political and economic elites."

David Kramer, a former State Department official told Yahoo that the document "treats Moldova as a pliable satellite." In addition, Russian forces in Transnistria "should be able to move to the territory of Moldova controlled by the constitutional authorities and in a high operational state. [NATO](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/nato) and stop [EU](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/eu) countries, as well as Turkey, from weakening the position of Russia in the former Soviet republic. Divided into three sections—military, humanitarian and economy—the plans envision that by 2030 there will be "stable pro-Russian groups of influence in the Moldovan political and economic elites." The plans were drafted in the fall of 2021, before Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and reportedly aim to negate the influence of [Vladimir Putin](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/vladimir-putin)'s administration that outlines Moscow's plans to counter Western efforts "to interfere in the internal affairs" of Moldova.

Events in Georgia represent a setback for Russia's meddling in the post-Soviet neighbourhood. But they are no sign it will end.

Yet, at the same time, there is also a danger that whatever military assets Russia controls in Transnistria could be [used to create a second front](https://www.b92.net/eng/news/world.php?yyyy=2023&mm=03&dd=07&nav_id=115542) in the war against Ukraine. [primarily on disinformation](https://euvsdisinfo.eu/a-russian-psychological-operation-pressures-moldova/), by spreading rumours such as the idea that Moldova and Ukraine have been plotting to invade Transnistria. [European Union](https://eurasianet.org/eu-emerges-as-major-player-in-armenia-azerbaijan-negotiations) has played a more proactive role as a mediator in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. [Turkey has challenged](https://newlinesinstitute.org/turkey/turkey-challenging-russias-monopoly-in-the-south-caucasus/) Russia’s erstwhile dominance of the region. If nothing else, there is a danger of inadvertent escalation which could quickly engulf Transnistria and Moldova and draw in Ukraine and neighbouring Romania—a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and a key ally of Sandu’s government, with deep historical ties to Moldova. This means the Kremlin maintains disproportionate, malign influence in a country with weak institutions. The government there, after three days of increasingly violent protests, had to withdraw a bill in parliament that would have severely restricted civil and political liberties in ways eerily reminiscent of [Russia’s ‘foreign agents’ law](https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/12/01/russia-new-restrictions-foreign-agents). [war in Ukraine](https://www.socialeurope.eu/focus/war-in-ukraine) is that the Kremlin has lost a lot of its influence in former Soviet countries. Moscow has found it relatively easy to capitalise on the frustrations felt by many ordinary Moldovans by peddling a narrative that diverts blame and exacerbates fear and uncertainty. Notably, as China’s role in the region has grown, partly as a result of the void created by Russia, the United States has [rekindled its relationships](https://www.rferl.org/a/blinken-visit-central-asia-moscow-ukraine/32290651.html) with key partners in central Asia, especially Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, in yet another sign of Russia’s diminishing stature. Further afield, Russia also seems to have overplayed its hand in the Balkans. And this may just be an indication of how Russia envisages the next stage of its confrontation with the west.

settling the Transnistrian conflict through Russian mediation by providing Transnistria a “special status”; strengthening pro-Russian sentiment in society ...

The presidential administration was tasked with convincing the Belarusian leadership of the need to work on the Union State by the end of 2022. It was drafted by the Presidential Department for Border Cooperation, which intervenes in the politics of Belarus, Moldova, and the Baltic States. The department’s curator is Dmitry Kozak, and the head of the department is Aleksei Filatov. Lukashenko’s visit to Russia in February 2022 highlighted the country’s dependence on Russia. The Moldovan authorities have not commented on the authenticity of the document, but they have accused Russian intelligence services of trying to destabilize the country. Another alleged co-author of the document is Viktor Lysenko, deputy head of the Department for Interregional and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, where Vavilov used to work. The Kremlin sees Moldova as a buffer to Russia rather than a part of the Russian Empire. The Union State, a political and economic alliance between Russia and Belarus, reportedly plays a significant role in the Kremlin’s plans, as Russia intends to build up its forces in Belarus through it. According to him, the Kremlin wanted to ramp up its influence on the social and cultural spheres because it suffered a fiasco in the economic and military fields. It also wanted to create a network of loyal NGOs, such as the Moldovan-Russian Business Union, founded by former President Igor Dodon. For the latter, it was planned to maintain the existing volumes of gas supplies. The source who passed the plan to journalists is fully confident that the document is genuine.

Opposition groups lead protests in central Chisinau, Moldova, March 16. Increased security, localized disruptions likely.

In February, the government resigned partly due to its inability to control the economy, given the pressures of the conflict in neighboring Ukraine. Further protests are likely in the coming days. Several hundreds of people are likely to take part in the demonstrations.

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly is visiting Moldova's capital where he is set to pledge 10 million pounds to help the small embattled country ...

intelligence officials had said that people with ties to Russian intelligence aimed to use the protests as a basis to try to topple Moldova's government. Georgia too was rocked this month by mass protests over a so-called “foreign agents law,” which opponents said would curtail media freedoms and could be used to stifle dissent. The Shor Party’s leader, Ilan Shor, is a Moldovan oligarch currently in exile in Israel, who is named on a U.S. “Few societies understand the underhand tactics of Russian malign activity more than Moldova and Georgia," Cleverly said ahead of his visit to Chisinau. In Moldova, police on Sunday said they foiled a plot by groups of Russia-backed saboteurs specially trained to cause mass unrest at protests against the country’s new pro-Western government. “You are not alone, we, together with international partners will help the Republic of Moldova to face this unprecedented, brutal war on your doorstep," Cleverly said at a news conference.

The best way to defend Moldova from attack by Russia is to protect Ukraine, Britain's foreign minister said on Thursday, though he declined to commit to ...

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine a year ago, Moldova's pro-Western government and its allies have feared it could be dragged into the conflict. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story CHISINAU, March 16 (Reuters) - The best way to

The best way to defend Moldova from attack by Russia is to protect Ukraine, Britain's foreign minister said on March 16.

[Live Briefing](https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-crisis-crosshairs-live-briefing/31668477.html) gives you all of the latest developments on Russia's full-scale invasion, Kyiv's counteroffensives, Western military aid, global reaction, and the plight of civilians. He said at a news conference in Warsaw that the suspects were preparing “sabotage actions aimed at paralyzing the supply of equipment, weapons, and aid to Ukraine.” To read the original story from AP, He said at the coming meeting, expected to take place on March 18 in Ohrid, North Macedonia, there will be demands from both sides to go the extra mile. “This is the persecution of a opposition activist for his criticism.” [has released video](https://www.dvidshub.net/video/876667/us-air-force-mq-9-camera-footage-russian-su-27-black-sea-intercept) showing an encounter between one of its surveillance drones and two Russian fighter jets that forced the drone to be crashed into the Black Sea. In July 2022, Krasilshchik, former chief editor of the Afisha journal and the former publisher of the Meduza website, was added to Russia's wanted list after he was charged in absentia with discrediting Russian armed forces involved in Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The former police chief of the Kizlyar district of Daghestan, Gazi Isayev, was found guilty of involvement in the terrorist attacks in the Moscow metro in 2010 and sentenced to life in prison by the Second Western Military Court in Moscow on March 16. But he retained sweeping powers as the head of the Security Council, enjoying the powers as "elbasy" -- the leader of the nation. This means that we would like to see Kosovo in the process of European integration," said Escobar. Russian authorities have committed a "wide range" of violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law since the start of Moscow's invasion on Ukraine, including killings, unlawful confinement, torture, rape, and other forms of sexual violence, as well as the unlawful deportation of children, the UN-backed Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine said in a report released on March 16. [Free Russia legion](https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-war-free-russian-legion-fighters-against-kremlin/32260682.html) shortly after Russia launched its full-scale aggression against Ukraine in February last year. A lawmaker in the Russian region of Samara, Mikhail Abdalkin, who mocked President Vladimir Putin's annual address to lawmakers, has been fined 150,000 rubles ($1,975) on a charge of discrediting Russia's armed forces.

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly will visit Moldova and Georgia and announce new funding to boost regional resilience against Russian malign interference.

The Kremlin has been accused of trying to spread disinformation and unrest in both countries in an attempt to increase control in the region.

[Moscow will try to retrieve remains of US drone: Ukraine war latest](https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-latest-air-raid-warnings-sound-across-country-uk-and-france-to-develop-precision-strike-weapons-12541713) [Moldova](https://news.sky.com/topic/moldova-10139), as well as money to strengthen the security of next year's elections in [Georgia](https://news.sky.com/topic/georgia-5722). The £10m being announced on Thursday in Chisinau is in addition to £12m previously pledged by the UK to help improve transparency and tackle corruption. [James Cleverly](https://news.sky.com/topic/james-cleverly-10422) will announce new funding to boost resilience against the destabilising impact of President [Vladimir Putin](https://news.sky.com/topic/vladimir-putin-5972)'s war in [Ukraine](https://news.sky.com/topic/ukraine-6556). The Kremlin has been accused of trying to spread disinformation and unrest in both countries in an attempt to increase control in the region. The financial assistance will include £10m more to support economic and governance reforms in Moldova, as well as money to strengthen the security of next year's elections in Georgia.

The best way to defend Moldova from a Russian attack is to protect Ukraine, Britain's Foreign Minister James Cleverly said on Thursday during his visit to ...

The best way to defend Moldova from a Russian attack is to protect Ukraine, Britain’s Foreign Minister James Cleverly said on Thursday during his visit to Moldova. Asked by reporters whether London planned military support to Moldova, Cleverly said that “we strongly believe that one of the best ways of protecting Moldova from physical attack is helping the Ukrainians defend themselves against Russia.” At the same time, he declined to commit to sending arms directly to Chișinău.

Asked by reporters whether Britain planned on sending military support to Moldova, Cleverly said: "We strongly believe that one of the best ways of protecting ...

A secret plan drawn up by Russia's security service, the FSB, lays out detailed options to destabilize Moldova -- including supporting pro-Russian groups, ...

Rustam Minnekaev, said that one aim of the so-called “special military operation” was to establish a corridor through southern Ukraine to the Transnistria region. Soon after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February last year, the then-commander of Russia’s Central Military Region, Maj. Expressen reporter Mattias Carlsson, who is in Chisinau, told CNN that the latest protest organized by Shor on Friday last week had led to a few arrests. Ukraine and the United States have both warned of Russian efforts to destabilize the Moldovan government. The US has pledged budget support for the Moldovan government to help it cope with high energy prices. She denied that Russia was helping to organize or fund the protests. The UK Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly, was in Chisinau on Thursday. The current Moldovan president, Maia Sandu, replaced Igor Dodon, who was close to the Kremlin, in late 2020. The party has organized transport for attendees. CNN has seen the full document, which appears to have been written in 2021 by the FSB’s Directorate for Cross-Border Cooperation. It repeatedly refers to the importance of preventing Moldova from joining NATO. The five-page document is separated into multiple headings with short-, medium- and long-term aims.

Kyiv, Ukraine – Moldova, a tiny nation west of Ukraine, is fending off a string of crises caused by the Russian-Ukrainian war.

“Geographically, we remain in the same place, but we want to belong not to the post-Soviet world, but to the world of freedom, democracy,” he said. [alcohol diplomacy](/features/2015/7/8/kremlins-alcohol-diplomacy-divides-moldova)” to support pro-Russian Transnistria and the Gagauz autonomy – and “punish” central provinces once a pro-Western government comes to power. “Russia is waging a hybrid war against us” that includes energy blackmail, propaganda and support of the protests, he said. The Russian-Ukrainian war brought on “fundamental changes” that will help Moldova absorb Transnistria and fast-track the pro-Western drive, analyst Tulbure said. “The protests have been coordinated with the Kremlin,” Alexei Tulbure, a former Moldovan diplomat and lawmaker, told Al Jazeera. Sandu “is rushing to join NATO, she has Romanian citizenship, she is ready to merge with Romania, and she is ready for practically anything”, Lavrov said. Since a direct military invasion is off the table, “Moscow’s only chance is to shake the situation from within and bring pro-Russian parties to power through a snap [parliament] vote”, Ukrainian analyst Aleksey Kushch told Al Jazeera. Sandu was elected president in 2020 in a vote the West deemed “free and fair”, and her pro-Russian predecessor Igor Dodon is now facing treason charges. “But first, they need a small war, and then we will join Romania, NATO and close the ‘Moldovan question’ for good,” Tirdea said. [post-Soviet constitution](/features/2022/5/10/moldova-victory-day) to “annihilate” Moldova by forcing it to join NATO and merge with neighbouring Romania. Moldova faces a “civil conflict”, pro-Russian forces say, while their pro-Western opponents call the crises a “hybrid war” instigated by Moscow to force the nation of 2.6 million back into the Kremlin’s political orbit. “Moldova is one of the nations the West wants to turn into yet another ‘anti-Russia’,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said last month.

After investigative media in Moldova released an alleged 2021 official Kremlin strategy to unseat the pro-Western government, ruling party MPs called for ...

He stressed that the US is taking steps in respond to Russia’s plans. He added that Moscow’s ultimate goal is to install a Russia-friendly administration in the capital. This is the main danger to national security,” Nantoi, a member of parliament’s Security and Defence Committee said.

As the world focuses its attention on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Moscow, as per reports, has nefarious plans to destabilise another neighbour: ...

The document which, as per the report, was written in 2021 by the Russian security service FSB, lays out a detailed plan to go about the destabilisation. Reportedly, Kremlin has denied any knowledge of the secret plans to destabilise Moldova. The clandestine document as per CNN was "obtained and first disclosed by a consortium of media, including VSquare and Frontstory, RISE Moldova, Expressen in Sweden, the Dossier Centre for Investigative Journalism and other outlets."

The document was titled, 'Strategic objectives of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Moldova,' and it appears that it was written in 2021 by FSB's ...

It sets out a 10-year plan on bringing Moldova within Russia’s sphere of influence. The five-page document is divided into several headings with short, medium, and long-term objectives. Follow us on [also read] [World](https://www.firstpost.com/category/world) [Russia's border town Bryansk on edge after Ukraine 'incursion'](https://www.firstpost.com/world/russias-border-town-bryansk-on-edge-after-ukraine-incursion-12241852.html) It sets out a 10-year plan on bringing Moldova within Russia’s sphere of influence New Delhi: A secret document has revealed that Russia’s security service, the FSB, had plans to destabilise another neighbour. According to CNN, the document was titled, “Strategic objectives of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Moldova,” and it appears that it was written in 2021 by FSB’s Directorate for Cross-Border Cooperation.

Moldovan lawmakers have voted in favor of a divisive bill that will replace references to the country's official national language from Moldovan to Romanian ...

Moldova was part of Romania until World War II, when it was annexed by the Soviet Union and Russian became the official language. During the parliamentary session Thursday, some members of the Communists and Socialists bloc brandished a large banner that read: “The people are sovereign, PAS is a tyrant,” and “Moldova. While those in favor of the official linguistic changes see them as an important step for the European Union candidate to distance itself from its Soviet past and historic ties to Moscow, others see it as an attack on the national Moldovan identity by pro-Western officials.

Moldovan lawmakers have approved the final reading of a bill that will introduce the syntagma "Romanian language" in all official pieces of legislation.

But he said it is likely the aircraft broke into pieces when it hit the water, and the pieces likely sank thousands of meters to the bottom of the sea. In July 2022, Krasilshchik, former chief editor of the Afisha journal and the former publisher of the Meduza website, was added to Russia's wanted list after he was charged in absentia with discrediting Russian armed forces involved in Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The former police chief of the Kizlyar district of Daghestan, Gazi Isayev, was found guilty of involvement in the terrorist attacks in the Moscow metro in 2010 and sentenced to life in prison by the Second Western Military Court in Moscow on March 16. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Roizman has been outspoken in his criticism of the conflict. But he retained sweeping powers as the head of the Security Council, enjoying the powers as "elbasy" -- the leader of the nation. official referred specifically to the violation of the constitution in the Republika Srpska entity, where legislation has been passed allowing the transfer of state property to that entity. President Andrzej Duda said on March 16 that Poland would hand over four of the Soviet-made warplanes in the coming days and the rest need to be checked and would be supplied later. The 15-member council unanimously adopted a resolution that requires Guterres to submit the report in mid-November. [Live Briefing](https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-crisis-crosshairs-live-briefing/31668477.html) gives you all of the latest developments on Russia's full-scale invasion, Kyiv's counteroffensives, Western military aid, global reaction, and the plight of civilians. The southern city of Kherson was shelled 13 times in 24 hours, the region's military governor, Oleksandr Prokudin, said early on March 17. During the parliamentary debates over the bill in its first reading on March 3, some PAS and BCS lawmakers engaged in scuffles. One read: "The Moldovan language is the mother, the Romanian language is the daughter."