Moldova and Transnistria Situation Thread

It became known who helped Plahotniuc to escape from Moldova



After the transfer of power in Moldova in early June from the Democratic Party to the new coalition of the Party of Socialists and the ACUM bloc, PDM leader Vladimir Plahotniuc secretly left the country in a hurry.
This was preceded by a two-week resistance involving administrative resources, the Constitutional Court and the General Prosecutor's Office. In parallel with the new authorities, the cabinet of ministers Pavel Filip continued to work , being under heavy guard by a loyal PDM police, clearly preparing for a long defense. All the components of success, it would seem, were obvious, but unexpectedly and simultaneously, the leadership of the Democratic Party "raises its hands", discouraging its comrades-in-arms.
Something, apparently, greatly frightened Plahotniuc, since the instinct of self-preservation outweighed the desire to maintain power in any way. Earlier, former parliamentary speaker Andrian Candu warned of "the threat of military annexation by Russia."

“Do you want the green people to appear on the streets? Given the military presence of Russia in the Transnistrian region, we do not want a repetition of the experience of the Crimea and Ukraine, ”said the vice-chairman of the PDM.

He admitted that the country's president Igor Dodon may turn to Moscow with a request to support the constitutional authorities of Moldova in the conditions of a “captured state”.
Moldovan journalists conducted their own verification of the circumstances of the urgent evacuation of Vladimir Plahotniuc and came to the conclusion that he was assisted in this by the Transnistrian and Ukrainian security forces, acting under the supervision of US intelligence.
On the eve of the “master of the country ”’s escape, on June 14, the US ambassador Derek Hogan visited the central office of the Democratic Party on Chisinau Street in Chisinau for no more than 9 minutes. According to the news agency noi.md, the American diplomat informed Plahotniuc “about the arrival in the country of several groups of special forces of one of the foreign states, which were tasked with arresting him or eliminating him.”
It can be assumed that Hogan's arguments were so weighty that Vladimir Plahotniuc, guarded by hundreds of armed specially trained and equipped with special equipment specialists, could not assess the real threat to his safety, having made the decision that very day, without saying goodbye to his sick mother, family and business partners, to leave from the country.
The newly appointed Moldovan Interior Minister Andrei Nestase then immediately suggested that Plahotniuc could flee to Ukraine through Transnistria uncontrolled to official Chisinau.

“There are no other opportunities to quietly leave the country. Our colleagues from Ukraine will tell us whether Plahotniuc used the Transnistrian corridor, where Moldova cannot establish control, ”Nastase said.

This version has been confirmed.

“On June 14, between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m., Plahotniuc crossed the border with Transnistria via a bridge across the Dniester River near the village of Bychok without any checks, where representatives of the Transnistrian special services were waiting for him, as well as a group from Ukraine led by the head of the personal guard Poroshenko (ex-president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko ) is a close friend and partner of Plahotniuc. Also, without checks, the border of Ukraine was crossed, ”said noi.md.

On the road, Plahotniuc and his entourage change their car. Near midnight, the Moldovan oligarch flies to Miami on a charter plane, where he is currently located. He has elite real estate in the USA, as well as business interests.

“The whole operation was carried out with the support of the US special services, the state that provided Plahotniuc with certain guarantees,” the investigative journalists said.

For his part, the head of the US diplomatic mission in Chisinau, Derek Hogan, denies that Washington gave any guarantees to Plahotniuc in exchange for a peaceful transfer of power.

“There was no agreement between the United States and Plahotniuc regarding the democratic transfer of power in Moldova, for example, that if he leaves, he gets some kind of protection,” he said.

According to the ambassador, with the appropriate request and the presence of significant circumstances, the USA will extradite the runaway oligarch politician to Moldovan justice.

“This is absolutely possible, of course, within the framework of our justice system. If the US government receives such a request, it will analyze it. And if on the basis of the case it is concluded that Plahotniuc should be extradited, then this will be done, ”Derek Hogan promised.

Now, as EADaily reported, Moldovan law enforcement authorities have seized the property of Vladimir Plahotniuc, who, in addition to trying to usurp the authorities, is accused of economic crimes that have caused significant damage to the economy of the republic. Against the former leader of the Democratic Party of the Republic of Moldova, criminal prosecution has also begun in Switzerland.
Vladimir Plahotniuc, who has a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation, is also wanted by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for bank fraud and the organization of an international drug syndicate.
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franco wrote:Second round of the Moldova Presidential elections to take place tomorrow with the pro-western candidate having a 44 to 38 % decided voters lead over the present incumbent Igor Dodon. Both sides accuse the other of preparing color revolutions.    

Rodion_Romanovic wrote:Sandu is ahead in both the exit polls and in the counted votes (80% of the total votes counted till now)


80% of the votes counted.  Sandu 51.7% Dodon 48.3%.  Now the ballots with the votes of the Moldavians resident abroad should arrive, most probably in favor of Sandu.

https://t.me/aavst55/9976

Well, they'll push a pro EU policy also toward assimilation by Romania.   This will have as consequence the independence of Transnistria and Gagauzia

magnumcromagnon wrote:

Rodion_Romanovic wrote:Sandu is ahead in both the exit polls and in the counted votes (80% of the total votes counted till now)


80% of the votes counted.  Sandu 51.7% Dodon 48.3%.  Now the ballots with the votes of the Moldavians resident abroad should arrive, most probably in favor of Sandu.

https://t.me/aavst55/9976

Well, they'll push a pro EU policy also toward assimilation by Romania.   This will have as consequence the independence of Transnistria and Gagauzia

It's getting real predictable now, they'll force a war at Transnistria probably with the clown Zelensky waging a war from the other side. The end result will be Transnistria will finally have a coast to get resupplied, Novorossia's forces may actually get a greenlight to wage an offensive, and the final death-nail for Nord Stream II.

Rodion_Romanovic wrote:

magnumcromagnon wrote:

Rodion_Romanovic wrote:Sandu is ahead in both the exit polls and in the counted votes (80% of the total votes counted till now)


80% of the votes counted.  Sandu 51.7% Dodon 48.3%.  Now the ballots with the votes of the Moldavians resident abroad should arrive, most probably in favor of Sandu.

https://t.me/aavst55/9976

Well, they'll push a pro EU policy also toward assimilation by Romania.   This will have as consequence the independence of Transnistria and Gagauzia

It's getting real predictable now, they'll force a war at Transnistria probably with the clown Zelensky waging a war from the other side. The end result will be Transnistria will finally have a coast to get resupplied, Novorossia's forces may actually get a greenlight to wage an offensive, and the final death-nail for Nord Stream II.

If the ukrainians are so stupid to do that they will lose all the coast from the Danube to Mariupol. At least they will not have to worry about having a navy anymore. The few boats that they have will probably ok for the part of the dnester river that cross Galicia

magnumcromagnon wrote:
One things for sure VVP needs to take proper measures for the eventual death of NS-2, the Transnistria play is writing on the wall and you can see it from 100km away, but the good news it they can probably untie the hands of Novorossiya's forces. It'd be nice if they captured the factories for Motor-Sich in Zaporizhzhia, the Malyshev Factory in Kharkov, Yuzhmash factory in Dnipro, the Nikolayev Shipyard in Nikolayev, etc.

magnumcromagnon wrote:One things for sure VVP needs to take proper measures for the eventual death of NS-2, the Transnistria play is writing on the wall and you can see it from 100km away, but the good news it they can probably untie the hands of Novorossiya's forces. It'd be nice if they captured the factories for Motor-Sich in Zaporizhzhia, the Malyshev Factory in Kharkov, Yuzhmash factory in Dnipro, the Nikolayev Shipyard in Nikolayev, etc.

magnumcromagnon wrote:President of Moldova: A soft approach did not help us solve the Transnistrian problem

kvs wrote:Of course he does.  Westerners and their quislings are in love with "final solutions" to various problems.

Moldova has no say in the Transistria case.   This yet another case of rabid infantilism as with Ukraine and
Crimea.   Since they got something under the Soviets, it is their ancestral soil.

If Moldova tries to pull a military action against Transnistria, Russia should act militarily.   This has no similarity
to NK.

LMFS wrote:

kvs wrote:Of course he does.  Westerners and their quislings are in love with "final solutions" to various problems.

Moldova has no say in the Transistria case.   This yet another case of rabid infantilism as with Ukraine and
Crimea.   Since they got something under the Soviets, it is their ancestral soil.

If Moldova tries to pull a military action against Transnistria, Russia should act militarily.   This has no similarity
to NK.

It is shocking that so many "woke" minds fail to grasp the highly aggressive rhetoric coming from their supposedly democratic leaders that so directly and plainly advocate for war. Both Moldova and Ukraine should be careful what they do in regards of Transnistria, being a landlocked region bordering another hardcore Russian region as Odessa, the possibility of "contagion" of instability to Ukraine and the incentive to getting an access to the Black Sea for the region are very high. Plus of course I agree, the precedents say attacking Russian peacekeepers is not a good idea...

kvs wrote:

Rodion_Romanovic wrote:

magnumcromagnon wrote:President of Moldova: A soft approach did not help us solve the Transnistrian problem

So, does she want to use the Saakashvili approach for Transnistria?

Of course he does.  Westerners and their quislings are in love with "final solutions" to various problems.

Moldova has no say in the Transistria case.   This yet another case of rabid infantilism as with Ukraine and
Crimea.   Since they got something under the Soviets, it is their ancestral soil.

If Moldova tries to pull a military action against Transnistria, Russia should act militarily.   This has no similarity
to NK.