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    Moldova and Transnistria Situation Thread

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    Post  ALAMO Tue Feb 28, 2023 7:52 pm

    The case with Moldova is, that Sandu was elected president by voters who are not physically in Moldova.
    Most of them left for Romania a long time ago, and were established there while retaining their citizenship (or dual, not sure) and voting rights.
    Considering the status, if any kind of maidan is to be seriously considered in Kishyniov, it might be the opposite of the masters' demands ...

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    Post  flamming_python Tue Feb 28, 2023 8:33 pm

    If Sandu permits the Ukrainians to invade the PMR it's the beginning of the end for Moldova yes. At the very least, there will be a very short window for getting rid of her and turning the army and police onto their side, for what concerns the people of the country.

    Only thing wait to see is whether one or the other has the cajones to go through with it.

    The case with Moldova is, that Sandu was elected president by voters who are not physically in Moldova.
    Most of them left for Romania a long time ago, and were established there while retaining their citizenship (or dual, not sure) and voting rights.
    Considering the status, if any kind of maidan is to be seriously considered in Kishyniov, it might be the opposite of the masters' demands ...

    Not indicative necessarily, but there was a YouTube comment from a Moldovan who emigrated to Ireland a long time ago, about how much he hates her too.
    I think she was just elected by Soros chiefly.
    Only popular thing she did was when she declared neutrality at the beginning of the war.

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    Post  ALAMO Tue Feb 28, 2023 8:40 pm

    On the other hand, the fact of the "random" and "accidental" peak of those pussies put in charge of multiple countries in Europe is just a coincidence, of course ...

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    Post  GarryB Wed Mar 01, 2023 2:30 am

    Would be hilarious to see Ukraine march into Moldova and have the Moldovans have a coup and then push them back out again...

    Not the death and destruction of course, but the explanations from the west about how the coup paid for by the US and EU in 2014 was democratic and good for world peace while a coup in Moldova by people not wanting to get involved in a conflict on their doorstep is bad and communism and is evil and should be stopped.

    Moldova is a tiny country with a tiny population, but it would be amusing for them to cripple the invading Ukrainians using the guerilla tactics the Ukrainians thought they would use against Russia.

    Perhaps Russia could send them some Stingers and some Javelins and NLAWS... and in a month or two some Leopards.... Twisted Evil

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    Post  flamming_python Wed Mar 01, 2023 3:08 am

    I don't think it's likely that the Ukraine will be stupid enough to try and back up Sandu with their own armed forces.. although who knows with these people.
    If they do enter, they will at least attempt to restrict themselves to the PMR.

    But people in Moldova are very scared of being drawn into a war that none of them have asked for. Opposition protests in the capital there are growing; only where once they were chiefly motivated by rising energy costs, now they're scandalizing for peace and against the inflammatory language of the new prime minister and government that Sandu has appointed.

    I still tend to think that either one or the other of the Moldovan govt and Ukrainian govt won't have the balls to go through with this suicidal move.

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    Post  Werewolf Wed Mar 01, 2023 11:10 am

    I still tend to think that either one or the other of the Moldovan govt and Ukrainian govt won't have the balls to go through with this suicidal move.



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    Post  d_taddei2 Wed Mar 01, 2023 6:12 pm

    Exactly USA and UK masters are commanding Moldova. Ukraine might not risk invading, but the west sending Romanian troops in might just try it.

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    Post  d_taddei2 Sun Mar 12, 2023 2:33 pm


    Security services in Moldova's breakaway Transnistria region claim they have thwarted a plot by Ukraine against the entity's leadership.

    They said two people had been charged with terror, espionage and treason after conspiring to murder officials, including leader Vadim Krasnoselsky.

    Ukraine's SBU security service said the claims were a provocation by Moscow.


    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64901605.amp

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    Post  d_taddei2 Mon Mar 13, 2023 1:33 am

    First time that Moldova is now mentioning that Wagner has been trying to infiltrate the country. lol!

    Moldova: pro-Russia protesters gather amid fears of orchestrated violence
    Demonstration fuelled by six-fold rise in bills after Russia reduces gas supplies to country with ambitions to join EU

    Thousands of people have gathered in the Moldovan capital Chișinău at a protest organised by a pro-Russia party, with demonstrators criticising the pro-European government for a steep rise in the cost of living.

    As Russia reduced gas supplies to Moldova over the past year, bills have risen up to six times in the country of 2.6 million. The energy crisis and the war in neighbouring Ukraine have also contributed to inflation hitting 30%.

    With western economic help, the government has subsidised energy bills but many are still struggling.

    protester, Ivan Vasile, 85 years old, said his pension was the equivalent of £100 a month. “Can I afford to buy myself cheese? I cannot,” Vasile said. “I only eat a little more than bread. Before, electricity and gas were cheaper. Democracy is for the rich.”

    Months of rallies, organised by the party of the fugitive pro-Russian oligarch Ilan Shor, have been condemned by the government as a Kremlin-sponsored campaign to destabilise the country

    A few steps away from the anti-government protest, a dozen counter-protesters shouted, “Shor, go to prison” on a megaphone.

    Sandu said last month that Russia planned to provide foreign citizens with military training, who would then act as protesters in order to break into state institutions and take hostages. On Friday, the US National Security Council’s coordinator for strategic communication, John Kirby, warned of further Russian efforts to destabilise Moldova.

    Before Sunday’s protest, the head of the Moldovan police, Viorel Cernăuțeanu, said at a press conference that the FSB, Russia’s secret services, planned to use 10 groups of five to 10 Russian and Moldovan men with criminal records or sports training to break police cordons and spark violence. But a Moldovan undercover agent helped reveal the plans, Cernăuțeanu added. Dozens were detained, including seven leaders of the operation.

    An alleged member of the Russian paramilitary Wagner group was refused entry into Moldova, according to the border police. He is one of 182 foreign citizens denied access to the country over the past week. Last month, two foreign citizens were expelled for spying, according to Moldova’s intelligence services.

    “I would draw attention to the potential connection between the groups uncovered by the police and the Wagner group,” said analyst Valeriu Pașa from the Moldovan thinktank WatchDog. “Russia’s aim is to provoke chaos and discontent. In this way, it would be easier to overthrow Moldova’s current government. Shor’s intention is to keep the authorities busy so that the reform of the judiciary does not succeed and he does not get a final sentence

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    Post  JohninMK Sat Mar 25, 2023 1:27 pm

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    In Transnistria, the Russians are modernizing the military airport so that planes will be able to land at night, sources report.

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    Post  franco Fri Apr 21, 2023 1:08 pm

    Didn't find a Moldova thread so placed here. A report on the other autonomy in Moldova, elections approaching in Gagauzla:

    Full article: https://www-ritmeurasia-org.translate.goog/news--2023-04-21--gagauzii-predstoit-vybrat-novogo-glavu-avtonomii-i-65879?utm_source=politobzor.net&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en

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    Post  Mig-31BM2 Super Irbis-E Sat May 06, 2023 11:57 pm

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    Post  flamming_python Sat May 13, 2023 2:37 am

    Victory Day May 9th in Chisnau (Kishinev), the Moldovan capital this year



    Igor Dodon, ex-Moldovan president in attendance. Claim is 50k people, I think less than that but clearly a lot either way - Kishinev itself barely has 500,000 population.

    Clearly no appetite for Maidan retardation there. And that's what I like to see russia

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