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Putin’s Covert Move On Moldova Has Begun — A Replay Of Eastern Ukraine In 2014

Photo of an anti-government protest last month in Chisinau led by the pro-Russian Sor party
An anti-government protest last month in Chisinau led by the pro-Russian Sor party Beniamin Demidetsky/TASS via ZUMA

Recent protests in Moldova confirm that the ex-Soviet country is in the Kremlin’s sights. If Putin manages to politically destabilize the ex-Soviet country, he could win an important ally in the war against Ukraine. The tactics are strikingly familiar to what the Kremlin pulled off in Donbas nine years ago.

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Geopolitics Russia-Ukraine War

Putin v. Sandu: Why Russia Is Moving Again On Moldova

photo of President Sandu in Kyiv in June
President Sandu in Kyiv in June Hennadii Minchenko/Ukrinform via ZUMA

Moldovan President Maia Sandu has warned that Russia aims to install a pro-Kremlin leadership in the former Soviet country across the border from Ukraine. Vladimir Putin has both the means and desire to do so.

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