Roubles and rollercoasters: how Moscow won over Moldovaโs south
Just 5% of voters in ethnic Turkic region of Gagauzia back EU accession on Sunday
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US sanctions pro-Russia governor of Moldovaโs Gagauzia region
The United States imposed sanctions on the pro-Russia governor of Moldova’s Gagauzia region on Wednesday (12 June), a move supported by the pro-Western government in Chisinau.
Moldova signs security and defense pact with EU
The partnership will function as an umbrella arrangement for all interactions between Moldova and EU, according to Chiศinฤu’s foreign ministry.
Moldova fights to free itself from Russiaโs AI-powered disinformation machine
With an EU referendum and a presidential election in October, the Ukraine-bordering Eastern European country fends off a barrage of disinformation, cyberattacks and Kremlin-backed political corruption.
Moldovan opposition announces new election bloc at Moscow event
Moldovan opposition parties denouncing pro-European President Maia Sandu’s drive to secure European Union membership said on Sunday (21 April) they were forming an electoral bloc in an announcement delivered in Moscow.
Moldova to allow billionaireโs pro-Kremlin party to field candidates in elections
Members of a pro-Russian oligarchโs party can now run for president later this year.
Moldovan Parliament backs bid to join EU, but divisions remain
Moldova’s Parliament on Thursday (21 March) endorsed an appeal to press on with a drive to join the European Union, but the opposition walked out of the vote and separatists in the Transnistria region urged authorities to drop their claim to the enclave.
Putin vowed to protect pro-Russia Moldovan region, its leader says
Not Transnistria; another one.
New leader of Moldovan region of Gagauzia backs ties with Russia
The new leader of Moldova’s region of Gagauzia expressed gratitude at her inauguration on Wednesday (19 July) to a wealthy magnate convicted in absentia for fraud and stood by her calls for closer ties with Russia.