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Systematic disinformation accuses Chisinau of imposing an economic and humanitarian blockade. By Victoria Rosa, foreign policy and security expert in Eastern Europe. As the Covid-19 crisis challenges the world it has also amplified the long-running disputes dividing societies. Disinformation and propaganda surrounding the pandemic has fuelled such divisions, with fake news reinforcing damaging narratives and spreading mistrust. In Moldova, this informational crisis has further endangered attempts to resolve the Transnistrian conflict. The Transnistrian region’s media has long centred on depicting the Republic of Moldova as an aggressor and a “neighbouring country” which hinders the development of the so-called Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublica…
Moldovan companies continued to broker aircraft parts sales in Russia in 2023, despite European sanctions, a new Europa Libera investigation shows. The EU said it is “concerned” about reports of sanctions being evaded and that the government in Chisinau should take action. Europe Free’s investigation shows that three companies from the Republic of Moldova sold aircraft components worth around 15 million dollars to Russian airlines in 2022 – 2023.This was made possible because the Republic of Moldova did not join the regime of anti-Russian sanctions in the aviation industry, adopted by the European Union in response to the large-scale Russian…
American President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that he has decided on the way the United States will respond to the drone attack carried out on Sunday by pro-Iranian groups against American troops stationed in northeastern Jordan near the Syrian border, after examining how these groups can be punished without provoking a larger war, Reuters reported by Agerpres. Speaking to the press as he left the White House for an election trip to Florida, Biden did not offer details about his decision, which comes after consulting with his advisors. However, he mentioned that the United States does not need a…
The President of the Russian Federation, fresh candidate for his sixth term, has made his wealth declaration public, in accordance with legal provisions. The leader from the Kremlin has submitted to the Central Election Commission in Moscow a report of his income and assets. Among the declared assets are two GAZ M21 cars, manufactured in 1960 and 1965, a 77 square meter apartment in Saint Petersburg, an 18 square meter garage, and a bank account with a deposit of 40 million rubles, equivalent to just over $400,000, according to meduza.io. In the span of six years, since the last time…
Arms sales from the US to foreign countries increased dramatically last year, reaching a record total of $238 billion. The Russian invasion of Ukraine fueled demand for weapons and influenced the global market, with many states moving away from Russia, which has been the second largest player in the industry for decades, according to BBC. The US government directly negotiated $81 billion in sales, a 56% increase from 2022, the State Department reported. The rest were direct sales by American defense companies to foreign nations. Ukraine’s neighbor, Poland, which is currently working to expand its military, made some of the…
The ambassadors of the member states of the European Union have reached an agreement on the first stage of a plan to allocate the revenues generated by frozen Russian assets to the reconstruction of Ukraine, announces Belgium, which holds the semi-annual presidency of the European Council, as reported by AFP. This stage moves forward a lengthy and delicate debate on a legal point of view regarding the use of Russian state assets that were blocked by Western institutions immediately after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nearly two years ago. The European Union has frozen assets worth 200 billion euros belonging to…
Dmitri Medvedev told Japan on Tuesday that it should give up its territorial claims on a group of islands in the Pacific, which are part of the Kuril Islands group. “These are not disputed territories, but Russian ones,” said the vice-president of the Security Council in Moscow, commenting that “the sad samurai” can “commit seppuku if they dare”, informs Reuters, cited by Agerpres. The direct comments of Medvedev, former Russian president and current vice-president of the Russian Security Council, regarding what Moscow calls the Kuril Islands are likely to cause upset in Japan, which claims four of the southernmost islands,…
Russia will double its production of anti-aircraft missiles this year, announced on Tuesday the Russian Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu, at the end of an inspection carried out at several enterprises of the Russian military industrial complex in the city of Yekaterinburg, located at the foot of the Ural Mountains, according to EFE, quoted by Agerpres. “There has been a considerable increase in production volume. Regarding the missiles we need for our air defense systems, we will have an increase of more than twice. We hope that throughout this year the program will be fully implemented,” said Shoigu, quoted by the…
The Security Service of Ukraine, known as SBU, has summoned the so-called foreign minister of Tiraspol, Vitali Ignatiev, for questioning on January 17. The separatist leader was supposed to appear at the Ukrainian authority’s Vinnytsia representation. In the meantime, the authorities in the Republic of Moldova are not aware of the fact that the Ukrainian institutions are looking for Ignatiev. The first statement on the subject was made by Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration, Oleg Serebrian, who stated that he had not seen any notifications sent to Moldovan officials. “So far, we have not received any requests from the Ukrainian…