Days ago, Moldova expelled 5 Russian diplomats from the country in a move that remains unexplained.
The move incurred the fierce condemnation of Moldovan President Igor Dodon who described the move by his own Foreign Ministry in the following way,
“I want to say that I am deeply embarrassed by this unfriendly step (taken) by the Moldovan diplomatic service and (I) condemn it in the strongest possible terms”.
An internal crisis has erupted in Moldova with the country’s President openly disagreeing with a major decision made by Moldova’s Foreign Ministry.
The Foreign Ministry of Moldova recently expelled Russian diplomats in a move that the Russian Foreign Ministry said has nothing to do with Russia but everything to do with Moldova’s internal politics.
Moldova’s President is generally seen as taking a less negative view towards Russia than his predecessor.
President Igor Dodon took to Facebook saying,
Not content with blockading Donbass, a blockade was has largely been a failure do to Donbass’s self sufficiency and border with Russia where aid and food frequently flow in, the Ukrainian regime has now imposed a total foodstuffs blockade against Transnistria.
Transnistria is a small effectively self-governing landlocked entity between the former Soviet Republics of Ukraine and Moldova.
Ever since 1990, Transnistria has considered itself independent of Moldova.
Sputnik – 04.02.2017 CHISINAU – Moldova’s Prime Minister Pavel Filip stated that the issue of defining the details of the special legal status of the self-declared republic Transnistria as a part of Moldova will be a top priority in 2017 for Chisinau. “In 2017, our main interest is to raise the issue … of elaboration […]
By Halyna Mokrushyna | CounterPunch | January 13, 2017 On January 4, President Igor Dodon of Moldova met with Vadim Krasnoselskiy, the head of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (Transnistria). The meeting took place in Bendery, on the right bank of Dniester river, on the territory of the Transnistria. It was initiated by the president […]
By Andrei AKULOV | Strategic Culture Foundation | 24.07.2016 Donald Trump has secured the nomination of the Republican Party to become the next US president. It has been a controversial campaign and the US policy on Russia is in the process of being shaped. While the media focused on Melania Trump’s plagiarism and other oddities during the Republican National […]
Sputnik — 26.08.2015 Washington is committed to be fully engaged in the talks aimed at settling the Transnistria conflict, US Secretary of State John Kerry stated in a statement on Wednesday. “You may be sure that America will remain unwavering in its support for Moldova’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and will continue to play an […]
Unable to reconquer Donbass Kiev wants it as an economic basket case to dampen secessionist feeling in the rest of South-East Ukraine Government army keeps the groceries at bay By Marko Marjanović | Russia Insider | August 21, 2015 In a process that begun in July 2014 and was completed November later that year the […]
Sputnik – 28.06.2015 Ukraine continues to mass troops and heavy weapons on the border with Transnistria on the pretext that the self-proclaimed republic may launch a military campaign against Ukraine, Russian media reported on Saturday. “It looks like the Kiev authorities want to picture themselves as encircled by enemies, ready to attack,” a representative of […]
We start this month’s episode by looking at the recent escapades of our good friend Mikhail Saakashvili. We begin by looking at Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko’s appointment of Saakashvili as governor of Odessa. Christoph and I discuss how this corrupt war criminal will now be in charge of a politically and economically important region of Ukraine. We also touch on the tricky game that is being played with Saakashvili and his Georgian citizenship.
