Tag: Moldova

Winning the Battle, Not the War: Moldova’s Fight Against the Kremlin’s Hybrid Arsenal (The Soufan Center)

On Sunday, Moldova held pivotal parliamentary elections that delivered a victory for the pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS), despite aggressive Kremlin tactics...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 30, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Russia and Belarus may conduct special forces sabotage operations against critical infrastructure in Poland and launch additional drone incursions and blame Ukraine. Kremlin-linked Moldovan politicians...

Moldova’s pro-EU ruling party won despite Russian interference. Now what? (Atlantic Council)

Europe for the win. Moldova’s ruling Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) won a parliamentary majority in Sunday’s national elections, in an outcome widely...

Sanctioned Russian actor linked to new media outlet targeting Moldova (Jakub Kubś and Eto Buziashvili – Atlantic Council)

REST, a newly launched online outlet targeting Moldovan audiences ahead of the country’s parliamentary elections is linked to Rybar, a pro-Russian “military blogger” and...

Russia Continues Efforts to Regain Influence over Moldova (Christina Harward – Institute for the Study of War)

The Kremlin is trying to influence the upcoming Moldovan parliamentary elections on September 28, 2025, as it tried with Moldova’s presidential election and referendum...

Moscow Seeks to Retain Influence Over Moldova (Ksenia Kirillova – The Jamestown Foundation)

Russia appears to be intensifying hybrid operations against Moldova, leveraging disinformation and false narratives to portray Western alliances as instigators of conflict while planning...

Trump-Putin Talks Put Moldova’s Pro-EU Future in Doubt (Galiya Ibragimova – Carnegie Russia Eurasia)

Moldova has been anxiously following U.S. President Donald Trump’s pursuit of a deal with Russia to end the war in Ukraine. Until the Russian...

Democracy Building in Moldova: Diaspora’s Vision for Moldova’s Resilient Future (Dorina Baltag, Victoria Căpătici, Oleg Chirița, Anastasia Pociumban – German Marshall Fund of the...

Moldova is entering a defining chapter in its European integration journey—one filled with both promise and instability. The twin milestones of the 2024 presidential...

Daily news – February 3, 2022 a.m.

AFRICA Artificial intelligence creeps on to the African Battlefield. Nathaniel Allen, Marian “Ify” Okpali, Brookings: Even as the world’s leading militaries race to adopt artificial...

Moldova Pays Gazprom December Gas Bill, Asks For January Extension (RFE RL)

Moldova’s gas distribution company, Moldovagaz, says it has paid Russian state-owned gas giant Gazprom for natural gas supplied in December as the country struggles...

There are no conditions for Maia Sandu’s visit to Russia yet – Russian diplomat (TASS)

There are no conditions for the visit of Moldovan President Maia Sandu to Russia yet, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko said in an...

Moldova Calls Russian Envoy’s Presence At Transdniester Inauguration ‘Unfriendly Action’ (RFE RL)

The government of Moldova has criticized Russia's ambassador for attending the inauguration ceremony of the de facto president of the breakaway Moldovan region of...

Moldova Uniquely Vulnerable to Russian Energy Servitude (Part Two) (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation)

Moldova’s natural gas market has become physically accessible to non-Russian gas suppliers through the Romania-Moldova interconnector, the Iasi–Ungheni–Chisinau pipeline. Built and operated by Romanian...

Moldova’s Gas Crisis and Its Lessons for Europe (Katja Yafimava, Carnegie Moscow Center)

Moldova’s recent gas crisis, which left supplies in jeopardy for several weeks ahead of the winter until a new contract was agreed with Russia’s...

How Long Will the Russia–Moldova Gas Truce Last? (Stanislav Secrieru, Carnegie Moscow Center)

The latest round in the gas battle between Russia and Moldova appears to be at an end. At the eleventh hour, the two sides...

Unfortunate but Inevitable: Moldova’s Gas Supply Agreement With the Kremlin and Gazprom (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation)

On October 29, Moscow and Chisinau agreed on a conditional resumption of Russian natural gas supplies to Moldova as of October 30. The Russian...