Moldova faces existential threat from Russia as Putin attempts to recreate the Soviet Empire
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- čas přidán 3. 06. 2024
- "Russia seems to be hell bent on expanding back into the former territories it controlled."
President Sandu has outlined a Russian plot to topple Moldova's government masterminded by an exiled oligarch with ties to the Kremlin, explains Tom Kington.
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Moldova should call a referendum into unification with Romania. If they wish it, that would solve so many issues.
Not going to happen. Moldovans don't want to and Romania doesn't want to absorb Moldova which is Europe's poorest country
@@richlopez5896 you asked each and every one of them and they told you that!?
Unlikely. Romania nor Moldova, as majority of citizens, will accept it. Maybe in 100 years...
@@99solutionsit10 how do you know? Did you yourself ask them? Do you know that the Romanian Secretary of Defense, who also happens to own one of these polling agencies, got fired in 2022 because of Putin-leaning fantasies which ultimately irritated the Romanian public so much that he had to be fired?
@@gigikontra7023 info is available everywhere. Any politician in Moldova that promoted reunification was quickly marginalized. Any major Romanian leader refuses to speak about any kind of unification. Why?
*BAHAHAHA!!* 😂😆🤣 I’m Romanian, and this is beyond comical - it’s outright hilarious. Moldova has more to fear from Romania wanting their land back than Russia. Keep the “Russia fear” coming. It’s the best comedy we’ve had since the COVID hysteria.
These idiots are quoting Zelensky as a source of opinion ffs. Blaming Russia for people protesting about food 😂
Well said Amigo. As you are from Moldova I prefer to know what you guys think than listen to these experts that are only experts at being experts.
Being next to Ukraine, and with troublesome Transnistria, Moldova is very likely Putin's next target if he wins in Ukraine. However every single Baltic state is at high risk, and former Warsaw pact countries are also at risk. This is why, no matter what the cost, Putin must be denied any sort of victory in Ukraine, and must also be driven out of Crimea: and his bridge totally destroyed.
Belarus Dictator reviled on live Belarus broadcast..( map included in front of his shocked generals, (, that 🇺🇦 was to be divided into four and Moldova taken and all divided between Belarus and 🇷🇺…shortly after the invasion started…
Paranoid fantasies.
@@dalecrocker3213 Are you having wet dreams about Putler again 'Dale'?
100% brother. Putler must be stopped.
@@dalecrocker3213 Yes, Putin is prone to such fantasies.
Moldova in it's proximity to Ukraine was always under threat. Transnystria was a deliberate first step in the Russian Way just as the incursions in Ukraine, Chechnya, Georgia and Syria were. The tepid diplomatic and bureaucratic response to each of those blatant invasions has been quite obviously supportive of these changes. It frustrated me no end that the Rinse and Repeat doctrine has been the primary global response for all of Putler's criminal behavior. So is it fear, laziness or complicity from "peaceful" nations in
each temporary peace or reshuffle?
The Free World supports Ukraine and Moldova against the Putin Nazis
Sounds like we better relocate Russian speaking populations back to Russia, for their own safety.
@@Jack908r that would be a solution
Who were the President and Vice President of the US during most of those incursions? Once you realize that, the answer to your question becomes clear.
Twenty-two years covers a lot of Presidents all around the world...a global issue cannot be solved by one President.
Russia's strategy is always the same. What they did in Luhansk, Crimea, Donbass, etc are what there doing in Moldova. Stop putler now or another country will pay the price, and another after that.
Republic of Moldova is simply the eastern half of Romania's Moldova region (which is much larger), invaded by USSR in 1940, thus drawing Romania in WW2 on the Axis side. But the official language in Republic of Moldova is still Romanian! 82% of its population is Romanian and speaks Romanian as it's mother tongue. They study "ROMANIAN language and literature" and "History of ROMANIANS"l as compulsory subjects in Moldovan schools. In fact, Principality of Moldova became in 1859 a founding member of Romania when it decided to unify with Wallachia, under a MOLDOVAN prince! About 50% of the population of Republic of Moldova have applied for and received Romanian citizenship, arguing that their forefathers have lost it unjustly during Soviet occupation. Not only does Republic of Moldova and Romania have the same flag, but they had the same anthem as well until 1994!
It does not matter what percentage the ethnicity is. If there is a Russian speaker there, and they are not part of NATO, Putin has the obligation and right to invade them and make them part of Russia in order to defend the Russian motherland.
@@froodtube yeah, he used to make those jokes that Russia's borders never end.
@@froodtube Russia as no right to invade anywhere just because they have Russian speaking people there. If this is the case we have English speaking people in Russia, we have the right to take Russia.
@@denismorgan9742 Of course. It was sarcasm at the absurdity of Russia's behavior. 😃
It was part of the Russian Empire long before the Soviet Union even existed.
I was in Chisinău, Moldova’s capital, last May 9the Victory Day commemoration of the Great Patriotic War. At the exact location where I’d been standing in a crowd, two bombs were later discovered. In Transnistria, just down the road, three clowns fired RPGs at the state security building while someone else blew up a TV tower. None of these acts had a destabilising effect, no one batted an eyelid.
Moldova is truly a western style democracy and will not revert to revanchist Soviet ideology. It will join the EU and fear nothing from the Jurassic mindset of idiotic Russian warlords.
Thats how russia started in ukraine, its too obvious
Glory to the defenders of democracy 🫡🇺🇦
😂😂😂ukraine on 🔥🔥🔥😆👍
@@Realist369
You're going to pay for this.
@@user-dv7hq2rh4g 🤣🤣🤣lets all 😆🤣🥳at ukraine 🔥🔥🔥👍. You haven’t got a clue ,just another happy clapper
@@Realist369
We're tracking you down right now.
POS.
@@user-dv7hq2rh4g cry more yank 👍😆
Moldova is vulnerable and needs all the help it can get,to protect it from Russian interference.
😂🤣🤡 Putler hasn't even got through Ukraine yet.
I’m sure he isn’t keen for WWIII either?
@@__Diagnosis Depending on who you listen to, he's losing credibility fast with Russian law makers. Trouble is there's so much disinformation and misinformation flying around it's hard to know what to believe.
@@TheTruthHz I want peace, there was a small window of opportunity but the west knows when there is a war...there is money to be made
@@__Diagnosis *GOOD!* We all want peace, but that window of opportunity closed in 2014 when Crimea was annexed. Tell Putler to withdraw his second rate army back to the legal boundaries from the start of 2014 and the Kremlin War Machine to stop spreading it's hate filled, xenophobic propaganda and there will be a chance for peace again. Ilya Ponomarev seems your best hope currently.
There is no condition under which a negotiation should be even considered that includes Russia keeping any of the illegal territory gains it's made from Ukraine.
The pattern of powerful oligarchs in various countries, who may be under the influence of Russia and do the bidding of Putin, is a cause for concern. However, it is possible that this influence is less obvious in Africa and the Middle East
That area seems more the province of the Chinese, or should i just say Xi? They have an insideous presence in many parts of the world.
As usual a few rich people are working against the people.
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Republic of Moldova is simply the eastern half of Romania's Moldova region (which is much larger), invaded by USSR in 1940, thus drawing Romania in WW2 on the Axis side. But the official language in Republic of Moldova is still Romanian! 82% of its population is Romanian and speaks Romanian as it's mother tongue. They study "ROMANIAN language and literature" and "History of ROMANIANS"l as compulsory subjects in Moldovan schools. In fact, Principality of Moldova became in 1859 a founding member of Romania when it decided to unify with Wallachia, under a MOLDOVAN prince! About 50% of the population of Republic of Moldova have applied for and received Romanian citizenship, arguing that their forefathers have lost it unjustly during Soviet occupation. Not only does Republic of Moldova and Romania have the same flag, but they had the same anthem as well until 1994!
The Oligarchs aren't many. Just do them a favour and send them all off to St Peter's ASAP.
Ask yourself these questions:
1. Why is there no "Moldovan" language in Google Translate or Wikipedia?
2. Why is there no Moldovan-Romanian dictionary?
3. How did "Moldova" (in reality only it's eastern half) come under Soviet occupation?
4. Why are Moldovan citizens applying for ROMANIAN citizenship and not Russian citizenship?
Ok I asked....what now?
Does any one know the music piece on this video??
John Cage 4'33
Very irresponsible and cowardly of the government to resign
The EU needs to develop a new program or pathway to membership. Moldova would be a perfect test country. The majority of Moldovans have cultural roots to Romania. The new program could have Romania become a sponsor to Moldova. While serving as a sponsor, Romania could extend military protection to Moldova through a collaboration. While not being under direct NATO protection, there would be an indirect link. Benefits could include training and sharing of equipment.
Let's just say it's complicated. We must wait until every person born in the Soviet Union is dead.
Well actually 82% of Moldovans ARE ROMANIANS. They speak Romanian as their mother tongue! And about half of them have Romanian citizenship!
@@gigikontra7023 Yes, I think it would be beneficial to Moldova, Romania, the EU and NATO. Not so much for putin, tho. : P
@@Graybeard_ it's so ridiculous hearing about "Moldovan nation"!!! I'm Moldovan, born in Romania's region of Moldova. We're all Romanians, we're not a different nation!! It's like talking about the "Vladivostokian nation", ""St.Petersburgian nation". Utterly ridiculous! The situation between Romania and "Republic of Moldova " is exactly as betteween West Germany and East Germany. No difference. And the name of "Republic of Moldova" -- what a ridiculous name considering that the main chunk of Moldova is in Romania and Principality of Moldova was in fact a founding member of Romania in 1859 under a Moldovan prince, Alexandru Ioan Cuza. Amazing insolence. It even uses the same flag as Romania! These two should be united! What is the alternative? An invasion and the massive migration of "Moldovans" into Romania, increasing its population by 15%! Last time they didn't take refuge many of them ended up on an extended trip to some gulags in Siberia.
Is Moldavia really a separate country as Austria is to Germany, OR is Moldova an East Germany to Romania a West Germany?
The US has high quality troops in Romania in sufficient numbers to impact both Moldavia and Transnistria. Should they get involved to maintain stability?
Historically, Moldavia was one of the two provinces from which Rumania was formed (Wallachia the other).
Moldova is more of a eastern germany. The problem with unification is the transnistria conflict, EU Integration, and Poverty in Moldova
@@peterkitson2843 Then why is the security of integration into an EU country like Romania, both sharing a common language and heritage, not pursued above requesting direct EU Membership?
I think they should & I'm from Moldova, the Romanian one, on the left side of the border.
Better get some NATO jackboots on the ground in Moldova to restore stability. Anti western protests cannot be allowed. I am sure the US public will be overjoyed when the body bags start coming home
A good moment for Romanian politics to reclaim its lost territories. A perfect moment for reunification.
Langley is on it.
first and ty for the updates.
Another potential target for the Barbarians to reincarnate the good old days of the Soviet Union, especially as the Russian parliament supports their Barbarian leader.
I hope the Western leaders realise that Ukraine 🇺🇦 is fighting for their Democracies too? Stalin was stopped in 1920 from heading further westward by Poland 🇵🇱 Marshal Pilsudski and thousands of volunteers at the Battle for Warzsawa!
How "exciting" for you. Do you expect a medal or something?
I guess is the small victories that motivates the likes of children like you.
Ilan Mironovich Shor (Shor) is a Moldovan politician and chairman of the Shor Party, a populist Moldovan political party. He was previously arrested on money laundering and embezzlement charges related to the 2014 theft of $1 billion from Moldovan banks.
In advance of the 2021 Moldovan elections, Russia planned to undermine Moldovan president Maia Sandu and return Moldova to Russia's sphere of influence. To support this effort, Shor worked with Russian individuals to create a political alliance to control Moldova's parliament, which would then support several pieces of legislation in the interests of the Russian Federation. As of June 2022, Shor had received Russian support and the Shor Party was coordinating with representatives of other oligarchs to create political unrest in Moldova. In June 2022, Shor worked with Moscow-based entities to undermine Moldova's EU bid as the vote for candidate status was underway.
Shor's wife is the Russian pop singer Sara Lvovna Shor, who was decorated by Putin as an honored artist of Russia.
See the Russian trolls are out.
See the nato mungbeans are out 😂😂😂🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🥳
@@Lenser there was over 1million that applied for first mobilisation (not conscription)of 300k .they ended up taking around 350k .dont forget all russian men do military service ,so just need brush up training .ukraine are forcibly dragging men off the streets with zero experience
@@Lenser I doubt russia will be mobilising any englishmen but who knows 🤷♂️😆🏴❤️🇷🇺
Writes the Ukrainian troll
😂😂😂😂
Moldova is for Romania what was East Germany for Western Germany. In both cases, Russia split these two countries. Want to solve the Russian problem north of Black Sea? Drive these two countries towards reunification and give Transnistria to Ukraine. Transnistria was never Moldovan or Romanian territory . Russia attached it To Moldova to mud the waters and prevent a reunification with Romania. I believe, Ukraine, Moldova and Romania can sort out this problem and expel Russia from that region for good.
Very well said. I agree 💯. In exchange, Ukraine could give Romania or Moldova back northern Bukovina, which is also majority Romanian.
Not Moldova but Norway. Watch out. Some one needs to answer for Nordstream.
Poland should offer Moldova a union.
Sounds very reminiscent to what happened in Ukraine and the Maidan incident. Stir up trouble & when everyone's attention is captivated, march into Crimea and take control. They don't veer far from their playbook, do they ?
Hopefully the West are paying more attention than we did in the past.
I think the Maidan was from the Soros Nuland playbook.
Maidan was the Ukrainian nationalist revolution. You're probably thinking of the pro Russian protesters that turned up in Simferopol and clashed with the Ukrainian protesters.
Thanks to Times Radio for this interview. I have seen little or nothing about the situation there, or the recent attacks against the government, in US media. This lack of information is hard to understand.
Battleships to/for Moldova!
Moldova is landlocked and no country has battleships
@@richlopez5896 Perhaps, the above posting was in reference to the HMS Pinafore ;)
The fact that they didn't get your joke shows you how ignorant these people are.
Do you never get fed up pumping out propaganda
The idea that Russia is trying to reconquor the territory of the soviet Union is frankly ridiculous
They are trying but not succeeding.
But Putin is insane, and that is his goal.
@@marcopalazzo9349 Putin doesn’t have the army to reclaim the USSR...why would he want WWIII? Please use common sense
@@__Diagnosis The point of the 2022 invasion was because Putin expected no one else would raise major objections. It would be deluded now to continue that strategy with Moldova too but this is perhaps what happens when one surrounds themself with yes-men.
You, and the others commenting, DO realise that that is no reason for Csar Putin not to pursue that end. He has never been what one might call a long term thinker who actually considers things carefully.
A friend made the comment that Putin is a poker player, not a chess player, and they have very different playing strategies..
hopefully, Adolph, the UK is "next."
The interviewer putting her own opinion as fact
LIBERATE CRIMEA❤🔥
🤣🤣🤣it was liberated in 2014 from the nazis. Crimea is good now 👍🇷🇺🥳
It was liberated in 2014.
😂😂😂😂 Pele is so funny!
Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia in the 1930s
2:14 You never know if someone is a Russian saboteur, even though they are pensioners?? Has this guy ever listened to himself speak? LOL
Would be correct to point out that Moldova was part of Romania taken by Russians after the second world war. . Moldova and Romania speak the same language.
Why does so many Russian oligarchs run into hiding in Israel?
@Prsimo ibn How many?
@@crose7412 since the start of the Ukraine crisis, I'd say at least 15
Because they're not Russian, they're jews.
@@prsimoibn2710 The phrase "I'd say" suggests you're guessing - can't you be more precise with at least a definite minimum?
Moldova would be consumed No Doubt
ALL SUPPORT NEEDS BE SENT TO UKRAINE WITHOUT DELAY
moldova - bulgaria - aramco
They can barely handle Ukraine, and it’s not getting any better for them. I wouldn’t be too concerned.
This isn’t journalism. What it is, is one of the most obvious. 100 Percent propaganda pieces i have ever heard.
MOUTH PIECE FOR THE CIA
May be Moldova is third... Next is Poland
The comments under this video make me angry. People who have no idea about what is happening in Transnistria and Moldova, have never been here, do not know the situation from the inside, dare to talk about bringing the NATO army here or fighting with Russia. study the history of this region, the war of 1992, its causes and why Transnistria separated from the MSSR, while still being part of the USSR.
Why is Zelensky word always taken as an ultimate truth ? Is he God or Christ himself that he can’t lie or make a mistake. ?
Only the so-called mainstream media, not the general public.
If Moldova is attempted to be taken it would be through the Serbian's, Kosovo and all the churches within it would be destroyed. This would destroy everything Serbia would hold secred to them without destroying them, but they may as well be.
Thank you for this timely report. I worry for Moldova. It brought tears to my eyes last fall when I saw a plea from their agricultural minister for a buyer for their apples! Apparently, they usually sell to Russia but refuse to do so as they under now sanctions. The border Transnitria was illegally annexed and has been occupied by troops from Russia that won't leave for years. I I think the EU application is underway but I wishit could be sped up. Sandu is excellent, btw! These people are relatively poor but generous to refugees and the cost of living has raised due to the war and energy cost.
Moldova needs to pay the gas bill.
@@tadhgcronin175 They did pay it
Moldovan statehood never extended to the historical territory of Transnistria, and only in a short 50-year period from August 1940 to September 1990, the territories of Transnistria and Bessarabia were formally legally united into a union Soviet republic - the MSSR"
the authorities of Moldova, having decided to withdraw from the USSR and recognizing the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact as illegal, returned the situation to the state of 1940, excluding from its composition the state-forming part in the form of the territory of modern Transnistria.
@@kiki-zt8fz I appreciate your answer. People like her are dominated by feelings rather than facts.
Tiraspol have russua troops there.
Moldova produces some very nice sparkling white wine, I've been drinking some over the festive season. I hate the way small countries are involved in geopolitical games. If the 'west ' plays it's games they should be resisted.
Even if you don't agree with NATO; why use that as justification to invade another independent, democratic nation? Surely the slaughter Ruzzia's imposing on Ukraine is enough for you?
Moldova is not meant to be a separate country. In fact, Principality of Moldova became a founding member of Romania in 1859 when it merged with Wallachia (they had Romanian language in common), under a Moldovan prince (Alexandru Ioan Cuza). "Republic of Moldova" is a sub-region of Moldova, and was never meant to be self-sufficient. In fact Principality of Moldova had all its historical capitals in Romania
russia briefly occupied a landfill in Ukraine and lost it a couple of days later. So much for their ambitions.
Moldova can't wait to be the next okraina . Lol
Hasn't Putin already bitten off more than he can chew?......
NATO needs to put peace keeping forces there now, Asap before Russia attacks them but nato are cowards
Misinformation galore!!!!
Russia phobia propaganda
StopSoros
It would be prudent for NATO to have talks with Moldova to allow NATO to conduct military drills there. This may deter the Russians from trying to do what they did in eastern Ukraine, where they said that the Russian speaking population were being persecuted. What's to say that the Russian contingent in Transnistria won't interject if there are large protests in Moldova under the guise of helping to protect Russian citizens.
Do you know that thousands of Russian people live in Transnistria?
🤣🤣🤣 Moldovans are overestimating their gypsies value to Putin. Soviet Union tried to push education in former Soviet republics😄😄. It didn't work much😄😄
Kah kah kah
She’s pretty
How do you know if Putin is lying? He moves his lips.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Nonsense re Russian expansion.
botsky
@@DacianRider mungbean duhhhhh
@John Bennett Russia is the largest country in the world solely because of expansion. You're a silly billy.
Russia doesn't have the military to recreate the Soviet Union and can't if it wanted to do so What it doesn't want is a Cuba on its border which is how this all started. This is propaganda pure and simple. We do the same thing with the Monroe Doctrine.
Fake news
"...nato isn't a country although it commends many countries, is it warunity or defendingunity, it's selling defendings, but why only to westcountries!"
What is your problem with a free organisation that countries freely want to join without coercion.
@@longjidalu3845 i don't accept violence, if only one country is atacking, more people get live alive, thank you
Turkey would hardly be considered a Western country. US has proposed allowing Asian countries to join, but China has a cow over it and other NATO countries don't want to add them.
NATO has not attacked other countries and stolen their land, nor moved Russia's or China's borders one inch. They just keep Russia and (would be) China within their own borders.
To any authoritarian dictator that sees some kind of glory in expending his countries' borders, NATO is a "threat" because it prevents them from expanding and invading.
Look at China, it claims waters right off the coast of Vietnam, Malaysia, Phillipines, all "belong to China" and harrass their fishermen if they try to fish there. These waters are so far away from China, you could fit the entire country of Germany in the space, but China still insists they are theirs.
These countries should start to look at making a defensive organization like NATO to protect themselves from an almost guaranteed attack from China (either direct military or further sovereignty incursion like already is happening). It may be too late as China has already bribed off many of those governments' officials and are turning them into Soviet era style puppets that take orders from China.
@@froodtube who atack to ukraine:"cow". where is border?" in water."nonato[('n o n "ei" t o')], thank you[(mentalmanthinking)]
@@froodtube You have said my mind already.
If Russia wouldn’t have moved so close to all of those nato countries and military bases everything would be fine SMH
It has been Pootins plan from the beginning.
After Moldova uk next I hopefully happen uk
Nato membership for 🇲🇩 Moldova 🇲🇩 👏
I think UK is next on the list
Maybe..
Moldova is weak, so it can be bullied, provoked and eventually attacked. UK is able crush Russia by themselves, only Solovyov eat s*** on tv about attacking UK. With exception of few Russian Z's, nobody believes him.
The amazing amount of propaganda on this channel is frightening
Pure mi6🤮
Propaganda or semi-adolescent ignorance, I'm never quite sure.
@@Lenser hmm...triggering are my comments to you?
With moldova on putin side. Ukraine is a sitting duck. One side moldova, other side russia and belarus. Surrounded on 3 sides. Meaning total eng from ukraine
it's not on " putin's side " though.... just a handful of corrupt kremlin puppets and their cattle.
Moldova isnt on russias side. Just like ukraine they have seperatist movements made by russians called transnistria
Moldova isn't on Russia's side and wishes to join the EU.
Tom Kington: "If...if...if...might...might...would....seems....could"
On thin ice there, Tom.
Can't tell if you're guessing, believing Zelensky propaganda or outright lying.
Can't tell if you're Putin's puppet or outright delusional.
@@guydreamr Not that your comment is relevant to the video in question (which Kington doesn't offer a single shred of evidence or truth), but howso?
In your own time, Guy...
Putin already made a speech about Catherine the Great and "historic" Russia. Are you too thick to understand it?
@@livingtribunal4110 quoting drug addict actors is now reliable source 😂times radio is pure mi6🤮
@@DavidGetling Actions...words, etc
So far, _no other_ state in Europe, ex-USSR or otherwise, is on Russia's agenda.
No empirical data or evidence to show the contrary..
This is just typical Western hysteria/paranoia based off a total lack of knowledge or understanding of this entire conflict.
Personally, as a non 'specialist' I cannot see how Russia can do anything in Moldova. They are a land-logged country with no access to Russia. The limited military presence can never be a threat as they cannot be supplied. In the end, if they try to take over it's a matter of removing them by force and gat Moldova back into ONE country. Move them into the EU. NATO will not be possible as they have no army, but they could be part of the NATO realm of protection.
They try to overthrow governments through corruption too, not just military force. Look at Belarus and Hungary, and the separatist regions in Ukraine. No tanks needed there.
Ours 🇷🇺🐻🍯☝🏻
nope. Moldova is with Romania ! it's practically their national language. fertilize your own land, orc !
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Can't take terrority with a russian tinpot army
💩👈 ruSSia
🚽👈 ruSSia's future 😬
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Transnistra is Russia like Novorussia. Z
Fake news.