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Posted on 02/05/2026 2:30:16 AM PST by Cronos
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that plans floated by Moldova's president to hold a referendum on reunification with Romania would be destructive to Moldovan statehood.
President Maia Sandu said last week she would vote in favour of unification with neighbouring Romania if a referendum were to take place, to help protect Moldova's fragile democracy against Russian pressure. Romania is an EU and NATO member.
Sandu has repeatedly accused Russia of meddling in Moldova, a former Soviet republic of around 2.4 million with a Romanian-speaking majority and a Russian-speaking minority
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He looks like he’s sitting on a cactus…
It’s none of Russia’s business, but unification of a former Soviet republic with Romania would represent another drop in status and influence, which was Putin’s real reason for invading Ukraine. But that brutal pig has little remaining of his war-ravaged military to do much of anything, short of making nuclear threats.
Putin is screwing up royally.
“Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that plans floated by Moldova’s president to hold a referendum on reunification with Romania would be destructive to Moldovan statehood.”
My grandfather was from Romania. My grandmother was from Moldava.
I am wondering, why they did not merged long time ago?
Moldova was always part of Romania, until Tzars in 1812 and then after reunification, Stalin during WWII, grab them.
They speak the same Romanian language, share the same culture and history, and they border each other.
While Romania is doing pretty well recently, Moldova is economical backwater, probably the poorest country in Europe.
So obviously, the merger would benefit Moldovans a lot.
The only problem is that Moldova got some Russian settlers from Stalin era, who do NOT want to be part of Romania.
And Lavrov is standing by them.
Russia, as they are trying to recreate the old Russian empire, has actually plans to reannex Moldova.
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