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To: lodi90
Romania borders Moldova which is an entree on the Russian menu.

Huh? I'm not talking about Moldova. I'm talking about Romania. Do you really think that Russia is going to occupy Moldova (or whatever) and then move into Romania? Or perhaps you think Romania is mobilizing in support of Moldova. That would make more sense, but I can't see Romanian troops entering Moldova. Ain't gonna happen.

26 posted on 04/27/2014 7:51:14 PM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Leaning Right

“Huh? I’m not talking about Moldova. I’m talking about Romania. Do you really think that Russia is going to occupy Moldova (or whatever) and then move into Romania?”

Nice try at disseminating some more Russian disinformation as false propaganda, but it won’t work. Russian military forces already partitoned off part of Moldova (formerly Bessarabia) on the Ukrainian border and help to administer the place as the faux state of Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) (aka Transnistria or Transdniestria). So, Russia already occupies a part of Moldova and the European Court of Human Rights regards Transnistria as being under the “effective authority” of Russia and Putin:

The Transnistria region in Moldova is a Cold War relic. Along with Nagorno-Karabakh in Armenian-controlled Azerbaijan and South Ossetia in Georgia, it is a post-Soviet “frozen conflict” zone where a situation of “no war, no peace” still persists. It did not want to separate from the USSR when the latter was dissolved; the brief military conflict that started in March 1992 was ended by a ceasefire in July 1992. Despite years of multilateral negotiations, this tiny sliver of land is unrecognized but independent, with its own government, military, police, and currency. While Transnistria is much smaller than Moldova, it retains considerable leverage, in now small part because of the Russian military contingent stationed there. The European Court of Human Rights considers Transnistria to be “under the effective authority or at least decisive influence of Russia.” Russia thus plays a double game, negotiating a “final settlement” while at the same time supporting its cronies in Transnistria to Moldova’s detriment. Many observers see Vladimir Putin resorting to similar tactics in other heavily Russian areas in the region, such as in the Crimea in Ukraine.
Ambassador Rudolph Perina was the Special Negotiator for Eurasian Conflicts from 2001-04. In an interview with Stu Kennedy beginning in December 2006, he discusses Russian pressure to legalize the status quo, in essence allowing Transnistria to hold Moldova hostage, and notes how Putin angry became when the Moldovans decided not to support such a one-sided agreement. You can also read Ambassador Perina’s views on the conflicts in Nagorno-Karabakh and South Ossetia.

http://adst.org/2014/02/transnistria-moldovan-land-under-russian-control/

The Romanian troops are mobilizing into assembly areas where they can be of value defending their own Black Sea coast against Russia amphibious and airborne invaders, including the port of Constanta, fix Russian forces in Moldavian Transnistria to deter their use on the Ukraine’s western border, and be in a position to operate in cooperation with Ukrainian forces in the direction of Ukrainian Odessa.


34 posted on 04/27/2014 9:43:03 PM PDT by WhiskeyX
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