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Moldova PM, government resign amid intense Russian pressure
UPI ^ | February 10, 2023 | Doug Cunningham

Posted on 02/10/2023 9:06:21 AM PST by linMcHlp

Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita resigned along with her pro-European Union government Friday following intense Russian economic and political pressure.

Moldova President Maia Sandu said in a Facebook post she will consult with parliamentary factions about a new government and will nominate a candidate to replace Gavrilita as Prime Minister.

(Excerpt) Read more at upi.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: another150billion; eu; moldova; morebidenfamilybucks; morekickbacks; moremoneylaundering; moreriskofnuclearwar; russia; ukraine
Also from the article:

"Gavrilita said in her live video announcement that Moldova was 'entering a new phase, one in which security is our priority.'"

1 posted on 02/10/2023 9:06:21 AM PST by linMcHlp
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To: linMcHlp

Article at FreeRepublic, Feb 2, 2023:

‘Threatening rhetoric’: Lavrov calls tiny Moldova ‘the next Ukraine’

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4128103/posts


2 posted on 02/10/2023 9:08:31 AM PST by linMcHlp
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To: linMcHlp

That’s a polite way of asked the EU in Brussels to pay for fuel that has become expensive.


3 posted on 02/10/2023 9:09:42 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: Brian Griffin

EU stepped forward on its own, back in November. From the UPI article:

“The European Union in November announced $250 million to help Moldova with an energy crisis after Russia cut off natural gas to the country over the Ukraine war.”


4 posted on 02/10/2023 9:16:27 AM PST by linMcHlp
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To: linMcHlp

If Biden and the EU had any brains they would admit Moldova to NATO and the EU right now.

Why wait for years of paperwork when it is going to happen, and doing so immediately closes that path to Russian expansionism.


5 posted on 02/10/2023 9:20:19 AM PST by Renfrew (Muscovia delenda est)
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To: Renfrew

Well, it’s NATO that’d be key. Would there be a snag, as with Sweden? Any NATO member can block a prospective new member — The USA does not unilaterally control NATO as much as some think, despite our large share of the burden.


6 posted on 02/10/2023 9:25:00 AM PST by Paul R. (You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)
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To: Renfrew

Better to dissolve NATO altogether, which I expect to eventually happen anyway.


7 posted on 02/10/2023 9:34:49 AM PST by jimwatx
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To: linMcHlp

Moldova has the same problem as Ukraine. The eastern half across the river is called TransDniestria by the Russians who settled there. That’s one reason why the Russians want to conquer all of Ukraine’s coast, so they can connect with that.


8 posted on 02/10/2023 10:27:56 AM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: Renfrew

You’re clearly unbiased, especially considering your tagline.

Neocons gotta Neocon…


9 posted on 02/10/2023 11:29:39 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Renfrew

Moldova should just reunify with Romania. They’d be part of a country that was already NATO and EU. And a stronger country with a larger and stronger military.


10 posted on 02/10/2023 2:21:15 PM PST by Jacob Kell (Parents are better off sending their kids to vocational schools.)
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To: Jacob Kell

They have the problem of the Russian 14th army parked in Transnistria. Although Russians promised to leave already over 20 years ago they didn’t and kindly asking them to fuck off now is likely not going to work.


11 posted on 02/10/2023 3:20:08 PM PST by Krosan
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To: Krosan; MalPearce; linMcHlp; Renfrew; Paul R.; DannyTN; ought-six; SpeedyInTexas; Zhang Fei; PIF; ..

This move in Moldova is to strengthen Transniztria’s rear so it can take part in the planned multiprong attack on Ukraine from Russia in the east, Crimea and the Black Sea in the south, and Belarus in the north. This might happen as early as Feb. 24th, or in March when Putin had said last year he wanted to retire.

The west better hurry up and get its shxx in order, send in as much heavy missiles, and transport it can or suffer the consequences. Too bad jets and Abrams take so much training to be handled by troops in the field. But maybe some Ukraine soldiers are already trained and delivery will actually be quicker so as to confound the Russians when their big push starts.

Actually given Russian failures with logistics, troop training and resupply, and road conditions, they may be in much worse shape than they realize anyway. The fact Wagner is asking for American recruits and trying so hard to take Backhmut, and no longer conscripting Russian convicts seems to have the seeds of failure already planted.

How the Turkish/Syrian earthquake disasters will affect all this has not yet been factored in.


12 posted on 02/11/2023 7:41:04 AM PST by gleeaikin (Question authority!)
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To: Krosan

IIRC they have no more than a motor rifle regiment plus Interior Ministry people there.

And I doubt they are full strength even so. They have no outlet to the Black Sea. No logistics. And Russia is in no position to make a landing, so no reinforcements.

I figure some Uke militia should suffice to fend them off.


13 posted on 02/11/2023 7:48:44 AM PST by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: Jacob Kell

Makes sense to me.


14 posted on 02/11/2023 7:49:21 AM PST by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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