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Moldovan leader outlines Russian ‘plan’ to topple government
The Associated Press ^ | February 14, 2023 | STEPHEN McGRATH and CRISTIAN JARDAN

Posted on 02/14/2023 7:29:43 AM PST by Timber Rattler

Moldova’s president outlined Monday what she described as a plot by Moscow to overthrow her country’s government using external saboteurs, put the nation “at the disposal of Russia” and derail its aspirations to one day join the European Union.

President Maia Sandu’s briefing comes a week after neighboring Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country had intercepted plans by Russian secret services to destroy Moldova, claims that were later confirmed by Moldovan intelligence officials.

“The plan for the next period involves actions with the involvement of diversionists with military training, camouflaged in civilian clothes, who will undertake violent actions, attack some state buildings, and even take hostages,” Sandu told reporters at a briefing.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: americanpravda; associatedpravda; cristianjardan; europe; moldova; nato; natoneeded; putin; russia; russianattacks; russianmenace; russiansabotage; stephenmcgrath; thesnekbot; ussr; war
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The same exact plan that Putin used in Donbas and Crimea in 2014.
1 posted on 02/14/2023 7:29:43 AM PST by Timber Rattler
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To: Timber Rattler

Moldova is part of Romania. They’ll be better off if the Romanians move in and take over. Let Transnistria return to Russia.


2 posted on 02/14/2023 7:32:59 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Timber Rattler
Part of the unintended consequences of war. Should have listened to those of us who have been calling for a peaceful solution since before the invasion began, but that was not what the UK or US leaders wanted. They foolishly wanted a proxy war, which is now spinning further & further out of control.

Nobody wins, but the Ukrainians will become the biggest losers.

3 posted on 02/14/2023 7:36:22 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Timber Rattler

Joe Biden is not so feckless… underestimating the enemy is a fools errand.
The left and their globalists require Putin to go so they can replace him with a zelensky like puppet.
This puppet must do 2 things: allow all Russian natural resources to be mined without market value compensation by a slave like group.
Like zelensky, they must be willing to sacrifice their own citizens for the greater good.
Putin is an evil man, but not evil enough to accomplish Biden, Obama in the davos plan.
The odor cannot go green wand cannot get to the apex of AI without Russian and Chinese resources.
China seems onboard, as evidenced by Biden blowing up their balloon to destroy even after its mission was complete.


4 posted on 02/14/2023 7:36:46 AM PST by momincombatboots (QEphesians 6... who you are really at war with)
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To: Robert DeLong

You are correct.


5 posted on 02/14/2023 7:37:44 AM PST by BipolarBob (The rumor has not been confirmed until the FBI officially denies it.)
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To: BenLurkin

The problem is that Moldovans prefer to stay independent by a large margin. The leader in question has an approval rating in single digits and faces massive protests over living costs.


6 posted on 02/14/2023 7:43:43 AM PST by NorseViking
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To: Timber Rattler

Like all liberals, Maia Sandu has mismanaged Moldova’s economy to the point of collapse and now is choosing to blame Putin.


7 posted on 02/14/2023 7:45:47 AM PST by JonPreston
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To: Timber Rattler

Much like how the U.S. is currently plotting to overthrow Orban.


8 posted on 02/14/2023 7:50:52 AM PST by Angelino97
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To: Timber Rattler

Meanwhile, Samantha Powers and her posse of sh!!te-stirrers are trying to foment a color revolution in Hungary, as they did in Ukraine, to topple a popularly elected Prime Minister. The hypocrisy is in-your-face blatant.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/02/12/heads-up-state-dept-operative-and-usaid-administrator-samantha-power-is-in-hungary-seeding-another-color-revolution-deep-state-ukraine-2-0/


9 posted on 02/14/2023 8:01:55 AM PST by pingman (It's a Clown World, and we're paying for it.)
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Well, hopefully it won’t be as violent as the 2014 western backed coup in da Ukraine


10 posted on 02/14/2023 8:02:48 AM PST by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: Timber Rattler

Oh my goodness. Take over a government by subterfuge? DC is shocked and concerned.


11 posted on 02/14/2023 8:03:13 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: NorseViking

And getting rid of her, single digit woman, is obviously a Russian plot lol.


12 posted on 02/14/2023 8:05:00 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: BenLurkin

Moldova is part of Romania.


Well, it was a part of Romania between the World Wars. I believe before that, it had been a part of the Ottoman and Russian Empires. After WWI it was ‘returned’ Romania of which it had been a part under the Ottomans.

Since Romania was a part of the Axis powers, the USSR decided to ‘reincorporate’ it—something the USSR was in the habit of doing—see Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, etc. After the breakup of the USSR Moldova became independent.

If Moldova were to reunite with Romania that would mean that Moldovan territory would be a part of NATO which could open up a whole new can of worms for everybody. Whole lot of ugly history in that part of the world and apparently that history has not been forgotten.


13 posted on 02/14/2023 8:05:58 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: BenLurkin

You’re very generous to dictators.


14 posted on 02/14/2023 8:06:00 AM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: hanamizu

IIRC, most of what is now Romania was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire prior to WWI.


15 posted on 02/14/2023 8:07:47 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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Wonder if it’s a real plan or just made up nonsense like “Russia hacked America’s elections to put Trump in charge”


16 posted on 02/14/2023 8:07:55 AM PST by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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Horrors! Russia might be trying to do what we did in Ukraine, tried in Syria and presently trying to do in Hungary!

The hypocrisy is mindboggling.

17 posted on 02/14/2023 8:17:42 AM PST by Kazan
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To: Timber Rattler
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/02/the-buildup-to-war-in-ukraine-february-14-2022.html#more

The Buildup To War In Ukraine - February 14 2022

February 14 2022 was a relative quiet day. The U.S. knew that the Ukraine would soon launch a large attack on the renegade Dontezk and Luhansk republics. To protect the Russian people living there the Russian Federation would have to invade Ukraine. The White Hose continued to warn of a upcoming 'Russian invasion' that the upcoming Ukrainian actions would provoke.

18 posted on 02/14/2023 8:20:58 AM PST by Kazan
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To: BenLurkin

Exactly. The government should invite in Romanian “peacekeepers” immediately and sort it out later. Anything to keep Putin’s hands off of more of the country.


19 posted on 02/14/2023 8:21:55 AM PST by Midwesterner53
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To: Timber Rattler

The Little Green Men thing again. Moldova would be wise to quickly reunite with Romania and enjoy immediate protection by NATO. This was Turkey won’t get a veto on their membership.


20 posted on 02/14/2023 8:36:22 AM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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