Posted on 10/21/2024 5:52:05 AM PDT by Cronos
Moldovans have voted by a razor-thin majority in favour of joining the European Union, nearly final results showed on Monday after a pivotal referendum clouded by allegations of Russian interference.
On Sunday, Moldova held key votes in a presidential election and a referendum on EU membership, marking a critical moment in the continuing struggle between Russia and the west for control over the small, landlocked nation in eastern Europe, home to 2.5 million people.
After nearly 99.5% of votes were counted in the referendum that asked voters to choose whether to enshrine in the country’s constitution a path toward the EU, the “yes” vote crept into first place with 50.39% of the nearly 1.5m ballots cast, according to the Central Electoral Commission.
The separate presidential election results showed Sandu topped the first round of the vote with 41.91%. She will face her closest competitor, Alexandr Stoianoglo, a former prosecutor backed by the pro-Russian Socialists, in the second round in two weeks.
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Historical background: USSR took Moldova as its "pound of flesh" after WWII and then moved in Ukrainians and Russians to the eastern parts.
There is ONE fly in the mix - the Gagauz are Eastern Orthodox TURKIC (not TurkISH) people who could be given a separate "de facto statelet" - like the Szekely "Hungarians" in Szekelesyorg (the Szekeley are Cumans who were Magyarized in the middle ages) or the German/Austrians in South Tyrol
The Gagauz language belongs to the Oghuz branch of the Turkic languages, which also includes the Azerbaijani, Turkish, and Turkmen languages. The Gagauz language is particularly close to the Balkan Turkish dialects spoken in Greece, northeastern Bulgaria, and in the Kumanovo and Bitola areas of North Macedonia. The Balkan Turkic languages, including Gagauz, are a typologically interesting case, because they are closely related to Turkish and at the same time contain a North-Turkic (Tatar or Kypchak) element besides the main South-Turkic (Oghuz) element (Pokrovskaya, 1964). The modern Gagauz language has two dialects: central (or “Bulgar”) and southern (or maritime)
That’s it then. They must be invaded. //s
Moldova sucks!
It was interesting how the election was going 55/45 against the EU, but the vote counting continued into the late night. Kind of reminds me of what happens in another country I’m familiar with...
Only in this case the payouts were by you Russkies - and you failed.
“Only in this case the payouts were by you Russkies - and you failed.”
I only need to look how the late-night vote counting went to know what REALLY HAPPENED there. You have NO EVIDENCE of that, other than the usual fake news from British rags.
Oh, good.
You can expect your “fair share” of 10,000 Afro-Muslim, military-aged male “asylum seekers” to be brought in shortly.
Nope - Moldovans agree to NOT be enslaved by the communist, anti-Christian Muscowites
Really, Ivan?
While I have not been following closely, last report I read was the measure had been rejected.
Was this a “midnight ballot dump” type of thing?
“Really, Ivan?”
Please refrain from PERSONAL ATTACKS on this forum as JR has been VERY CLEAR that they are not acceptable, regardless of what one think of the people they disagree with.
You're backing those that have repeatedly supported mass Muslims and illegal immigration across Europe, the green and LGBT agenda and anti-Christian persecution.
That is THE GREATEST THREAT to Europe and the US, all while you obsess over Russia, which would leave both alone if we left it alone.
You and your ilk are as much a threat to the people of the Western world as any leftist or Democrat is.
I don’t back the EU.
And I don’t back the evil leftists running Russia - which you do.
Why do you support the evil leftists running Russia?
The area which is now Moldova was annexed by Romania in 1918 except for Transnistria, which was part of the Soviet Union. In 1940 Stalin annexed the rest of Moldova (in keeping with the Hitler-Stalin Pact of August 1939). Romania re-occupied it during the war but the Soviets regained control in 1944.
Goodness, that must have been painful...
I agree. Transdniester was extra Russian territory added on to Moldova when they took it from Romania. Let Transdniester be independant and be Russia’s problem, and unify Romania and Moldova to reunite Romania.
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