Fake Bombs and Failed Coup: Moldova Smolders on Border of Russia’s War
Fake Bombs and Failed Coup: Moldova Smolders on Border of Russia’s War
A coup attempt, bomb hoaxes, internet hacks, fake conscription call-ups, mass protests: Moldova says it’s had them all in the past year.
“We had an explosion of security threats starting February 24 last year,” Interior Minister Ana Revenco told Reuters, describing a catalogue of crises she says has beset her nation and its pro-Western government since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
This small European country, a former Soviet republic, is a unique geopolitical cauldron.
Moldova hosts the breakaway statelet of Transnistria – a sliver of land running along its eastern border with Ukraine that’s controlled by pro-Russian separatists and garrisoned by Russian troops.
The country is also home to the semi-autonomous region of Gagauzia, which is overwhelmingly pro-Russian too.
The Moldovan government did not provide evidence to support its allegations of a Russian-led dirty tricks campaign and Reuters was unable to independently verify its account of events.
Source: Reuters
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