Moldova–Russia relations are the bilateral relations between the Republic of Moldova and the Russian Federation, two Eastern European, post-Soviet, ex-communist countries. Russian support for the self-proclaimed Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic ( Transnistria ) and a substantial Russian military presence therein strained Moldovan relations ...

Mar 10, 2024 · CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — The past two years have been the hardest and most tumultuous for European Union candidate Moldova in more than three decades as it faces threats from Russia in multiple spheres of public life, the country’s foreign minister says.

Feb 26, 2023 · Tensions are mounting in Moldova, a small country on Ukraine’s southwestern border, where Russia has been accused of laying the groundwork for a coup that could drag the nation into the Kremlin...

Apr 5, 2024 · Moldova’s pro-European leaders have long been aware of Russian efforts to destabilize their country. With two key polls in Moldova this year, those efforts are expected to intensify. Fuelling that expectation is Transnistria, a region that broke away from Moldova around 30 years ago with Russia’s support.

4 days ago · BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and Moldova on Tuesday agreed on an energy security plan aimed at weaning the country off its dependence on Russian supplies and integrating it into the 27-nation bloc’s network.. The EU’s executive branch, the European Commission, said that Moldova would receive 250 million euros ($258 million) this year — …

Mar 16, 2023 · A secret plan drawn up by Russia’s security service, the FSB, lays out detailed options to destabilize Moldova – including supporting pro-Russian groups, utilizing the Orthodox Church and ...

Feb 15, 2023 · Russia, which has troops in Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria, has bristled at the possibility of former Soviet republics joining the EU. Why did Moldova close its airspace?

Oct 18, 2024 · Moldova, an eastern European country of some 2.5 million people sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine, has veered between pro-Western and pro-Russian courses since the end of the Cold War.

Mar 5, 2023 · A short drive from Ukraine's southern border, hundreds of Russian troops guard a vast Soviet-era ammunition depot in Moldova's breakaway region of Transnistria.

Oct 9, 2024 · Throughout the war, there have been intermittent worries that Russian forces fighting inside Ukraine might seek to join up with the approximately 1,500 Russian troops stationed in Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria to open a new front against Ukraine, destabilizing Moldova’s pro-Western course in the process.