The role of Russian media in Moldova will increase, and Russian will become a regional language that year.
Moscow also hoped to “neutralize” Moldova’s efforts to withdraw the Russian military base from Transnistria.
Moscow considers the new president of Moldova, Maya Sandu, too pro-Western.Credit:Keystone/AP
The memo was drafted by the same presidential cross-border cooperation directorate that wrote a similar document for Belarus outlining its effective annexation with input from Russia’s intelligence community.
Moldovan authorities have not commented on the memo, but the country’s Prime Minister Dorin Racin, who also took office last month, said it confirmed his fears that the Kremlin was using Russian state television, which until recently was widely available in Moldova, to spy on citizens. to wash.
“Thirty years of propaganda. we’re seeing the impact now,” Dossier quoted Racey as saying.
“I will be very happy if people in Moldova see this document.”
Moldova is the poorest country in Europe, and Russia has funded some political groups there for years.
US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said last week that the Kremlin was seeking to “destabilize” the government in Moldova’s capital, Chisinau, “probably with the ultimate goal of seeing a more Russia-friendly administration.”
“More specifically, Russian actors, some with current ties to Russian intelligence, are seeking to organize protests in Moldova and use them as a basis to incite a manufactured uprising against the Moldovan government,” he said.
In recent months, Moldova has seen anti-government protests funded by pro-Russian tycoon Ilan Shor, who was convicted of fraud in connection with the world’s largest-ever bank heist.
Marina Tauber, vice president of Moldova’s Russia-friendly Shore party, speaks during a protest.Credit:AP:
The political party founded by Shore, who was found guilty of withdrawing $360 million ($542 million) from a local bank in 2014, has been funding the protests, fueling widespread discontent over high energy prices and low living standards.
Shore is one of three people convicted of bank fraud that cost Moldova 10 percent of its annual GDP.
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Sandu, a former World Banker who has been hailed for her anti-corruption credentials, last week accused the Kremlin of plotting to topple her government, saying Moscow was “training people disguised as civilians to carry out acts of violence, attack government buildings and take hostages.” . “.
The Telegraph, London