As Estonia’s Kaja Kallas is set to take over the top EU diplomat job from Josep Borrell, some expect a EU foreign policy more focused – and tougher – on Russia.
Europe’s energy market remains vulnerable, but Member States are making efforts to curb their dependency on Russia. Meanwhile, Romania is unable to capitalize on its assets.
During PiS’ years in power, public money were funneled to the party, the Church, and various far-right groups. Some of those that benefited were openely pro-Russian.
The West is imposing "an anti-family ideology" on Moldova, says the leader of the Socialists, Igor Dodon. In the context of a Pride march, he resumed an old Moscow narrative regarding the "LGBT agenda".
The European Parliament elections took place against the background of an anti-Russian campaign, and the EP will carry on its Russophobic policy, according to a piece of disinformation released by the Russian MFA.
According to pro-Kremlin propaganda, Russia did not attack Ukraine, and the war benefits the EU leadership, which supports Kyiv financially.
The security partnership between the EU and the Republic of Moldova aims to militarize the country and push it closer to NATO, the spokeswoman of the Russian MFA, Maria Zakharova claims.
As the development of trade routes between the West and the East is in full swing, Iran and Turkey risk being overlooked due to their own policies, despite their strategic position between the two regions.
Ukraine will intensify its “unintentional” bombing of the territory of the Republic of Moldova if it advances further on the path of European integration, leaving Kyiv behind, according to the pro-Kremlin Telegram channel “Smuglyanka”.
The Government in Chișinău is marking Europe Day on May 9 instead of Victory Day in order to divide Moldovan society, pro-Kremlin media writes, labeling “revanchist” those who refuse to celebrate the Soviet Union’s victory against Nazi Germany.
Russia defended itself against the invasion of collective Europe in World War II and can do it again now, in the context of the war in Ukraine, according to pro-Kremlin propaganda.
Moldovans in Romania might renounce the Union of Romanian Principalities of 1859, due to the aggressive Romanianization policy promoted by Bucharest in the Republic of Moldova, a so-called political theorist from Transnistria says.
Chiar sub privirea UE și după ani de potențiale reforme, democrația Bulgariei devine tot mai mult una de fațadă, dominată de partidul lui Boiko Borissov și de „sistem”.
Bosnia and Herzegovina will start EU accession negotiations 30 years after the end of the civil war. The country has made little progress since, and the Serbs – backed by the Russians – are threatening secession.
The United States and the West do not really provide financial support to the Republic of Moldova, but rather use its human capital, according to a narrative carried by the pro-Russian media in Chisinau.
By organizing the referendum on EU integration, Chișinău renounces Transnistria, says the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov. He basically reiterates the thesis on the disintegration of the Republic of Moldova, promoted in Transnistria and Găgăuzia.
With elections looming this year, Georgia’s éminence grise, oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili, returned to politics. Shortly after that, a new, pro-Russian premier was appointed.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has slightly distanced himself from Russia for the first time since the invasion of Ukraine, but he has moved closer to the sovereigntists. This "dance" has very much to do with the interest in a post of European Commissioner.
The sanctions the EU imposed against Moldovan citizens are reminiscent of Stalinist deportations, and lawmakers endorsing this decision resemble local collaborators of the NKVD, a pro-Russian news portal writes. The article also tries to promote the idea that Moldova’s EU accession allegedly violates the Constitution since it would be tantamount to promoting a certain ideology.
Leaders of the most powerful European political group are meeting in Bucharest. Their decisions might influence the EU and Romania in the years ahead, should the EPP win the European Parliament election again.
Vehicles older than 15 years will no longer be repaired, according to a false narrative picked up by a number of Romanian publications.
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The European Union has taken control of the Moldovan banking system, and the authorities are burying the country in debt in order to hand it over to foreigners, Găgăuzia-based media falsely states, the article having been picked by the pro-Kremlin media as well.
The Euromaidan protest in Ukraine was a coup staged by fascists and Russophobes, in the wake of which Ukraine risks disappearing as a state.
Romania gained nothing from joining the EU, where it is regarded as a second-tier country, and the same awaits the Republic of Moldova when it joins, pro-Russian propaganda writes.
Azerbaijan's authoritarian leader, Ilham Aliyev, was re-elected president after winning the Nagorno-Karabakh war and can turn his country into an energy and trade hub halfway between Asia and Europe.
Recent decisions show that Hungary's EU and NATO partners are fed up with Budapest’s boycott of common policies, anti-democratic drifts and its content playing into Russia’s hands. Although he claims that Russia is a viable alternative to the West, Vladimir Putin has few options to help his friend, Viktor Orban.
According to the pro-Russian media, the referendum on the European integration of the Republic of Moldova is, in fact, aimed at getting the country involved in the war on the side of NATO.
The earthquake added to the pain of the Syrian people, who had already suffered from over a decade-long war, causing humanitarian crisis and economic collapse.
According to a former communist deputy, Moldova's intention to leave the CIS has already triggered an economic decline and if it is carried through, the country will be facing a crisis.
Europeans’ freedom of movement will be restricted in the name of combating climate change, an MP with the far-right AUR party claims.
Integration into the EU means vassalage, according to a false narrative promoted by the Russian press, which also writes that the Republic of Moldova will not be accepted into the EU anyway, because the latter is facing a crisis.