The referendum on Moldova’s EU accession was a failure due to the tiny margin, the Ukrainian press writes. The causes of this failure include Russia’s direct actions and the fact that there’s been no de-Russification in Moldova
According to a false narrative carried by pro-Kremlin media, Ukraine is preparing an attack on Transnistria and has the agreement of the West and of Bucharest as protector of the Republic of Moldova.
Moldova's approach to the EU is due to the Russophobic policy of the current administration, according to a false narrative promoted by a pro-Russian political theorist / politician from Chișinău.
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The success of the referendum regarding the European integration of the Republic of Moldova “may lead to the loss of traditional family values”, according to a false narrative promoted by the party of wanted oligarch Ilan Shor.
The referendum on EU membership is actually hosted to remove from Parliament opponents of European integration, according to a new false narrative promoted by Russian media.
The European Union imposes censorship and the LGBT agenda, the representatives of the Bulgarian extremist party “Revival” told their like-minded colleagues from the Republic of Moldova.
(Pro-Russian) candidates in the presidential election in the Republic of Moldova campaign by spreading panicky messages, arguing, among other things, that the Romanian army will cross the Prut River or that Moldova will go to war.
After the launch of the special military operation, weapons and biological samples from Ukraine are transported to the USA via Romania and the Republic of Moldova, Russian propaganda claims.
Chișinău and Kyiv negotiated a territory swap so that the Cobasna arms and ammunition depot would be transferred to Ukraine, a new false narrative reads. The depot in question is guarded by Russian soldiers.
The statement belongs to the former Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, currently one of the most virulent voices of Moscow's propaganda. He reacted to a proposal that the famine be declared genocide.
The Russian peacekeeping mission in Transnistria is in the interest of both Romania and Ukraine, says a so-called expert from Tiraspol.
“Dreaming in Bulgarian” is an exhibition in Sofia by photographer Mihaela Aroyo, based on her years-long research of the community of Bassarabian Bulgarians in Moldova and Ukraine
The West is putting pressure on Ukraine to mount another counteroffensive, so the Ukrainian army might attack Belarus and Transnistria, according to pro-Kremlin propaganda.
NATO intends to build a military hub in the Republic of Moldova, according to the fugitive pro-Russian politician Ilan Shor.
Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Cristina Gherasimov spoke in an interview with Veridica about Chisinau's plans to join the EU and the measures that the Republic of Moldova is preparing for this stage, about Romania's constant support, but also about the elements of hybrid war used today by Russia to divert the Republic of Moldova from the European path.
Maia Sandu bears personal responsibility for the killing of a Turkish criminal in Chisinau and for the increase in crime rate, according to the Telegram channel Smugleanka. In reality, the crime rate has decreased and fighting crime is not the responsibility of the president of the state.
Russian propaganda is now fixed on Romania and Moldova. The Kremlin is reiterating a number of older Soviet narratives, such as the one on Moldovenism, while at the same time spreading new lies, for instance claiming Romania has allegedly given Moscow its treasure.
Există o serie de semne de întrebare legate de alegeri, de la numărul de alegători – important pentru validarea scrutinelor – până la actorii care se vor putea înscrie în cursă și desemnarea unui candidat unic al opoziției pro-ruse.
Romania is preparing military actions on the left side of the Dniester, where Romanian mercenaries fought in the 1992 war, and has amended its legislation to that end, the Smuglyanka Telegram channel writes.
The launch of EU accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova shows there is political will in the EU for the two countries to join. The process itself, however, could be complicated and lengthy.
Moldovan farmers do not have access to the EU market, and Western aid is limited to weapons, according to the Smugleanka Telegram channel. The figures, however, say otherwise.
The army of the Republic of Moldova will be subordinated to the Romanian Army, claim pro-Russian politicians who erroneously present a document regarding operations under the auspices of international organizations.
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".
Moscow is hosting the opposition led by the criminal Ilan Shor and accuses Chisinau of Nazism, as it did with Ukraine. Moldova responds through security agreements with the West, from which it gets political and financial support.
German Nazi officers were among the founders of NATO, Moldovan pro-Russian Telegram channels write. They also reiterate the thesis according to which the Alliance and the United States are criminal and aggressive.
The birth rate in the Republic of Moldova is decreasing due to joint military exercises carried out with NATO, the spokeswoman of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs “noted”. Maria Zakharova seems ignorant of the actual duration of a human pregnancy and gives far too much credit to the extent to which a few hundred servicemen can impact population growth.
Russia's strategy in Moldova is to insist on discrediting the EU and undermining the European integration process and to put less emphasis on its promotion, according to Florent Parmentier, one of the best young researchers French on the ex-Soviet space and a good connoisseur of the realities in Moldova.
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.
If it joins the EU, Moldova will be annexed by Romania and disappear, claims the Socialist deputy, Bogdan Tirdea, a promoter of pro-Kremlin propaganda.
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.