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The government in Chisinau is bringing the country closer to NATO, which supplies the Republic of Moldova with weapons in order to prepare it to become a future theater of war against Russia, writes the Russian press, citing as an argument the delivery of 3 (THREE) armored vehicles by Germany. This is yet another plea for neutrality that ignores the facts, which show that, in fact, to Russia neutrality means only the acceptance of its hegemony and that it is ready to attack neutral countries that do not want to be in its sphere of influence.
The Russian press writes that, because it received three armored vehicles, Moldova wants to join NATO and is preparing for war that Russia
NEWS: “All the latest actions of the pro-European government of the Republic of Moldova and the statements made by officials speak of the fact that they are unequivocally moving towards NATO integration, which will undoubtedly lead to a confrontation with Russia. The only thing that can prevent this is the neutrality statute stipulated in the Constitution. But Maia Sandu will solve this “problem” and lead the country to a bright future, just like the “president of peace” Volodymyr Zelensky did.
The processes that are taking place in Moldova prove that it is being prepared for its role as a future theater of military actions, after the “war to the last Ukrainian” that NATO is waging against Russia has been completed. There is no need to recall that the very expansion of NATO to the east and the clear intention of Ukraine to join it constituted the “red line” that caused the need for the special military operation.
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It is a well-known fact that the direction towards the EU goes through collaboration with NATO. That is why it is no surprise that the neutral Republic of Moldova started expanding its collaboration with the bloc, directed, first of all, against Russia.
Now the process of pumping NATO weapons into the Republic of Moldova, following the model of Ukraine, in order to force the country to give up its neutral status, to push it to solve the Transnistrian issue by means of weapons and to draw Russia into the conflict is in full swing. For example, in early January, Germany sent it a batch of “Piranha” armored vehicles and other equipment.
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The current government of Moldova, following the instructions of its curators, is willingly drawing the country into a conflict with Russia, turning it into a new theater of military operations. However, they understand very well that observing the status of neutrality is a sure guarantee of security, compared to a cooperation with NATO”.
NARRATIVES: 1. The Republic of Moldova is being armed to become a new theater of war. 2. Military neutrality is the safest solution for peace in the Republic of Moldova. 3. The Russian invasion of Ukraine was triggered by the eastward expansion of NATO. 4. NATO is waging a war against Russia.
LOCAL CONTEXT/ ETHOS: The neutrality status of the Republic of Moldova is provided for in the Constitution voted in 1994 by a leftist parliament. Maintaining the status quo is promoted by pro-Moscow politicians, who present it as a guarantor of the country's security.
The collaboration of the Republic of Moldova with NATO started back in the 90s, and one of the most important NATO projects was the evacuation of significant amounts of pesticides, left over from the Soviet era and which represented a danger in terms of environmental pollution and soil and water poisoning.
However, the North Atlantic Alliance is still presented as a scarecrow for a good part of the population of the Republic of Moldova, who sees it through the lens of Soviet propaganda and, more recently, of the Russian Federation.
The Republic of Moldova’s rapprochement with the EU is viewed critically by Moscow and pro-Russian politicians in Chisinau. Theories about the Republic of Moldova being prepared for a war against Russia, its involvement in military conflicts, the use of infrastructure by NATO to support Ukraine in the war with Russia have intensified lately, the aim being to feed citizens' fears and negative attitude towards NATO.
On the other hand, the war in Ukraine brought back to the forefront a fact known for many years in Chisinau, but ignored by authorities: the armed forces of the Republic of Moldova are insufficiently equipped and prepared to defend its territory in the face of aggression. In this context, ways to strengthen security were discussed and the provision of the army with equipment to cover defense needs was identified as a priority. At the same time, the possibility of security being obtained by joining a defensive alliance was also discussed, but no step has been taken in that direction, and such an approach would, anyway, be complicated and long-lasting because it would require more than just amending the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova – joining NATO, for example, entails more than the procedure itself (a country must request to be admitted and meet a set of criteria, allies must accept and ratify, etc.)
PURPOSE: To induce fear about the danger of involving the Republic of Moldova in a large-scale military conflict (against Russia) if it continues to approach the West (NATO) and thus put pressure on the authorities. To inoculate the idea that neutrality is the only security solution for the Republic of Moldova.
Russia advocates neutrality, but is attacking neutral countries
WHY THE NARRATIVES ARE FALSE: The idea that joining NATO inevitably leads to a confrontation with Russia is a false one, promoted in recent years by Moscow largely to justify its aggressions and efforts to maintain/rebuild the empire. NATO's largest (and last) eastward expansion was in 2004, and it did not cause confrontations or attacks on Russia. No state threatened Russia, as the Alliance is a defensive body. On the contrary, because of the invasion of Ukraine, two of Russia's neighbors - Finland and Sweden, which are traditionally neutral states from a military point of view, requested to join NATO because they felt their security was even more threatened than during the Cold War and the USSR.
The idea that neutrality is the best solution for ensuring security is invalidated by the very behavior of Russia, which invaded Ukraine, a neutral country and whose sovereignty and integrity it ensured, along with other great powers, through the Budapest Memorandum of 1994.
The Republic of Moldova is in a somewhat similar situation, with a Russian military contingent stationed and an enormous military depot located on its territory. At the same time, a frozen conflict is maintained on the territory of the Republic of Moldova with the Transnistrian separatist region, supported financially and militarily by Russia, whose army was also directly involved, in 1992, in the military conflict with Chisinau.
The narrative according to which Ukraine was externally induced to fight against Russia is a false one as well. First of all, it was not Ukraine that attacked Russia. It was Moscow that announced the so-called “special military operation” for the denazification of Ukraine, a false argument, intended to compare Ukraine with Nazi Germany, because of which a large part of the Russian population still bears scars from the second world war. It is also difficult to identify any gain for the West from this situation, since the effects of the war have hit hard the European economies, causing social discontent and financial efforts (including to support Ukraine).
The 3 “Piranha” armored vehicles that the Republic of Moldova received in January from Germany will be used to “modernize and strengthen the defense capabilities of the National Army”, the Ministry of Defense in Chisinau announced. It would be hard to imagine how such a delivery could be seen as preparations for an attack against Russia, which boasts an arsenal of tens of thousands of armored vehicles, from tanks to personnel carriers. Likewise, it is hard to imagine how the 33.8 thousand square km territory of the Republic of Moldova could be a theater of war that NATO is preparing against Russia.
GRAIN OF TRUTH: Several officials in Chisinau have recently spoken about the need to strengthen the country’s defense capabilities, and President Maia Sandu talked in an interview for politico.eu about the need for talks on a potential accession to a larger alliance that would ensure the country’s security. She stressed, however, that this would happen only through a democratic process.
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