Foreign media revealed Russia’s short, medium and long-term plans to destabilize Moldova, including establishing pro-Russian forces among the political and economic elite, inciting social conflicts, and forming opposition groups.NATOnegative attitude, or threats to cut off suppliesnatural gasetc., forcing Moldova to return to Russia’s sphere of influence.
CNN reported today that the document was first obtained and released by a consortium of media in Central and Eastern Europe, including Expressen, Moldova and VSquare.RussiaThe agency will be created in 2021 for cross-border cooperation with the Federal Security Service (FSB).
Titled “Strategic objectives of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Moldova”, the five-page document appears to be aimed at preventing the former Soviet Republic of Moldova from leaning towards the West, such as Moldova’s closer ties with NATO and joining it. Application European Union Union (EU). The document repeatedly mentions the importance of preventing Moldova from joining NATO.
The document outlines a 10-year strategy to bring Moldova into Russia’s sphere of influence, including making Moldova dependent on Russian gas imports and provoking social strife, as well as placing Moldova in the pro-Russian secession region of Transnistria Involves trying to prevent gaining control. to gain influence
The area along the Dniester River, adjacent to the southwest of Ukraine, is long and narrow. The region was split from Moldova after a war 30 years ago, and Russia maintains a military presence with one of Europe’s largest arsenals of Soviet-era guns, ammunition and bombs.
The Secret Strategy has several headings, with short term, medium term and long term goals listed under them. Short-term goals include supporting Moldovan political forces advocating constructive relations with Russia and defeating Moldovan initiatives to remove Russia’s military presence along the Dniester River.
Medium-term goals include opposing Romania’s expansionist policies in Moldova and Moldova’s cooperation with NATO. The long-term goal is to create a stable pro-Russian influence group among the Moldovan political and economic elite, and to create a positive, negative attitude towards NATO.
Moldova and Romania have a long history and close ties. Thousands of Moldovans already have Romanian passports.
Asked about the document yesterday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he knew nothing about it. Relations with Moldova”.
“We are very sorry that the current leadership of Moldova has an unfair and unfounded bias against Moscow,” he said.
Moldova is a poor country with a population of 2.6 million, and a large number of Russians live on its territory. Al Jazeera reported that 40 percent of the local population wanted to join the Eurasian Economic Union, a free trade bloc dominated by Russia.
Moldova has angered Russia in recent years by turning west. At the start of the Russian–Ukrainian War, Moldovan officials were concerned that Russian tanks would cross the border. Ukrainian analyst Aleksey Kush told Al Jazeera yesterday that since a direct military invasion was not an option, “Moscow has the only chance to destabilize the situation from within and bring pro-Russian parties to power through re-election”.
Former Moldovan diplomat Alexei Tulbure also said that Moscow raised gas prices to force Moldova to give in, but the current government turned to Europe to buy gas. After Ukraine, “we are the next target”.
He said “Russia is waging a hybrid war against us” in the form of energy blackmail, propaganda and support for demonstrations.
Local socialist MP Bogdan Tirdia accused the current pro-Western government of being a political “puppet” and “war-monger” of Washington, always seeking to play the war card and create an atmosphere of hysteria and fear.
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