the tractor rallies and demonstrations have already begun to disrupt the traffic and trained services, and parts of the country. protests have also close major roads in the center here up to date. thanks for watching the . it shouldn't be this one here. it's hard not to feel something really is happening here. what is happening to greens and ice explore an untouched place into the ice. january dw, the most of a country in 10 miles. this was the scene in march 2023, 4 months. people have taken to the streets in the small republic which borders on

ukraine, pro russian and pro european protest has engage in angry stand off. the wall and ukraine has polarized mold dies in society. fee is ryan. hi, ryan, from the stones at the was by the sheer panic people, folks were afraid, it would start happening here too. nice, but we didn't know what would happen next. we'll dive in. spell present. the word was that land was put in the next target. now let me just find the wars really close things good in badly all the indications are there. how really is the, the end that mold does, that might lose its independence? can this small country withstand the pressure from russia?

the, the, the roches invasion of ukraine on february, the 24th 2022 spunk t is in neighboring all day over with day the next day off to the president went on tv, i say, to myself, but he didn't. that might have some type of things that it comes to. instead of doing presidents on the, what's happening in our region have a love. i just we have more in ukraine and military activity near the border of the republic of moldova, the frontier letter. it's a dramatic situation for our neighboring country because then through the thought of it and for us, it's extremely threatening critics, but i'm doing good. it is what i thought of and through noise. the alarm was great, but so was the willingness to help in an industrial area on the outskirts of the capital case, you know, we visit,

i know totally to cosigns company. the own trip in a has been helping ukrainian refugees ever since the war began. he sent up a clothing depot in his factory following a visit to a border crossing on the very 1st day of the wall that would be added to that would be a list to me when we arrived there. i was shocked in to see a woman dressed only in a nightgown with a blanket around her that had icicles hanging from it. the site itself, it was snowing and freezing cold. and in the middle of a field for the gap is when you lose them. uh, i called up friends from my village just because you need this uh deal with these, but lots of cars shut off from there. and we brought the 1st $300.00 people there, which did it. but after 4 days, there was no more room from the assembly. we house to them at our place, my mothers and other relative behind me because many in the village took in refugee left it in the orchard. nobody match the brakes to be able to get a few months after the war began. expand,

started to suffer from the oscar effect. by the fall of 2022. inflation was running at around 70 percent. his company makes machinery to process essential oil plants and his clients in western europe. and that's when it comes to we signed contracts and calculated our pricing for the $10.00 demik loop. but during the pandemic price is rose and the wars only made things worse to metal and electricity costs are twice as much. now we can no longer get by on our calculated budgeting that as a motion, because this is ed zillow. originally, the length is also changed radically. the id expert and video pro good volva come on to the when the war started. we started making music before we made and published music videos with this guy and my friends and i had a band. but we haven't sung since the 24th of february 2020 to

the now his music videos i'm traveling off seem like relics from a former line. most of the way in his life was great before the war. looking at this, i can hardly believe it. why did this have to happen? the eob to my films travel logs in moldova and abroad for ages, but since the war broke out, i've lost all desire to do that. why it's since then both come on off as being more interested in the political situation in moldova, the up of the world. so i thought to transmit street this to the separate just region and although is a bit like the don't boss doesn't matter to you. i wanted to find out if there was a difference between these conflicts and fleet and whether it could lead to such hatred and more happening here and as in human history, those,

that's how this video came about, what the document deals, products still decoy putting you through what is trans mystery you want? cuz it's a region that broke away from all dove in the 1990 example, it searches the international community says it belongs to molto but, but most of it has no control over it. in 1992, a war took place, barely enough. russian troops had been stationed there ever since. all this makes trans mystery a comparable to other hotspots in the former soviet union that you don't boss know, go in a car box, boss of cause you in southeast asia usually is due to lack of the former soviet republics will, does a declared its independence in 1991, the voters of orders to the north east and south from ukraine and to the west on romania. this small country is also one of europe sports based

on the eastern side of the nice the river lies the self declared greatness drove in mould. dave and republic, better known as trends in history, a is governed by separatists loyal to moscow, the in case you know, the motive and capital pro russian governments wielded power the most of the last 3 decades. but now mulder has a more e u oriented. at this stage. in november of 2020, my son do was elected president. and most important campaign promise was to tackle corruption and poverty to the country's most pressing problems. but send it came to office in difficult circumstances, not just the 2 of them. during this time we've had to manage many crises emitted to

the holidays. and after the election of the new parliament in the forming of the government, we found ourselves confronted with an energy crisis, 3 cities due to rising natural gas prices exist. she probably make when there are economic and social problems. because this war has had several economic repercussions for the republicans, moldova, significantly different. there's great discontent in the populations. use the nimble to media, but all in total and the popularity actually among people in rural areas who be most effective, find the want in ukraine. the village off to rest of the on the west and bank companies to has been home to the chin, a family for generations. elaina 10 a and her sibling suffer from the poverty that's only getting was here. and the war is too close for comfort. of with them to do this, they go to behind that hills, not far from here is ukraine named like the lumens of summerville,

kayla. but seeing you blue, what do you think it is your mind? we were extremely concerned when the war started. the selection of the likelihood explosions and the distance certainly see those who knew competitive we were scared, eligibility and had our suitcases packed and ready to be not so we didn't know what would happen next is nice because of the rules and we stuff given user yes, even before hand life, it wasn't always easy. living in a defined country as an impact on that daily nice. when elaina chan, a business branch is on the other side of the river, must go through the border control, the pension and this is the old days. before the land edits, people were separated to the village, jump in love,

she on the opposite bank belongs to trends and history. okay, so it's a russian speaking village problem. as nearby as through. i ashton, i'm all deals and village. that's how we live with one another. does anybody like there was a lot of exchange across the river, even in the winter over the ice? the city regardless, the ice was so sick that even cars could drive across asian watching towards the in the summer. the people went by boat kindly, then it all worked quite well. let them know if you're watching kind of show little of the spots to the last 30 years. the reason has served as a border which can only be traversed at specific crossings on the east coast eastern bank and the hall to the separatist region line full of villages which remain on demo. dave and administration and tony dickerson comes from this area when he

visits his home village of caution itself. you must also check point stopped by so called russian peacekeepers used to kind of get those as for us the residents of these villages. besides, if it's annoying to have to drive through here slowly, jim's st. you to you, i'll do that because sometimes they perform checks and harass people. give it to me . of course, as the check points should have been removed long ago, you accommodate your sites? the nothing difficult, but i, la la, your sites in cushion inside of the typical of the republican. although in the all the ethnic groups in our country are represented by or you can use the kind of thing to do to do it, or you publish it as since 19 set, the most detailed he's got in any of us, raise april in the village. we're estimating ukrainians russians, usability, ongoing taxes, whereas or by johnny's i, him of with this day we live with a variety of ethnic groups that to move to luna. quick easy city to this is anna

totally pico science childhood home when he was growing up here. most of us still belong to the soviet union to us for as long as he can remember language as being a source of conflict in his country that might what language did use because the child doesn't ask them of the problem with that. with romanian back then it was most open, you know, they wouldn't let us speak mazda oven, even there were a lot of russians at the factory, but we weren't permitted to speak in our language really. and the russians were always putting us down. i used to go to the node will show each just a little cut open noise and to see what did they say? she didn't know she but the drawers they called yesterday, determined to go go holics up in the dirty mode over and um. but the animosity goes beyond the language,

pull economic conditions of all circles, trying all diamonds, hoped independence would boost the economy and batch of the lines. but so far they reached no benefits. gives them a jeter where i'm a little dazed for 2 people are hugely disappointed because we stumbled from one crisis to the next will commit to the gen and the last 30 years. we haven't experience to do any lengthy period of disability for developmental side. is she your kids? as a result, you will no longer trust the government, no matter whether it's pro european what role russian it sooner may have been created in a nice that says that we see a garden or feed the total, let them use quantity of meat. so used to give them a digital though, in the design it is to many people in this area are pro russian leaning. let me look some i think they're being manipulated because they only watch rush into the station normal. even though i have no other explanation energy that then there's disappointment, and the propaganda simply works very well. be of the

holidays, disappointment, and discontent. could be instrumental lives became evident in september 2022. then bus loads of people from across the country arrived in the capital to protest against the pro european government. these demonstrations were financed by the pro russian opposition. attend camp was sent off in front of the parliament for the pay protesters, so they could stay around the clock. this afternoon, the crowd suddenly search towards the entrance of the presidential palace demanded the resignation of president my ascend. they taunted, we all the people this must. a start with the major resignation. resign the, the crown parents,

the pro russian propaganda that it's not the rule that striving inflation that the motive and government since my assigned to came to power, we can barely survive prizes of sword. i buy a bottle of keeper and some bread and live on that for 3 days. i'm just hoping she should have crawled to put on her knees, totally like a cockroach and begged him for di there was hoping that who is really for the people wages war. but he doesn't kill any civilians that keeps on russia and pollutants because i can see that he does everything for the people. i've often been in ukraine and even i haven't seen any acts of war. the war only takes place on tv and facebook. the way you feel for you

just how much outside influence is behind the pro task mode type is precedents. types of plants stands for this, the most loose and the protests we're experiencing today are organized by corrupt people who stolen a lot from this country to go. so they let our land become impoverished id, then slide yet the, and now they're using the poor by giving them a bit of the money they've stolen from the market. it would seem, didn't vanita go to your meanwhile, they're leading luxurious lives abroad. and using people to destabilize the situation in this country, disability is received by chance. i'd like to be as politician, eli, i'm sure said to be funding the protest. sure. is it. be my son, who is our president? sure. don't forget you belong in jail. i'm here to defend our government. these folks are paid to be here, been killed their own mother for cash. the

motors and societies divine and the effects of the war becoming increasingly evident in this fall from wealthy country. although that was almost completely reliance on russian gas with rushes, launch the statement from gas from height to prices well, drastically reducing deliveries last phone and threatened to cut off, mold drivers, gas supply altogether. electricity was often in short supply to the patches that the challenge of carrying to the influx of ukrainian refugees close to $100000.00 of them have been living in moldova for months. a huge number given multiples. total population is just 2600000. the country likes the results is to solve all these problems on its own,

which is also why moaned days that are applying to join the european union. schulty off the russia incited ukraine. in june 2022. montalvo was granted e u. candidate status. and in the new parliament, my assigned it was loaded a pro european stance. this war was caused precisely, by jove. what do you think of designs? 3 save ages. 2 divided into space of influence. to seize 3030. we support the sovereignty unto the thought l. integrity of the plane as we always dates. good idea is you paid. the boss is ukraine. p of the the only be turning to space but over the sea will we are part of you're

the yes and all the is still from reaching european standards, especially in rural areas. to this day, the village of tara sofa has no running water. the elaina channing has never known things any other way during the draft this summer. there was hardly any water in the well. and if i take 3 or $4.00 it's full, the neighbor will only be left with muddy water. that's how it is in the summer. the, the village does have a water station that comes, wants a house at the river for an downstream. some local residents were also supposed to

have access to it without any the neighboring village dogs, which has no coincidence, the modem of our village of 10. i still remained with our water. then another mayor came and said, we should collect funds to realize the project. i was the one who went to people and collected the money a year later, still nothing had changed to i asked the mayor to return our money if it wasn't going to work. so, but he said the project was now completed and he couldn't give the money back. look at the bottom flash, the montgomery office and they knew chinese experiences. note mice and i take times many such instances of corruption have made the people here in the town. quite

a few getting rich most mold, ivan said, growing poor. since gas prices have shown top elaina chain, a cook's on the woodstove in how cold you on a pension is only around $100.00 heroes a month. so she and her relatives must rely on themselves and each other to get by by the american people. we have children living abroad who help us with money from that we buy, but we need to do that. we couldn't survive a week on our pensions. didn't know 3. yes, and this was the best time phone for the assistance but missed their relatives. you might have done lives in the czech republic tissue rather than you my brothers in moscow. my cousins to so i a because my sister has a daughter, you know, you know, i'm the daughter in italy story and she married someone there. we rarely see each

other. that's life these days. now, softer, good for people. leaders, initials, the young people, the because there's no infrastructure. usually nothing absolutely nothing. it's also based on lack of price banks that and goes people beyond renting cuz she now went on for weeks. it was an open secret that people were being paid to protest with set daily rates the business for staying overnight. the police kept an eye on developments, but didn't intervene. these demonstrate to support populist politician, eli ensure he's being convicted of stealing a $1000000000.00, promote dove, and bank's money's vanished. and he didn't show his flat the country. he's been sentenced to 15 years in jail in absent to you and tony

a few punches by debt to say vince to the protesters. y, as in shall here with you. he wrote 3 banks. i don't believe that since you entered politics, he's never forgotten. the people only imagine didn't use the book a new just re elected maya. sand do not want the did the people electra? yes, the people are here. we agree with her. were only you, you know, others to where are the others, the network and your not your being paid to $400.00 lake per day. 2000 for the night. you know, nothing. why are you working with them? because i'm here because the money is flowing. where do such deep divisions come from? we notice that in the tent camp, the screen was showing 10 advised propaganda. what the time line show is on the

present station, tv 6 is owned by one of his supporters disseminates pro russian propaganda. the content is similar to want shown to people in transmit street. we're not allowed to film officially and this separatist territory. we're only allowed to visit his tourist for a maximum of 10 hours. so we're filming with a hidden camera to guide maxime to mac lips and works in trance. and these pre owned be contacted several tool guides, but he was the only one waiting to show us around, under the circumstances. most me to some of our media doesn't report about the protests in case you know, we have, but we have our own politics, our own president, to pull the supreme soviet system, our own power structures to give these from the justice system through to the

executive look what happens on the other side of the river doesn't affect us. trends and history is closer to russia in spirit lose. a small dove is closer to your move around 500000 people live in this breakaway region, which is politically and economically reliance on russia. most of the people here also have russian citizenship. transmission area is possibly populated, and people mainly live in farmington. the is a ukrainian, florida is never far away. you put it on state, you can see the border posts, and this is the border strand between transmit street and ukraine. southern there are border patrols here, like in every country in the world. 1500 russian sanchez,

stationed in france and history. yeah. we had for the capacity amunition deb, it's thought to be one of the largest in eastern europe, causing an estimated $20000.00 weapons. no one knows whether russia plans to use them some day or against whom. one single. it's a little place which is only known because of its ammunition depot, but that was built during the soviet era. the new, the copy with this after the collapse of the soviet union is a little trans mystery inherited it while the so let's go see it was a frustrating, you know it's, it's closely monitored by our justice department and russian peacekeepers is going to be order them in the middle ports and go to seas. gimme a 2nd. yeah. so the origin, the lot has been set about dismantling the depot. the other pretty much. i don't think that's possible right now without provoking people on one side of the river or the other sort of news. and you said the one used to get into

the building, so let's go with them. so it is of them we can solve the trends in history or conflict as long as the russian military remains on the territory of the republic of moldova. we look with the countries rightful institutions to have been demanding the withdrawal of russian troops for decades to detain e. we also demand the destruction of the weapon stored in combust now, which pose of great danger, not just for the republic of ball dover, but for the entire region will become on the sheet and the need to know the job with it tells me that i wish to trans industry, it would become independent who shared those trans mystery a must become independent school. the dates of lydia the over the last 30 years. people's views changed. their language is also an optical show because many people

here don't speak any romania. we wish to move here. everyone speak russian can do to go to the bottom was satisfied with middle school visit to 1990 to the trends and history. a warm lead to trends, news trio breaking away from all dover. reminders at this time can still be found at the border to the separate his territory. in caution, it's a heavy fighting took place with the russian army and separatist loyal to moscow on one side, those defending moldova, on the other, to the automated state or the use of the traces that remain from those times. by the way, as these, the guys drilled these holes for shooting and said he gets caught in the you can see the distance between them around 4 meters once i get them because there weren't so many soldiers that usually usually less the board also stationed on the roof of the building it see this was the village of center and defend, but i, that's out to me, which is something broken locally based. what's happening in ukraine now is

familiar to me to move back then we're going to have lots of refugees who fled to case you know, ssl is good for romania or i can well remember people's driver into your side of what's happening now. effects me my deeply go, i mean, a lot of the shape simply music product that brought to this and i totally did co signs causing to punch in the fighting back. then you're going to see what kind of issue is emilio. it's going to just that protests approach the village and shot into the air with their machine guns across the front and the residence. i'll do it. that's really the next day we went to the police station and they gave us for a machine gun up because we had enough money in putting in the money to move the hotel market. we use these weapons to mount our defense economic quickly, but there listen, i'm up to push when the police and reinforcements from case you know and ship, what does it need? and that's how we weren't able to hold off the separatists and not let them into

our village. i don't know if that's true. let me push through some muscle chip or i'll do room the way in 1992, the armed forces that the young republic of mold of consisted of nobody's soldiers and volunteers for the older generation. the memory of these dramatic times is still vivid. now i'm pointing to the den or the 1st time i went to the front, i was going to bring food kind of units. i got to know a policeman. he accompanied me some of the month to come. no one else would go there. i couldn't. what did me unless i said, i'm not afraid and remember this should do when we arrived there. mileage and the boys were sitting in the trenches, sort, especially of making fire from tree branches, the desk and drawing their clothes and songs. so as go find it a decimal equitable for you couldn't feel anything but pity for those poor boys sitting there certain minute. how could i not bring them dinner?

no cheese industry though she went cutting to shut the room off. is she still on the black to one night? cause a lot of 2 separate disease came with machine guns, definitely meant that, i mean, they fired the whole time. we go there was so much blood that it flows down the street on there to do it all the trends and history, a wall with shot, i'm glad crushing it remains moldova: trance and history. it broke away and oriented itself towards russia. the cease fire agreement has held since it was signed on july the 21st 1992, but some 30 is on will once again threatened small diverse french or on peace just how much the will in ukraine effects. moldova became clear when russia announced a partial mobilization of military reserve is in september 2022. the

document to young. well, david, man with russian citizenship could be drafted. the user to see is disorders. let's see, that's what my acquaintances from russia are now being called, which is the one you even those with mold, open citizenship out a hard time leaving russia is, are it shows them there were long lines, their dual citizenship. and so didn't exempt them from mobilization from yes, it was that they were very nervous. hundreds of thousands of men deemed fate for military service, laughed russia, sophia, being cold on, most fled to neighboring countries, to catholics. don armenia or georgia rover. come on of documented the exodus but his blog of about because again, the day before the mobilization took effect was that the only border check points

between russia and georgia where there was a lot of activity. do you agree? yeah, football, i spoke with people there and later with a few russians who made it to believe the dump of shell. so that's what this video is about. let's see. what about on a look? that's the scene of the border needs of the russian mobilization also created a potentially volatile situation for the republican mode of especially when it transmits trio is consent to the movies that there is the danger of a mobilization of logos and the citizens in the countries eastern districts central august to prevent such options were examining the possibility of revoking them adult and citizenship of those who hold citizenship of both the republican, moldova, russian, and the russian federation. god,

and who fight on the side of the aggressor is most or for. i don't know exactly what the leaders of russia and other countries are after, but these conflicts are very similar. it's no coincidence that we've all been divided them with all the over georgia, ukraine, azerbaijan and armenia. is that a by john sent me now for both come on of the idea that russia is systematic. the dividing these post soviet societies is as obvious as it is disconcerting. the in october 2022, the boy in ukraine came even close at them. old of pots from the russian miss, i'll find that ukraine vantage animal, dove and village near the boat in the blast ways best windows in several houses

here in northern mold, over but no one was injured. ukraine's anti aircraft systems shot down the rush and miss sile president sand who came to see the situation for herself. the missile came from ukraine and what's a rush it got to do with that. but we need to differentiate between who's supporting the war and who is going to ideas. we want to support the new wife power more times cheaper in ukraine, of, of a senior, to be at the new grain has no electricity. you need to deal with some of the tv boom tv, and other cities when there's no light, when you can, you know, water. no heat would need died in the winter. some of those and the government will provide compensation for eating costs at the pena. that is not for everyone to know what you mean. why not last year. it was paid in this year. it'll be even

more people get done. but we're suffering the this is always done. the companies this winter will be tough due to the war because prices have risen due to the war, missed it. we're a small country and we need to stick together in these tough time slows. lindsay, we can do it with shame. thank you. meanwhile the tent camp in front of the parliament has been cleared by the police, but the problems wouldn't be swept away so easily. in november 2022. the energy crises grew was following massive russian attacks on the ukrainian power system. although that was also experiencing electricity shortages and blackouts and the things to

financial support from the international community. could them all drive and stage compensate pensioners and low income earners for the winters high energy costs? still life remain to struggle. somebody on tripping. uh and tony did cos huh. had to suspend production at his company, the teaching and energy costs with to high. and the order situation was 2 on sites in your specifics and tell them for those type of just we're going to kind of hyper nationwide him at the moment there is no progress, nothing. and we're all waiting for something about it. we just don't know what am really interested. there's no stability as far as our business goes, as we have a few contracts, but they're on hold because people are waiting to see what happens with this depth . our lease any investments are being made. it's a big problem and means we can't develop gesture lending attempted to move past

despite the leak economic situation. and tony, take a sauce bills, opponents ukrainian refugees, but the how much longer he to needs to see some design. so at the end of the tunnel in february 2023, both of us debility is up to be increasing the present president miles tend to reveal the details of an alleged russian plot to over throw her pro european government. she was at the to the planned qu by ukraine, which said it had intercepted russian intelligence, the angel, the plan included sabotage. we begun militarily trained, people disguise the civilians to carry out violent actions. you gotta send a tax on government buildings on top of the key and taking hostages.

why they, they will start seen us doing your land through violent action is disguised as protest aside. the so called opposition for the change of power in case you know, that would be forced. the in march 2023, a new ways of pro russian street perchance began this time. the issue was mil davis official language. and what it's named ottoman rotate that it should no longer be called multiplan, as it was during soviet times, but rather romania. it was another step taken by parliament's pro european majority to distance itself from all davis soviet legacy. and with it,

from russia to the roof, uh, come on, attempts to print the test and the capital with concerning the situation. and the country is we're using the language is we're always at the forefront there a source of irritation side towards the really close things. good and bad, but to all the indications are there if someone is aiming to aggravate the situation. yes, it's already escalated up. so i'm, i'm quite concerned to see this in the media people, is that some of the laptops, the phrase romanian is our only language we're more buildings, although than language traders. our language is romanian. though . then the answer to this shows the polarization and how nerves are afraid,

my conviction that moldova will be drawing more deeply into the conflict as a grown this year, which i live at the start of the war. the fear was great. since then, we've unfortunately grown used to the war. now i'm calmly talking about the fact that something could happen here. so what's the price? could you use russia really working to promote conflict, to move over in the hopes of bringing down its pro european government reports about to print in strategy paper containing a concrete action plan to destabilize, mold over a search. just knowing us based wilson. then we're not threatened with military aggression today. the hope my friends will go to see what precisely because russia cannot reach our borders on it, then you spend those boy, the kremlin is waging a hybrid war against the republicans. moldova simple question of good buena been to

get the i'm going to see you at the same time. yeah, no good things are also happened as when we bought the we've managed to make it through the winter to be compared to the despite the guys, problems. blackmail, despite the fact that prices were very high, that is, you might want think about this despite the destabilization attempted. and since i've even looked, let's call this beta space or dislike brushes, attempts to bring down a democratically elected government. but i'll cut the dimensions that i want everyone to understand on spread one hour, only route to prosperity, the piece of freedom and stability. this is membership in the european union. the are the one who they were about a possible diverse eventual extension to the view is still far off. and since the war in ukraine began, it's become clear that russia isn't prepared to stop exerting its influence. on this smaller republic holdover will be fighting for its future for a long while to account the

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