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a mold as a country in 10 miles. this was the scene in march 20234 months. people have taken to the streets in the small republic which borders on ukraine, pro russian, and pro european protest as engage in angry stand off. the wall and ukraine has polarized mold dive in. society fee is ryan. hi ryan. from the stones at the was the sheer panic people. folks were afraid, it would start happening here to the west of michigan managed. we didn't know what would happen next. mold evans felt threatened. the word was that land was put in the next target. the wars are really close things good in badly all the indications are there. how really is the fee and that mole does that

might lose its independence? can a small country withstand the pressure from russia? the rushes invasion of ukraine on february, the 24th 2022 spunk. t is in neighboring all day. over with day be next, the day off to the president went on tv, i cetera, cetera. but he didn't, that might have, so i'm going to send you to come. so instead of doing presidents on what's happening in our region of a love, i just, we have more in ukraine and military activity near the border of the republic of mold over the frontier. letter it's a dramatic situation for our neighboring country because they to out of it. and for us, i did 6 stream, least threatening food, expand and go. 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 tripping uh 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. the wall that would be that would be at least to me when we arrived there. i was shocked and to see a woman dressed only in a nightgown with a blanket around her that had icicles hanging from it to 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, a promotion, a bizarre deal with these. but lots of cars shut off from there. and we brought the 1st $300.00 people there which they did, but after 4 days there was no more room from the assembly. we house of them at our

place, my mothers and other relative i me close. many in the village took in refugee last year. i know what you're not going to be sure to breakfast, to be able to take a few months off at the walk. you can expand started to suffer from the after effects 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 really comes out to we signed contracts and calculated our pricing for the, for the pandemic. so the, 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 that's the low originally the, this is also changed radically. the i t x photo and video longer volva come on

to the when the war started, we stopped making music before we made and published music videos, my friends and i had a band, but we haven't song since the 24th of february 2022. the now his music videos, i'm traveling all seem like relatives from a form along the way in his life was great before the war and looking at this i can hardly believe it. why does this have to happen? y'all do 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 on come on off as be more interested in the political situation in moldova, the apple store, i thought that transmission area is still the separatist region. and although it's

a bit like the don't boss, it 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 a hatred and war happening here because you know, the state, those. that's how this video came about with the different deals. products still decoy putting his throat what is transistor? yeah, you want cuz it's a region that broke away from all dove in the 1990 example is which is the international community says it belongs to molto but but not though, that has no control over it. and in 1992 award took place, fairly enough, good russian troops have been stationed there ever since. look forward, it's all this makes trans mystery a comparable to other hotspots in the former soviet union that you don't boss. no go in a car box boss of kazi, a and south of sasha usually is like a that format associated republics will, does a declared its independence. 1991. the voters about is

to the north, east and south of ukraine and to the west on romania. the small country is also one of europe's poorest. on the eastern side of the nice, the river lies the self declared greatness drove in mo dave and republic. better known as trends and history, and it's governed by separatists loyal to moscow. the in case you know, the motive and capital pro russian governments will to power the most of the last 3 decades. but now mulder has a more e u oriented at this stage. in november 2020, my son too, was elected president, and most important campaign promise was to tackle corruption and poverty to the

country's most pressing problems. but sanders 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 polluted after the election of the new parliament in the forming of the government. we found ourselves confronted with an energy crisis through city due to rising natural gas prices exist, the she probably make when there are economic and social problems because this war has had several economic repercussions for the republic of mold over 2 significant events, including there's great discontent and the populations use the nimble to media, but all in total in the book for like see actually among people in rural areas who be most effective, find a warning ukraine, the village off to a rest of the on the west and bang companies to has been homes to the chin, a family for generations. elaina janay and her siblings suffer from the

poverty that's only getting was here. and the war is too close for comfort of what the kid is. if they go to behind that hills and not far from here is ukraine. i'm a product alone until someone. okay. and i'm pushing you blue. and then what do you think it is? your mind, we were extremely concerned when the war started, the selection of the like, well heard explosions from 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, the country has an impact on that daily. nice. when elaina chan a visit sprint,

it is on the opposite side of the river. must go through the border control the pensioner. this is the old days before the land and its people were separated the bill to jump in love she on the opposite bank with belongs to trans mystery through the arrows. okay, so it's a russian speaking village probably as nearby as throw. yes. i'm all bills and village. that's how we live with one another of doing it, but there was a lot of exchange across the river, even in the winter over the ice. the city, the guy, the eyes was so sick that even cars could drive across asian watching towards the in the summer. the people went by boat, car needs to then it all worked quite well. let them know if you're watching kind of show move of the past to the last 30 years. the reason has served as a border which can only be traversed at specific crossings on the eastern eastern

bank and the hall to the separate his region. life full of villages which remain under motive 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. you kind of get those as it gets really kind of for us residents of these villages besides, if it's annoying to have to drive through here. slowly tmz see even the because sometimes they perform checks and harass people in the middle. of course, as the check points should have been removed long ago, you will call the 2 sites the that the difficult but a little a you are fighting cushion size typical of the republican. although the in the, all the ethnic groups in our country are represented by, or you can you look, i just want you to, to, to publish it as, since my mindset, the most. which of these did you have any of us,

raise people 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. but to move to the quick and easy city to this is anna totally the co signs, childhood home. when he was growing up here, most of us do belong to the soviet union to us for as long as he can remember, language is being a source of conflict in his country. not mind what language to use because the child doesn't ask me to help him with that. what's romanian back then? it was mailed over, you know, they wouldn't let us sleep mode open 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 note room is just a little cut, open noise, and you feel what did they say? she knew no ship but the drawers they called yesterday determined to go go holics

up on the map of dirty mould. open um but the animosity goes beyond language, pull economic conditions of also cause frank mold evans hosting dependents would boost the economy and batch of the lines. but so far they reach no benefits. using the g to y me a little dazed for 2 people are hugely disappointed because we stumbled from one crisis to the next. in the last 30 years, we haven't experience to do any lengthy periods of disability for developmental diet. is she your kids? as a result of people no longer trust the government, no matter whether it's pro european was real, russian assume had been created in administer that says that we see a guiding a fee pro total, let them use quantity of mutual use to do them. and you to develop 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 russian to the station normal. even though i have no other explanation. i see that in this appointment, and the propaganda simply works very well. 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 stop with the major resignation.

resign the, the crowd, parents, the pro russian propaganda that it's not the rule that's driving inflation. but the motive in government since my as sand who came to power, we can barely survive. prices of sword. i buy a bottle of keeper and some bread and live on that for 3 days. i'm you. she shouldn't crawl to put on her knees like a cockroach and begged him for dead. there was hoping that which is really for the people when 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 on the

phone. 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 just how much outside influence is behind the pro task mold that as president takes a clear 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 lands become impoverished, i then fled 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 buy, need to go to your meanwhile, they're leading, luxurious lives abroad. and using people to destabilize the situation in this country, the 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 to people . these folks are paid to be here. they've killed their own mother for cash. the motors in societies divine and the effects of the war becoming increasingly evident in this fall from wealthy country. although that was almost completely reliant on russian gas with rushes, launch the stay down from gas from height to prices well, drastically reducing deliveries, last phone and threatened to cut off small diapers, gas supply altogether. electricity was often in short supply to the patches and the challenge of carrying to the influx of ukrainian refugees close to $100000.00 of them have been living in multi over for months. a

huge number given multiverse. 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, shutting off the russia insight that ukraine in june 2022 long drive. it was granted e u. candidate status and then the you parliament, my assigned it was loaded a pro european stones. this war was caused precisely, by jove. what do you think of designs? 3 saved regions 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 bus is ukraine. p of

the the only the timing they bought over the c will. we bought a few or the yes small does a 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. now let us during the draft this summer, there was hardly any water in the well and if i take 3 or 4 buckets for the neighbor, it 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 water out 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 around that kind of stuff done that 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. oh my gosh. see montgomery. ringback

elaina janae's experiences, note mine selected kings. many such instances of corruption have made the people here be quite a few get rich. most mold. ivan said, growing poor since gas prices have shown top elaina chant a cook's on the woodstove and how cold you on a pension is only around $100.00 euros 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 get we couldn't survive a week on our pension 3 years from this was the best time phone for the assistance but missed their relatives. you might have done lives in the czech republic to hear you, my brothers in moscow,

my cousins to sort i because my sister has a daughter, you know, you know, i'm yes, my other daughter in italy story and she married someone there. we rarely see each other. that's life these days. now, softer with people, lease initials, the young people because there's no infrastructure. usually nothing absolutely nothing. it's also based on lack of price banks that and goes people beyond rent in case she now went on for weeks. it was an open secret, the people were being paid to protest with set daily rights, the boldness 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 banks 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 protest, s y, as in shall here with you. he wrote 3 banks. i don't believe that since you entered politics, he's never forgotten and the people on the legend 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 young didn't they're working on your not your being paid for them to $400.00 lake per day. 2000 for the night. you know, nothing question. why are you working with them? because i'm here because the money is flowing. where do

such deep divisions come from? we noticed that in the tent camp, the screen was showing 10 advised propaganda. what the time line show is on the present. the station tv 6 is owned by one of the supporters, a disseminate pro russian propaganda. the content is similar to want shown to people in transmit street. the windows are now to film officially and this separate has terre train. we're only allowed to visit as tourists for a maximum of 10 hours. so we're filming with a hidden camera. to guide me, i seem to mac lips and works in trance, and these pre owned be contacted several tool guides. but he was the only one willing 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, decal, the supreme soviet system, our own power structures, at least from the justice system through to the executive. look what happens on the other side of the river. it doesn't affect us. beautiful trends and history is closer to russia in spirit. lose a good, a small dove is closer to your mobile. but is it 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. transmits p a is possibly populated. people mainly live, thanks bombing the is a ukrainian florida is never, far away state do you can see the border posts and this is the

border strand between transmission area and ukraine. southern there are border patrols here, like in every country in the world. 1500 russian soldiers stationed in france and history. 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 you. the copy of it is after the collapse of the soviet union will trans mystery inherited by the fiscal seals of product and unites. it's closely monitored by our justice department and russian. peacekeepers can order them in the reports and go to cease communicating as the

origin. the law has been set about dismantling the depot to the pretty much i don't think that's possible right now without provoking people on one side of the river or the other theatre was news. and you said the one used to be to go into, let's go with them. so it is of them we can solve the trends, history, a 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 between you, we also demand the destruction of the weapon stored in combust now, which pose of great danger, not just for the republic of all dover, but for the entire region will become all the she ended to know the job because it tells me that i wish to trans industry. it would become independent

who shares those trans mystery a must become independent school. the dates of lydia for 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 get us by themselves. the right of middle school is 1992, the trends and history. a warm lead to trends and history a breaking away from all dover. reminders at this time can still be found at the border to the separatist territory. in caution, it's a heavy fighting took place with a 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, it ceased the guys grilled these holes for shooting and said he gets caught in the you can see the distance between them around 4 meters because there weren't so many

soldiers that usually usually less the people are also stationed on the roof of the building it, see this was the villages center of defend, but i that's out totally. so let's see. so the is what's happening in ukraine now is familiar to me to move back then we 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 to, jason simply mused for the top right, because i know totally decor science causes to punch in the fighting back. then you're going to see what kind of issue is and did you lose your separate tests, 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 the money to move bottle. hold on, marty. we use these weapons to mount our defense. it cut them through quickly,

but they're listen, i'm up to push when the police and reinforcements from kitchen. no, no chip, what does it need? and that's how we weren't able to hold off the separate tests and not let them into our village. i don't know if that's true on post pollution michelle chip or the room the way in 1992. the armed forces at the young republic of moldova consisted of no face soldiers and volunteers. for the older generation, the memory of these dramatic times is still vivid. now almost got on pointed to the dental 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 lives in london. no one else would go there. i couldn't within me unless you 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 themselves. so let's go find it a decimal aqua rolled up 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, additional cutting to shut the room off. did you still in the black who, one night? cuz a lot of separate disease came with machine guns, definitely hit that and they fired the whole time. we don't go, there was so much blood that it flowed down the surround them, it did. you have to do the transfer these tree, a wall with shot and cushion it remains multi trance and these tree 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 years on will once again threatened

small diverse franchise and peace, just how much the will and ukraine effects. moldova became clear when russia announced a partial mobilization of military reserve is in september of 2022. the young man to young. well, david, man with russian citizenship could be drafted. the desire to see is a desert is 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. got a hard time leaving russia is, are it shows them there were long lines there, dual citizenship. 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 flat to neighboring countries, to catholic stone,

armenia, or georgia. rover come on off, documented the accident, but his blog of about because again, the day before the mobilization took effect. it was that the only border check points between russia and georgia, where there was a lot of activity with the, you know, football, i spoke with people there and later with a few russians who made it to police the dump of shells. so that's what this video is about and i see what i'm a look, that's the scene of the board. and so the russian mobilization also created a potentially volatile situation for the republic to move over. especially when transmits trio is consent. you study school demo visa, there is the danger of a mobilization of loved open citizens in the countries. eastern districts been to

this 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 guide, and who fight on the side of the aggressor and the store. oh, 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 all over georgia, ukraine, azerbaijan and armenia. is that a by john sent me 9 for volva. come on of the idea that russia is systematically dividing these both soviet societies is as obvious as it is disconcerting. the in october 2022, the boy in ukraine came even closer to multiplan pods,

from the russian miss. i'll find that ukraine landed animal, dave and village near the boat in the vast ways past windows and several houses here in northern moldova. but no one was injured. ukraine's anti aircraft system had shot down the russian missile. the president signed to came to see the situation for himself. the missile came from ukraine and what's a rush it got to do with that we need to differentiate between who's supporting the war and who is going to ideas. we want to support the new wise power for times cheaper and your grain of, of a senior, to be at the new grain has no electricity. but some of the, the tv, the tv and the other city, when he was no light, when you can, you know, water. no heat would need died in the winter. the modules in government will

provide compensation for eating cost of the plane. yeah. it's not for everyone to know what you mean. why not last year? it was paid and this year it will be even more people get that, but we're suffering from the mom who did this all in the visa, they went through will be talking due to the war ease of life because prices have risen due to the war misc yeah, we're a small country and we need to stick together in these tough time. slows means we can do it with you. 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. good them all dive in stage compensate pensioners a low income earners for the winter's high energy costs. still life remain to struggle so most on tripping a, an autonomy to cos huh. had to suspend production at his company. heating and energy costs with too high. and the order situation was to onset your spooks until into those type of just were in a kind of hybrid nationwide him at the moment there is no progress, nothing. we're all waiting for. so i'm thinking about it. we just don't know what we just did. there was no stability as far as our business goes, that 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 just should only obtain visible despite the bleak economic situation. and tony take a sauce bills, opponents ukrainian refugees. but the how much longer he to needs to see some lines at the end of the tunnel. in february 2023, both of us debilitated up to be increasingly present. president minus tend to reveal the details of an alleged russian plot to over throw her pro european government. she was allotted to the planned coupon 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. i talk about what kind of stuff and taking hostages . why they, there was such, are you not doing your land through violent action is disguised as protest aside the so called opposition. i don't want to support the change of power in case you know that it would be forced. the in march 2023, a new ways of pro russian street protests began. this time, the issue was multi was official language. and what it's named rotate that it should no longer be called mount oven, as it was during soviet times,

but rather romania. it was another step taken by parliament's pro european majority, the distance itself from all the soviet legacy. and with it, from russia to the roof, uh, come on, attempts to print a test and the capital with concern for any of the the situation in the countries were using the language is we're always at the forefront. there was source of irritation as i was really close to things good and bad, but i, that's to all the indications are there if someone is aiming to aggravate the situation. yes, it's already escalated up. some i'm quite concerned to see this the people is that some of these left us, the price for the 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 of from this year. 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 and strategy paper containing a concrete action plan to destabilize moldova, as the jumpstart soil space most. and then we're not button to military aggression today. the hope my friends will go to see,

but precisely because russia cannot reach our borders and give you those. yes, been those boy the kremlin is waging a hybrid war against the republicans, moldova sent them question: include luna then to get the i'm going to see at the same time. yeah, no good things are also happened to us when we bring back the we've managed to make it through the winter to be compared to the despite gas problems black. now, despite the fact that prices were very high, that a she might win because i think despite the destabilization attempted and since i think a lot, let's call this beta space or dislike rushes, attempts to bring down a democratically elected government. the but i'll got the dimensions that i want everyone to understand on spread when our only route to prosperity, the piece of freedom and stability is membership in the european union and the other one today. what about possible drove is 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 excepting its influence on

this small republic. although that will be fighting for its future for a long while, took on the or the enters the conflict. so how role did you ask any precaution, really go in his wagner uprising, my guess is to be done complet. soon as russian investigative journalist and security services expert, andrea full data is added to our website tracks, the russian intelligence. how long include hold on to power? the 13

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