it up next our document feed series, visit small dover, a nation living in fear since the russian invasion of ukraine. unlike look, avoid news. next, our thanks for watching the algerians here mauritania is here on mark track. we know is this one of the great dream and the grim reality the sahara was pale. i swear. what remains? i just want to be for the house on the edge of this a heart of the last shelter. start september, 2nd, on d, w. all

does 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 has 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 belie folks were afraid, it would start happening here to the west of michigan managed. 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 this the end that mold does, that might lose its independence?

a small country withstand the pressure from russia, the roches invasion of ukraine. on february, the 24th 2022 sparks. he is in neighbouring all day with day the next day off to the president went on tv. i said to myself, but he didn't. that might have some type of thing going to come. so instead of doing presidents on the, what's happening in our region have a love. i just we have more and ukraine and military activity near the border of the republic of moldova. the frontier letter gets 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 if android the alarm was great, but so it 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 will 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 won't be able to, that would be of this 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 inside as if it was snowing and freezing. cold and in the middle of a field for the gap is when you lose that move, i called up friends from my village, a promotion, a bizarre deal with these big lots of cars that 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 mother's and other relative mind me cause many in the leg

stuck in refugee la slit in the orchard, not going to match the brakes and be able to do a few months after the war began. his pun, started to suffer from the after 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. so the, 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 the lease is at zillow. originally. the length is also changed radically behind the expert and video blanca volva come on to the when the war started,

we stopped making music before we made and published music videos with 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 all 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? ya 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 come on off as be 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. you don't,

i wanted to find out if there was a difference between these conflicts and fleet and whether it could lead to such a hatred in war happening here because, you know, just it, 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 authority. 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. no 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 of new train

and to the west on romania, this small country is also one of your reps poorest. on the eastern side of the nice, the river lies the south, declared greatness drove in mo 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 will to power the most of the last 3 decades. but now moldova has m o d 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 sanders came to

office and difficult circumstances. no, you know, just the 2 of them. during this time, we've had to manage many crises emitted to the college and 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, 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 western bank companies to has been home 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 with

them to do this, they go to behind that hills, not far from here is ukraine named like the lumens of summerville clay la, the publishing you blue. and the only thing you're looking to do is remind 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. that was really 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 visits preventative, somebody else's side of the river must go through the border control,

the pension or message 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 trends and history. okay, so it's a russian speaking village problem with the nearby is through. i ashton, i'm all deals and village. that's how we live with one another. are you doing a blue? there was a lot of exchange across the river, even in the winter over the ice. the city, the goal is the eyes was so sick that even cars could drive across. so you can, watching towards the, in the summer the people went by boat, car needs to done. 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 eastern eastern bank and the hall to the separatist region. light full of images which remain under

motive in 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, the sites, it's annoying to have to drive through here. slowly tmz see even the because sometimes they perform checks and harass people. of course, the check points should have been removed long ago. you will call the 2 sites the nothing difficult but a la la, you are fighting cushion size typical of the republican. although in the all the ethnic groups in our country are represented by or you can you look at this and proceeded to, to 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. let them move to the quick and easy city to this is anna totally pico science 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 as being a source of conflict in his country. that might what language did use because the child doesn't ask them to build and help them with that. with the romanian back then it was most open. you know, they wouldn't let us sleep mode over. and there were a lot of russians at the factory, but we weren't permitted to speak another language really. and the russians were always putting us down. i used to go to the node will show each just a little cut out for noise. did you feel, what did they say? she didn't know she but the drawers they called yesterday determined to go go holics up on the map of dirty models and um,

but the animosity goes beyond language, pull economic conditions of also cause trying all diamonds, hosting dependents would boost the economy and batch of the lines, but so far they reach no benefits. gives them a jeter why me a little dazed for 2 people are hugely disappointed because we stumble from one crisis to the next. we'll give it to the gen in the last 30 years. we haven't experience to do any length same period that ability for developmental diet is she your kids? as a result, you will 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 kind of a fee, pro total, let them use quantity of meat. so they used to give them a digital dollar 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 assembly works very well. the of the holidays, disappointment, and discontent, could be instrumental lives became evident in september 2022. then foss 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 that the presidential palace demanded the resignation of president miles. and they taunted, we all the people this must stop. we demand your resignation. resigned 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 kiefer and some bread and live on that for 3 days. of course well, she shouldn't crawl to put on her knees totally like a cockroach and begged him for dad. there was hoping that we can do 3 who is really for the people when we just war, but he doesn't kill any civilians. just the kids are most important 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 just how much outside influence is behind the pro task mold type as president takes a plant stands for this, the because the most place in 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 them or seen, didn't buy, need to go to young. meanwhile, they're leading luxurious lives abroad and using people to destabilize the situation in this country. disability is utilized. sounds. are mike dubious, politician, eli, i'm sure said to be funding the protests. 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 if these

folks are paid to be here, been killed, their own mother for cash will be the motive in societies divine. and the effects of the war are becoming increasingly evident in this fall from wealthy country. although that was almost completely reliance on russian gas. with roches launch these data and from gas problem hiked. prices well, drastically reducing deliveries last full and threatening to cut off, mold drivers, gas supply altogether. electricity was often in short supply to the after that the challenge of caring for 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 result is to solve all these problems on its own, which is also why mon day, they're applying to join the european union shots, are you off the russia inside it? ukraine? in june, 2022 montalvo was granted e. u. candidate status. and then you parliament, my assigned it was loaded a pro european stance. this war was caused precisely, by jove. what do you think of designs through these have agent to divide it into space of the influence to see steady 30. we support the sovereignty until he thought l. integrity of the plane. as we always dates. good idea is you crazy? don't boss. is you grade p of the little the only

be turning to space spot of the so you will we are part of you are the yes mould of a still from reaching european standards, especially in rural areas. to this day, the village of tara sofa says no running water elaina. channing has never known things any other way. though, 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 out of the river for an nostril. some local residents were also supposed to have access to it. we don't need a neighboring village dogs, which is 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. oh, my gosh, 3 months cutter elaina janae's experience is no finds to like 2 kinds. many such instances of corruption

have made the people have been quite a few get rich, most multi venza growing poor. since gas prices have shown top elaina chant, a cooks on the wood stove and 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 the people. we have children living abroad who help us with money from that we buy, but we need to know that we couldn't survive a week on our pensions. but in all 3 years, and this was the best time phone for the assistance, but missed their relatives. you might have done lives in the czech republic to hear my brothers in moscow. my cousins to so i as,

as my sister has a daughter, you know, you know, i'm the daughter in italy story and she married someone there. we rarely send each other. that's life these days. now, softer, good for people. leaders, 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 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. remote dove,

and banks. money is banished and he didn't show his flat the country. he's been sentenced to 15 years in jail and i've sent to you and tony a few passes 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. the people only imagine didn't use the book a new just re elected maya. sand do not want the did the electra? yes, the people are here. we agree with her. were only you, you know, others to where are the others, the networking, who in your, not your being paid to 400 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 noticed 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. a disseminate pro russian propaganda. the content is similar to want shown to people in trends in the street . we're not there now to film officially and is separate his 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. nice preowned be contacted, several tool guides, but he was the only one willing to show us around under the circumstances. most me, 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, to give these from the justice system through to the executive. the what happens on the other side of the river doesn't affect us. beautiful trends. mystery is closer to russia in spirit lose a good, a small dove is closer to your move. the blizzard around 500000 people live in this break away region, which is politically and economically reliance on russia. most of the people here also have russian citizenship. transmits p a is possibly populated, and people mainly live in farming. the is a ukrainian florida is never, far away. stevie, 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 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 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. i mean, you the copy of it is after the collapse of the soviet union else will trans mystery. inherited it about the fiscal seals of the united states, closely monitored by our justice department and russians. peacekeepers is going to be ordered in the reports in order to cease gimme a 2nd. yeah. so unfortunately the law has been set about dismantling the depot

to 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, wheeler, the countries rightful institutions to have been demanding the withdrawal of russian troops for decades to. and we also demand the destruction of the weapons stored in combust now, which pose of great danger, not just for the republic of model the, but for the entire region will become on the sheet and the need to know the, the most. it tells me that i wish to trans industry, it would it become independent? who shares those trans mystery a must become independent to prove to excuse the breeds of near 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 speakers rush interlude you go to the bottom. a set of the right of middle school visit to 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 finding. 2 claims with the russian army and separatist loyal to moscow on one side. those defending moldova, on the other to order me this state or the use of the traces that remain from those times the way it sees the guys drill these holes for she would have said yes, got it. i agree. yeah, you can see the distance between them around 4 meters because there weren't so many soldiers that usually usually left the board also stationed on the roof of the

building and see this was the villages center him defend, but i that's how to we shoot something broken locally 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 jason simply music. part of that project is of the i know totally did close on is causing to punch in the fighting back. then you're going to see what kind of issue is emilio. it's going to is just that protests approach to the village and shot into the air with their machine guns across the front and the residence i'll do it is really the next day we went to the police station and they gave us for machine gun not because we had enough money in putting the money to move, but to hold on marty, we use these weapons to mount our defense economic typically, but they listen to when the police and reinforcements from case you know, no chip,

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. i'm pushed through commercial ship. what 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 numbers, not letting me now cool, most got on pointed to the den or the 1st time i went to the front, i was going to bring food kind of unique. i got to know a policeman. he accompanied me, so let's look at no one else would go there fucking within me unless you i said, i'm not afraid and remember this should do when we arrived there. much in the boys were sitting in the trenches. what specials, making fire from tree branches, the desk and drawing their clothes and soaks so as go crying into the decimal,

oklahoma for you couldn't feel anything but pity for those poor boy sitting there certain minute. how could i not bring them dinner? no cheese and institution one, cutty to shut the room off. did you still in the black who? one night? cuz a lot of 2 separate jerseys came with machine guns. definitely meant that. i mean, they fired the whole time. we don't go, there was so much blood that it flowed down this around them. it did all the trends and history, a wall with shot cushion. it remained multiplan trance and history. it broke away and oriented itself towards russia. the ceasefire 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 2022. the young man to young. well, david, man with russian citizenship could be drafted. the user to see is a dessert 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 out a hard time leaving russia is. are it shows them there were long lines, their 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 from military service, laughed russia, sophia, being cold on most flat to neighboring countries to catholic stone, 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 going to 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 border needs of the russian mobilization also created a potentially volatile situation for the real popular commode over, especially when it transmits truth is consent you study school then will be that there is the danger of a mobilization of loved open citizens in the countries eastern districts been through this to prevent such actions were examining the possibility of revoking

them adult and citizenship of those who hold citizenship of both the republican, moldova, and the russian federation. guide 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 border. the bloss ways passed windows and several houses here in northern moldova. but no one was injured. ukraine's anti aircraft systems had shut down, the rushing miss sile presidency and who came to see the situation for herself. 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 wife power more times cheaper in ukraine, of, of a senior, to be at the new grain has no electricity either. but some of the direct tv boom, tv, and other cities, when he was 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, and this year it will be even more people get done, but we're suffering the this is always done. the visa they for winter will be tough due to the war. he's up because prices have risen due to the war. missed. yeah, 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 dive in state to compensate pensioners and low income earners for the winter is high energy costs. still life remain to struggle. somebody on tripping uh and tony to cos huh. had to suspend production at his company. the teaching and energy costs with 2 high and the order situation was 2 on sites and your specifics and tell them for those type of just we're going to kind of hyper nationwide them 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 both that 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 allotted 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. i talk about what kind of stuff 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. i don't want to say for the change of power in case you know, that would be forced the in march 2023, a new ways of pro russian speak perchance began this time. the issue was mil davis official language and what it's named adam and 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

to distance itself from all the soviet legacy and with it from russia to vote, come on attempts to print the test and the capital which concern the situation in 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, i'm looking it 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 video and send it to this shows the

polarization and how nerves are afraid. my conviction that moldova will be drawing more deeply into the conflict because of 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 place, 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 moldova, as the junk light space. most of them were not threatened with military aggression today. the hope my friends will go to see what precisely because russia cannot reach our borders and give you those. you

spend those boy, the kremlin is waging a hybrid war against the republicans. moldova simple question, include buena bend. okay. yeah, so i'm going to see you at the same time. yeah, the 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 guy's 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 exhibiting its influence. on this smaller republic holdover will be fighting for its future for

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