before they get better, media or ologist are forecasting even colder temperatures the rest of the week. and you're out today. thank you so much for watching dw taken the do these do for fun via do gravitational waves, please all body. how do i the drums for the 10 feet and what's the perfect kill for approx side? find the on says guess with dw signs on the picked up channels, the a mold as a country in 10 miles. this was the scene in march 2023, 4 months. people had taken to the streets in this full republic which borders on

ukraine, pro russian, and pro european protest as engage in angry stand on the wall and ukraine has polarized small dive in society. fee is ryan. hi ryan. from the stall to the was the sheer panic people. folks were afraid, it would start happening here too much, but we didn't know what would happen next. mold evans felt threatened. 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 fee and that mold does that might lose its independence. can a small country withstand the pressure from russia, the

roches invasion of ukraine on february, the 24th 2022 spunk t is in neighboring multi event with day be. next. the day off to the president went on tv. i said to myself, but he didn't that might assembly talk to sent 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 moved over the frontier letter. it's a dramatic situation for our neighboring country. i think i've been through thought of it and for us, it's extremely threatening critics, but i'm thankful and it is what i thought of and through noise the alarm was great . but so as the willingness to help in an industrial area on the outskirts of the capital case, you know, we visit,

i know totally dickerson's company. the own trip that 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 that would be at least to me when we arrived there. i was shocked 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 of a for the gap is when you lose that move, i called up friends from my village just because you need this a beautiful piece. 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 of them at our place, my mothers and other relative i me because many in the village took in refugee last year. i know what you're not going to be much the breakfast to be able to take a few months off of the warrant began his band 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, but for the pen demik. so the move, 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 budget in that as the mean you more than because the lease is up zillow. originally, the life is also changed radically behind the expert and video going good volva come on the chosen, the slow. when the war started, we stopped making music months before we made and published music videos, 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 seemed like relics from a form online. most of the wind is life was great before the war looking at this i can hardly believe it. why does 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 on come on off as be more interested in the political situation in moldova, the up at the low store, i thought that trans mystery, this to the separatist regent. animal. dover 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 a hatred in war happening here because, you know, just it,

those. that's how this video came about. me you know what the document deals products still decoy putting you through what is trans mystery you want to it's a region that broke away from all dove in the 1990 example is which is the international community says it belongs to moldova. but nobody has no control over it and tell you in 1992, a war took place there late enough, good russian troops had been stationed there ever since. it's all this makes transit history a comparable to other hotspots. and the former soviet union that you don't boss or no go in a car box boss of kazi, a and south of sasha. usually a city like of the former soviet republics will, does a declared its independence in 1991, the voters borders to the north east and south on 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 south declared street nest drove in mo dave and republic. better known as trends and 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 mulder has a more e u oriented head of state. 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 sand to 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 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 the she probably make when there are economic and social problems because this war has had several economic repercussions for the republic of moldova significant events, including 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 bang companies to his being home to the chin, a family for generations. elaina 10 a and her siblings suffer from the poverty that's only getting was here and the war is too close for comfort of what the to do this thing go to behind that hills not far from here is ukraine. i'm a product alone and so some of okay la, it's

a blessing you blue and the other thing 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 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 trends and history through the oh 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. a doing it blew, there was a lot of exchange across the river. even in the winter over the ice. the city, the goal is the ice was so sick that even cars could drive across isn't working 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 me love the path 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 line full of images 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. the residents of these villages decides if 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. outage decides the nothing difficult, but a la la, 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 use the credit to, to, to publish it as since 19 set 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 liquidity city to this is anna. totally the concerns 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 a child may ask him to help him with that. with romanian back then it was most open, you know, they wouldn't let us speak mazda open, even 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 little cut out for noise and to see what did they say. she can see a new mouse, but the drawers they called yesterday sermon look, a globe, a holics the dirty mode open um. but the animosity goes beyond language,

pull economic conditions of also cause trying. mold evans, 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. what can be done in the last 30 years? we haven't experience to do any lengthy period that disability 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 guiding a fee pro total let down those quantity of mutual use to give them a genius of our 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 to you that, that i'm aware of disappointment, and the propaganda simply works very well. 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 of the presidential palace demanded the resignation of president my ascend. do they taunted, we all the people this must stop. we demand your 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 kiefer and some bread and live on that for 3 days. of course, well, she shouldn't crawl to put on her knees like a cockroach and begged him for data. there was hoping that who 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. 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, i then fled out the form 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. this diabetes is utilized sounds, are mike dubious, politician. and i'm sure you said to be funding the protests. sure is it. see? 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 will be the

cultures and 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 russia's launch these data and from gas from height to prices well, drastically reducing deliveries. last fully threatened 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 results is to

solve all these problems on its own. which is also why mon dave, they're applying to join the european union. shutting off the russia incited 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? 3 save ages. 2 divided into space of the influence to seize 3030, we supported the sovereignty unto the thought l. integrity of the plane. as we always beat good idea, is you crazy. don't boss, is you grade p of the little the only be turning to space but over the so you will, we are part of you are

the yes mode of 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 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, wants a house at the river. for an nostril, some local residents were also supposed to have access to it without any the

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, the funding elaina, janae's experiences, note mine and i take times many such instances of corruption have made the people have been quite

a few get rich. most multiplan is that growing poor. since gas prices have shown top elaina chant, 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 know 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 to hear 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 send each

other. that's life these days. now, softer for people, leaders, initials, the young people we have 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. so 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 from multiplan. 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 pumps has by debt to say vince to the protest, s y, as and show here with you. he wrote 3 banks. i don't believe that since you entered politics, he's never forgotten. the people on the legend didn't use a book, a new just re elected maya. sand do not want to did the people electra? yes, the people are here. we agree with her. we're only, you know, others to where are the others, the networking, who in your, not your being paid to $400.00 lake per day. 2000 for the nights are people you know? nothing question. why are you working with them? because i'm here because the money's flowing. where do such the 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. the station tv 6 is owned by one of the supporters. a disseminate pro russian propaganda. the content is similar to auction, to people in trends and the street we're not allowed to film officially and this separatists territory. we're only allowed to visit as tourists for a maximum of 10 hours. so we're filming with a hidden camera to guide maxime to mac lips and works interest. it's nice pre owned. we 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, the what happens on the other side of the river doesn't affect us. trends in history. a is closer to russia in the spirit lose. a small dove is closer to your move 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 and farming the is a ukrainian florida is never, far away. stevie can you can see the border posts and this is the border strand between transmit drea and ukraine. southern there are border patrols here and was looking for like an 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 and you, the copy of it is after the collapse of the soviet union of the will. trans mystery inherited by the fiscal seals of, of the united states, closely monitored by our justice department and russians. peacekeepers can we order them in the reports and the receipts give me 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 theatre was news. and you said the one

used to be able 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. the 2 and 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, 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 breeds of live 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. what of middle schoolers again 1992, the trends and history. a war led 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 order it is a little bit amazing. the traces that remain from those times the bad way, at least 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 and see this was the villages center him defend, but i that's out to me, which is something broken locally based on what's happening in ukraine. now it's

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 quite deeply go. i mean, a lot of the jason sampling used for that project and i totally did co signs causing to punch in the fighting back. then you get a c o 2 is an issue. it's going to be just that protests approach from 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 us because we have enough money in putting in the money to move, but to help them market, we use these weapons to mount our defense economic typically, but there listen, i'm up to push 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. let me push through some muscle chip. what i'll do room the way in 1992, the armed forces that the young republic of all dover consisted of no face soldiers and volunteers for the older generation. the memory of these dramatic times is still vivid. condenser, it's not letting me now. i'm pointing to the den or the 1st time i went to the front and i was going to bring food kind of unique. i got to know a policeman. he accompanied me some of the month to. no one else would go there fucking within me, unless i said, i'm not afraid of them. the list should do when we arrived there. much in the boys were sitting in the trenches sort, especially making fire from tree branches, the desk and drawing their clothes themselves. so as go find it, a decimal equitable not for you couldn't feel anything, but pity's for those poor boys sitting there certain minute. how could i not bring

them dinner? no cheese and institutional gutted to shut the room off? is she still on the black to one night? cause a lot of just 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 slowed down this around them. it did. yep. it will the trends, mystery, a wall with shot cushion. it remains multi 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 there, dual citizenship. and so didn't exempt them from mobilization for and 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 going to

between russia in georgia where there was a lot of activity was the 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. 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 republican mode of especially when it transmits trio is consent you study school then will be that there is the danger of a mobilization of loved open citizens and the countries eastern districts been to august to prevent such options were examining the possibility of revoking them adult and citizenship of those who hold citizenship of both the republic of moldova and the russian federation guide. and who fight on the side of the aggressor?

the youngest, 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 systematically 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 vast ways, past windows and 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. we need to differentiate between who's supporting the war and who is going to, i did. we want to support the new wife power more times cheaper in ukraine, of, of a senior, to be at the new new plane has no electricity either. but some of the directv tv and other cities, when he was no light, when you can, you know water. no heat would need died in the winter. the mold jovan 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 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. maybe we can do it. we'll see. 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 stage compensate pensioners and low income earners for the winters high energy costs? still life remain to struggle so most on tripping. uh and tony did cos huh. had to suspend production at his company. the teaching and energy costs went to high. and the order situation was to on site and your specifics until until stages were in a kind of hyper nationwide in at the moment there is no progress, nothing. and we're all waiting for some things. but 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 our staff, our lease, any investments are being made. it's a big problem and means we can't develop gesture letting attempted to move past

despite the leak economic situation. and tony take are 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 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 sabotaged, and militarily trained people disguise the civilians to carry out violent actions. you gotta send a tax on government buildings, talk us about what kind of stuff and taking hostages. why they,

they will start seen us doing your land through violent action is disguised as a protest outside 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 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 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 davis soviet legacy. and with it,

from russia to vote, come on attempts to print the test and the capital which concerns the situation in the countries 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 where most buildings built in language traders, our language is romanian. so 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 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, please? 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 to jumpstart tonight us this most and 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 and give you those. you spend those boy, the kremlin is waging a hybrid war against the republicans, moldova sent them question. then to get the,

i'm going to see 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 guys, problems, blackmail. despite the fact that prices were very high, that is, you might want think about the despite the destabilization attempted and then that's even look, 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 when our 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 to 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 accepting its influence on this smaller republic. moldova will be fighting for its future for a long while took on the

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