while earlier i spoke to the mold open, prime minister, natalia garcia, i asked her if it's difficult for her country to maintain its neutral stance. it is a very difficult situation, and moldova has been hit by a shocks or multiple shocks, and one after another. ah, you know, the kind old countries were facing the consequences of the coven pandemic. in october we had a, an energy crisis. and so we were seeing high inflation even before the war. and now of course, or the consequences of the war are extremely dire. we do need to, ah, you know, maintain a balance or we need to, um, you know, help our people understand how to get through these difficult times and oh, you know what comes next. so, are we, we are very certain about our european choice. and we hope that are that european union member states agree, russia, obviously it says it's defending its russian ethnic speaking moldova, in trans mystery. and i come back to that question that the ra russian troops, us and apparently there for peacekeeping duties, yet there's never been any conflict to waive the majority of moldova and tr

unfortunately that we have to leave it to prime minister natalia garcia of moldova. thank you so much for your time and for joining us here on 20. thank you very much. now the golden arches are gone, but american style cheeseburgers on the menu in moscow. again, the 1st mcdonald's restaurant in russia has reopened, and a new branding and ownership chain is now called delicious. full stop battle. she has all 850 russian app. it's in march, falling the invasion of ukraine. any restaurants are all owned by a local licensee, but the american company has the option to buy back its locations within 15 years. sir lanka is limiting the amount of fuel people can buy per week. they plans to impose rations to deal with a severe shortage. however, the energy minister hasn't specified how much motorists will be allowed to purchase . the government is under intense pressure after months of protests, against the worst economic crisis, and independence is also dealing with shortages of food and medicine due to a lack of foreign currency. michelle fernandez has moved from columbus. i