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" Moldova, a country of 2. 6 million people neighboring Romania and Ukraine, received EU candidate status in the summer of 2022, but over the past year has been faced with numerous anti-government protests organized by a fugitive oligarch named Ilan Shor. Alongside internal forces such as those controlled by Shor, Moscow would allegedly plan to use foreign citizens from Russia, Belarus, Serbia and Montenegro to implement its plans, Sandu said. Moldova's parliament would therefore need to "quickly adopt" the laws that would provide the country's Intelligence and Security Service (SIS) and the prosecutors with "the necessary means to fight more efficiently against national security threats, " she urged.
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A coup in Moldova could bring benefits for Putin that Montenegro would not. Moldova borders Ukraine, and Sandu—as well as outgoing Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita—are key allies of Zelensky. Then there's the fact that Moldova was granted European Union candidate status in June 2022. William Reno, professor and chair of the political science department at Northwestern University, told Newsweek that if Russia is interfering in Moldova, it could be partially because Putin wants to keep the nation out of the EU and NATO.
Moldovan president accuses Russia of plotting coupPublished February 13, 2023 10:33pm CHISINAU, Moldova — Moldovan President Maia Sandu on Monday accused Russia of plotting to violently overthrow the country's pro-European leadership with the help of saboteurs disguised as anti-government protesters.
Moscow's alleged plan would involve "saboteurs with military background, camouflaged in civilian clothes, to undertake violent actions, attacks on state institutions and taking hostages, " Sandu told journalists. Under the guise of "protests by the so-called opposition, " the saboteurs would aim to "overthrow the constitutional order and replace the legitimate power of Chisinau with an illegitimate one, " she added without taking questions. Sandu's statement comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy last week told a European Union summit that Kyiv had "intercepted the plan for the destruction of Moldova by Russian intelligence.
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