Moldova

Russia has angrily rejected the Moldovan president's claim about an alleged plot by Moscow to overthrow her government, accusing Moldova's authorities of ...

Zakharova charged that Ukrainian authorities made up the claim about a purported Russian plan to destabilize Moldova in order to draw it into a confrontation with Russia. It extends roughly 400 kilometers (250 miles) from the eastern bank of the Dniester River to the country’s border with Ukraine. "First, accusations are made with reference to purportedly classified intelligence information that cannot be verified, and then they are used to justify their own illegal actions.”

Moldova has temporarily closed its air space, the tiny eastern European country's national airline said on Tuesday.

Moldova said on Feb. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story Moldova's civil aviation authority said an advisory was issued to pilots at 11:24 a.m.

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Moldova has temporarily closed its air space, the tiny eastern European country's national airline said on Tuesday. "Dear passengers, at this moment, ...

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Russia on Tuesday slapped down as "completely unfounded" accusations from Moldova that Moscow was plotting to violently overthrow the country's pro-European ...

"Unlike Western countries and Ukraine, we do not interfere in the internal affairs of Moldova and other countries of the world," the ministry said. Moldova's President Maia Sandu on Monday accused Russia of plotting her government's overthrow. "Such claims are completely unfounded and unsubstantiated," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

The move comes as NATO defence ministers gathered for talks on how to step up their military support for Ukraine. Follow FRANCE 24 for live updates. All times ...

Ukraine has closed the city to humanitarian workers and journalists due to increased risk of street fighting. Kyiv and the West say deliveries of advanced military hardware are crucial in helping Ukraine defend itself against Russia's offensive. Fighting near the major Ukrainian-held town in Donetsk region has been ongoing for seven months. "The main question is not whether Finland and Sweden are ratified together. "NATO is an organisation which is hostile to us and which proves this hostility every day," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. Wagner, which has recruited thousands of prisoners to fight in Ukraine, has been leading the Russian assault on Bakhmut since last summer. “For the moment there is no prospect of Ukraine abandoning its position without a fight." Russian news agency RIA said the airport had confirmed that flights had been cancelled. A source at Chisinau International Airport told Reuters the closure was due to security concerns. The US said Tuesday it expects Ukraine to launch an offensive against Russia over the next few months as Russian forces continue their fight to seize the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. and secondly how to legally proceed to access those funds,” Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told a news conference in Stockholm. Earlier on Tuesday, NATO defence ministers gathered for talks on how to step up their military support for Ukraine.

Serbia and Montenegro have asked for an explanation after Moldova claimed that some of their citizens might be involved in a Russian-backed plot to ...

Twelve Serbian citizens said they flew to Moldova on Monday as tourists to watch a football match between Partizan Belgrade and Sheriff Tiraspol from Transistria but were held at Chisinau airport and barred from entering the country. If there are suspicions regarding the reason for their entry, they are returned home,” said Cheptonar. “They failed with people paid by fugitive oligarch Ilan Shor and now they are trying these actions with outsiders.

On February 9, President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky said that he had previously handed over to the Moldovan authorities Russian plans to organize a coup.

They noted that those football fans who had already arrived in the country were deported. “At first, it was planned that fans of the Serbian team would arrive in our country. This was stated by the MP from the ruling party of Moldova, “Action and Solidarity” Adrian Keptonar, on the air of local television.

Moldova closed it airspace temporarily on February 14 following a warning by President Maia Sandu that Russia was planning destabilizing actions by using ...

Belarusian authorities have moved to shut down critical and nonstate media outlets and human rights bodies in the wake of mass protests that erupted after the 2020 presidential election that the opposition said was rigged. To read the original story from Reuters, [click here](https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/russias-gymnastics-wrestling-federations-invited-asian-games-officials-2023-02-14/). According to Tasmaghambetov, the military drills to be conducted by the military forces of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan will be called Interaction, Search, and Echelon. [Live Briefing](https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-crisis-crosshairs-live-briefing/31668477.html) gives you all of the latest developments on Russia's ongoing invasion, Kyiv's counteroffensive, Western military aid, global reaction, and the plight of civilians. Armenia, engaged in a dispute with Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, said last month it would be unreasonable for it to host the drills of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in the near future. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in China on February 14 for a three-day visit, flanked by a large delegation that includes his central bank chief and ministers for trade, the economy, and oil. Kyrgyzstan will host a Russia-led security bloc's peacekeeping drills this year instead of Armenia, which last month declined to host the exercises, the bloc's chief of staff said on February 14. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced last month that athletes from Russia and Belarus, barred from competing in European qualifiers due to the invasion of Ukraine, might be allowed to earn slots for the 2024 Olympics through Asian qualifying. Russia's gymnastics and wrestling federations said on February 14 that they had been invited to take part in this year's Asian Games, a move that could potentially pave the way for their athletes to qualify for next year's Paris Olympics. [found](https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/russian-businessman-found-guilty-90-million-hack-trade-conspiracy) guilty on all charges against him, including wire fraud and securities fraud, after a two-week trial in federal court in Boston. A Russian millionaire with ties to the Kremlin was convicted on February 14 of participating in an elaborate $90 million insider-trading scheme using secret earnings information from companies such as Microsoft that was stolen from U.S. "In this context, the importance of the unconditional fulfillment of relevant agreements reached between Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia at a high level was emphasized," the press service said.

Moldova shut its airspace and reopened it to flights a few hours later Tuesday, a day after its president accused Russia of plotting to overthrow the ...

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The Moldovan telecom market has been affected by a combination of high unemployment and economic difficulties which have led to constraints on consumer spend.

The Republic of Moldova is continuously transforming, directly affected by regional and global events: the rise in the cost of energy and food products, ...

In this extremely difficult context, in addition to the short-term interventions needed to cope with the current crises, the Government has proposed to define a medium- and long-term development vision, in order to strengthen our resilience to future crises and create the basis for a sustainable and inclusive development of the country. Use the free [Adobe Acrobat Reader](http://www.imf.org/adobe) to view this PDF file February 14, 2023

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Tuesday angrily rejected the Moldovan president's claims about an alleged plot by Moscow to overthrow her government and accused ...

Zakharova charged that Ukrainian authorities made up the claim about a purported Russian plan to destabilize Moldova in order to draw it into a confrontation with Russia. It extends roughly 400 kilometers (250 miles) from the eastern bank of the Dniester River to the country’s border with Ukraine. “First, accusations are made with reference to purportedly classified intelligence information that cannot be verified, and then they are used to justify their own illegal actions.”

Moldova's Civil Aviation Authority confirmed it had briefly shut down air traffic after a weather balloon-like object was spotted in skies over Soroca.

[Moldova previously halted civilian air traffic for several weeks](https://simpleflying.com/jet2-suspends-flights-poland-ukraine-conflict/) following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. However, today’s flight to Istanbul ( [IST](https://simpleflying.com/tag/istanbul-airport/)) has been rescheduled for Wednesday. Let us know in the comments. The airline posted an update later in the afternoon, noting that its Paris (BVA) and Lisbon ( [LIS](https://simpleflying.com/tag/lisbon-airport/)) services are unaffected. On February 10, Moldova’s government claimed that two Russian Kalibr cruise missiles bound for targets in Ukraine passed through Moldovan airspace, igniting a diplomatic row over the violation. “Considering the weather conditions and the impossibility of monitoring and identifying the object as well as its flight path, in order to ensure the safety and security of citizens, within the Interdepartmental Commission for Airspace Management, at 13:24 the decision was taken to temporarily close air space.

Foreign Ministry asks Moldovan authorities 'to show state wisdom,' and 'oppose external provocations' - Anadolu Agency.

"We strongly reject the insinuations about Russia's alleged desire to 'shake up' the situation in the Republic of Moldova. [Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. Moscow "strongly rejects insinuations" about alleged intentions to destabilize the political situation in Moldova, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

Moldova's recent cabinet crisis should be instructive to all observers of European security and Russia's aggression against Ukraine.

Russian nationalist political scientist [Sergei Karaganov](file:///Users/francisharris/Desktop/Federico%20Fubini,%20) openly says that, “We are at war with the West. Hence it believes itself to be in a state of war with the “collective West.” Indeed, [Putin, Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov](file:///Users/francisharris/Desktop/Guy%20Faulconbridge,%20) proclaim the collective West is at war with Russia. Last year, a senior general stated it aimed to take the whole of southern Ukraine and create [“another way” to Transnistria.](https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/04/22/russia-to-seek-full-control-of-donbas-southern-ukraine-russian-general-a77463) [President Zelenskyy’s report](https://www.ft.com/content/b251eae7-f159-48c0-ae66-09ab28353d2f#post-5a272d3a-2b19-4f79-830d-08b08d7dbc7d) that his intelligence service had uncovered a Russian intelligence plan to destabilize Moldova. In other words, imperial extension is the precondition for Putin and his system to remain in power. Neither will that suffice, for the Russian tradition — as expressed by Catherine the Great, Russia’s greatest empire builder, “the only way I have to defend my frontiers is to expand them.” Russian imperial interests are therefore insatiable. The most important is that the widespread advocacy of negotiations with Putin has no basis in reality. Apart from the influx of 700,000 Ukrainian refugees, Moldova has had to contend with the cutoff of Russian oil and electricity exports. NATO Secretary Jens Stoltenberg said on February 13 that the alliance would discuss increased aid for Moldova to help face the [Russian threat](https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/opinions_211689.htm). On February 14, the country [closed its airspace](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/moldova-has-temporarily-closed-its-airspace-national-airliner-says-2023-02-14/). Both south-western Ukraine and Moldova would then have been incorporated into [Putin’s imperial Novorossiia land grab](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_FRc6XOfiE).

Moldova has accused Russia of seeking to derail its EU candidacy, as the war in Ukraine rages. Moldovan President Maia Sandu says Russia is attempting to ...

“Russia has a long history of malign influence both in Moldova and the region and as such we’ve worked closely with Moldova to build its political resilience and to counter long-term efforts by Russia to undermine Moldova’s democratic institutions,” he said. China said it was a weather balloon that had accidentally drifted off course. Russia, which has troops in Moldova’s breakaway

Romania and neighbouring Moldova temporarily closed their airspace on February 14 and Bucharest mobilised military jets in response to reports of ...

The aircraft were kept in the area for about 30 minutes, for the full clarification of the air situation, after which they returned to the air base,” it added. at 13:24 the decision was taken to temporarily close air space. China claimed it was a weather balloon that had inadvertently gone off course. “Considering the weather conditions and the impossibility of monitoring and identifying the object as well as its flight path, in order to ensure the safety and security of citizens … Romania's defence ministry dispatched two jets to investigate an object detected by radar systems at an altitude of approximately 11,000 metres at around 12.30. The incidents occurred shortly after midday local time in the two countries that both border Ukraine.