{"id":208085,"date":"2024-03-29T12:46:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T10:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watchdog.md\/?p=208085"},"modified":"2024-03-29T12:55:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T10:55:46","slug":"english-is-moldova-a-new-battleground-in-russias-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdog.md\/en\/news\/208085\/english-is-moldova-a-new-battleground-in-russias-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Moldova a new battleground in Russia\u2019s war?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Valeriu Pasha, Chairman of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdog.md\/\">WatchDog.MD<\/a>\u00a0Community co-wrote an article with Orysia Lutsevych of Chatham House, exploring Moldova\u2019s challenges amid Russian efforts to sway its political future, especially in light of upcoming presidential elections and an EU membership referendum in 2024. Moldova\u2019s geopolitical predicament is scrutinised against Russian interference, leveraging disinformation, financial influence, and support for separatist movements, particularly in Transnistria, to hinder Moldova\u2019s European integration.<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin\u2019s narrative frames Moldova as a territory within its sphere of influence, aiming to destabilize the pro-European government in Chisinau. Despite these challenges, Moldova is strengthening its resilience through legislative and security measures, focusing on combating disinformation, reducing energy reliance on Russia, and pushing judicial reforms to tackle corruption.<\/p>\n<p>International support from entities like the G7 and the EU is highlighted as pivotal in aiding Moldova\u2019s resistance against Russian encroachment, suggesting sanctions and collaborative efforts in information security as means to bolster Moldova\u2019s sovereignty and European trajectory.<\/p>\n<p>For a more detailed exploration of Moldova\u2019s geopolitical landscape and its strategies against Russian interference, read the full article on the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chathamhouse.org\/2024\/03\/moldova-new-battleground-russias-war?utm_source=Chatham%20House&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=14414269_REP%20-%20Moldova%20explainer%2C%2028%20March%202024&amp;utm_content=CTA&amp;dm_i=1S3M,8KY4D,SQU77C,ZJLPM,1\">Chatham House website<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valeriu Pasha, Chairman of the\u00a0WatchDog.MD\u00a0Community co-wrote an article with Orysia Lutsevych of Chatham House, exploring Moldova\u2019s challenges amid Russian efforts to sway its political future, especially in light of upcoming presidential elections and an EU membership referendum in 2024. Moldova\u2019s geopolitical predicament is scrutinised against Russian interference, leveraging disinformation, financial influence, and support for separatist [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slider","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdog.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdog.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdog.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdog.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdog.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/watchdog.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdog.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdog.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdog.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdog.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}