Are Separatists about to Break Moldova?

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Separatist sentiment in Moldova is rising as the government cracks down on Russian influence ahead of a pivotal election in September. So in this video, we’ll look at why tensions are escalating and what it might mean for Moldova’s political future.

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References:

Rise of Communist Party
https://www.economist.com/europe/2009/04/23/whos-left-whos-right
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Moldovan_parliamentary_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Moldovan_parliamentary_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_2009_Moldovan_parliamentary_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Moldovan_parliamentary_election https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/moldovas-twitter-revolution/

Rise of Socialist party
https://jamestown.org/program/russias-new-moldovan-favorite-igor-dodons-socialist-party/
https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162856/https://whogoverns.eu/a-democratic-and-european-stern-test-for-moldovan-political-elite/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Moldovan_parliamentary_election

Transnistria context and independence referendum 2006
https://www.zois-berlin.de/en/publications/shrinking-transnistria-older-more-monotone-more-dependent#:~:text=From%201990%20to%202019%2C%20Transnistria’s,young%20people%20is%20falling%20continuously. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Transnistrian_independence_referendum?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Gaguzia referendum
https://www.rferl.org/a/moldova-gagauz-referendum-counting/25251251.html

Centre coalition
https://whogoverns.eu/a-democratic-and-european-stern-test-for-moldovan-political-elite/

Maia Sandu and PAS rise
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_of_Action_and_Solidarity

Moldova’s pivot west
https://institute.global/insights/geopolitics-and-security/tackling-dependence-on-russia-lessons-from-moldovas-energy-sector
https://www.intellinews.com/russian-foreign-minister-speaks-of-moldova-as-the-next-ukraine-268877/

Transnitria economic crisis
https://www.intellinews.com/separatists-in-transnistria-face-deep-economic-contraction-as-russia-restricts-subsidies-387099/
https://apnews.com/article/moldova-transnistria-russia-customs-tiraspol-moscow-duma-fa123a45912a2018f7aec573dde05033
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/transnistria-seeks-122mn-loan-as-economic-crisis-worsens/ar-AA1IoEFp?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1

Sandu cracks down on Gaguzhia pro-Russian lawmakers
https://radiomoldova.md/p/17509/maia-sandu-explains-why-she-didn-t-attend-the-ceremony-of-swearing-in-of-the-bashkan-of-gagauzia?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-05/moldova-jails-pro-russian-head-of-autonomous-region-over-funding
https://newsmaker.md/ro/ilan-sor-condamnat-la-inchisoare-si-fugit-din-tara-la-moscova-singura-salvare-pentru-r-moldova-este-uniunea-cu-rusia-video

Shor calls for anti-government protests
https://www.reuters.com/world/fugitive-moldovan-tycoon-offers-3000-month-anti-government-protesters-2025-08-11/

Moldovan PM warns of further Russian destabilization
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/06/04/russia-seeks-to-deploy-10k-more-troops-to-moldovan-breakaway-region-pm-says-a89338

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