Coup attempt, bomb fraud, internet hacks, false conscription calls, mass protests: Moldova says it has had them all in the past year, Ednews reports citing Reuters.
“We had an explosion of security threats from February 24 last year,” Interior Minister Ana Revenco told Reuters, describing a catalog of crises she says have plagued her country and its pro-Western government since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
This small European country, a former Soviet republic, is a unique geopolitical cauldron.
Moldova is home to the breakaway state of Transnistria – a stretch of land along the eastern border with Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian separatists and garrisoned by Russian troops. The country is also home to the semi-autonomous region of Gagauzia, which is also predominantly pro-Russian.
Moldovan officials paint a picture of a nation under constant pressure from a Moscow-orchestrated disinformation and propaganda campaign that they say aims to destroy the government of President Maia Sandu, who was elected in 2020 on a pledge to join the to destabilize and undermine the European Union.
Revenco said it was an “information war”.
“It puts a very strong strain on the psychological resilience of the population,” she added.
