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Russia sees the European countries as “lambs to sacrifice”
January 04, 2012Chisinau / Moldova.org / -- At the end of 2011, the Russian vice-premier Dmitry Rogozin made harsh and insulting statements towards Romania and other European countries about the NATO’s shield from Deveselu. The European partners of the USA in...
Russia to sell Iran missiles despite UN sanctions
May 21, 2010A senior Russian lawmaker says proposed United Nations sanctions against Iran will not affect Russia's plans to sell Tehran surface-to-air missiles. Mikhail Margelov - head of the Federation Council's foreign affairs committee - says Russia's contract...
Transnistrian president harboring hopes for new Ukrainian leaders
March 10, 2010Transnistrian leader Igor Smirnov hopes the new leadership of Ukraine's will be strictly differentiating between political and economic questions, and will never blockade the Transnistrian region, which is de jure part of the Republic of Moldova. In...
Moldovan Government shares Bucharest's view on antimissile defense
February 23, 2010Deployment of the elements of an antimissile defense system in Romania should permit a better defense ability for Europe, in particular for the states situated in this region, in the conditions of the continuing distribution of nuclear technologies and...
Adviser to Russian speaker calls for recognition of Moldova's breakaway region
February 18, 2010A statement that could cause a new large international scandal - in his blog today, an adviser to the chairman of the Federation Council of Russia, Aleksandr Chuyev, expressed the opinion that it is time for Russia to recognize the independence of the...
Russia should not react to Transnistria's Iskander missiles offer
February 18, 2010Russia should not react to the proposal made by the president of the unrecognized Dniester Moldovan republic, Igor Smirnov, to station Russian missile systems Iskander on its territory. This opinion was expressed by the deputy director of the USA and...
BBC: Moldova's Trans-Dniester region offers Russia to host missiles
February 16, 2010By Nick Thorpe Moldova's breakaway region of Trans-Dniester has reacted to US plans for a missile defence shield by offering to host new Russian missiles. The US wants to base elements of its missile defence shield in neighbouring Romania and Bulgaria...
Moldovan Court Quashes All Charges On Ex-Minister Valeriu Pasat
July 16, 2009A court in ex-Soviet Moldova has dropped the final remaining charges against a former defense minister, once accused of defrauding the treasury by selling warplanes cheaply to the United States. Valeriu Pasat was freed from detention in 2008 under an...
July 4: North Korea Test Fires Short Range Missiles
July 04, 2009By Kurt Achin South Korean officials say North Korea fired the missiles throughout the day Saturday, launching them in the morning, early afternoon, and early evening. The missiles were apparently launched from a facility on North Korea's east coast...