Russia
Visiting U.S. diplomat pledges support for Moldova
November 20, 2009A high-ranking U.S. diplomat visiting Chisinau said the White House supports Moldova's democratic process and will stand by it as it makes its foreign policy choices, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Daniel...
Yatseniuk proposes neo-isolationist third way for Ukraine
November 20, 2009By Taras Kuzio Ukrainian Presidential Candidate Arseniy Yatseniuk’s Foreign Policy In 2008-2009 Arseniy Yatseniuk grew rapidly in popularity and was seen as the rising star of a “new generation of Ukrainian politicians,” with some...
PM Vlad Filat: Moldova is not going to join NATO
November 20, 2009The Republic of Moldova is not planning to accede to NATO, and all media stories concerning such a plan are but inventions, Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat stated in his interview with Russia's official ITAR-TASS new agency, adding that during the...
French Ship Sale to Russia Must Be Blown Off Course
November 18, 2009By David J. Smith The French Navy amphibious assault ship Mistral will visit Saint Petersburg, Russia next week. This port call signals that Franco-Russian relations thrive despite the fifteen months since the Russian invasion of Georgia during which...
Transnistria regards talk resumption expectations too optimistic
November 13, 2009The official Tiraspol appears to be fairly skeptical and reserved concerning the much-advertised forecasts of 5+2 negotiation process resumption. Transnistrian minister of foreign affairs Vladimir Yastrebchak stated at a news conference here on Wednesday...
- Moldova keeps fighting for attention
November 11, 2009By Vlad Spânu The Republic of Moldova surprised many in April when youths took control of Chisinau’s main square, Piata Marii Adunari Nationale (or "PMAN", which became one of the most "wanted" words on Twitter during...
Russia-Ukraine tensions reflect different attitudes to History
November 11, 2009By Paul Goble Tensions between the Russian and Ukrainian governments are “not an argument between colonizers and the enslaved” but rather a dispute between those who see the state and its continuity as more important than the individual...
- World leaders line up to mark fall of Berlin Wall
November 09, 2009World leaders past and present have joined thousands of Germans in Berlin today to celebrate one of the watershed events in the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe 20 years ago -- the fall of the Berlin Wall. On November 9, 1989, crowds of jubilant...
- Moldova lists priorities of forthcoming talks in Vienna
November 04, 2009The key goal of resuming the Dniester settlement negotiation is to launch social projects for the population of Moldova's breakaway Dniester region, Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister in charge of reintegration issues Victor Osipov told a news conference...
Russian passport holders in Moldova's Transnistria on the rise
November 03, 2009Russia continues to issue its citizenship to Dniester residents (aka Transnistria, Moldova's separatist region), so that the number of holders of Russian passports amounted to 150,000 compared with 130,000 half a year ago, the foreign minister of Moldova...
