Russian Federation
January 06, 2011By Vlad Spânu / Washington, DC / Moldova.ORG/ -- Moldovan politicians are competing in calls for the automatic extension of the Russian Federation-Republic of Moldova treaty that is a legal framework for strategic partnership between the two countries...
November 16, 2010By Andrei Munteanu Chisinau (Moldova.ORG) – The reaction of the Moldovan Democratic Party after the appeal launched by the President Ghimpu to the North Atlantic Alliance is not only regretful, it is worthy of disregard and irony at full...
November 12, 2010By Andrei Munteanu Chisinau (Moldova.ORG) – While the representatives of the academic and scientific circles of the Russian Federation freely and naturally manifest an exchange of ideas on possible ways and models of development for their...
Cheap „policy” and policymakers too
September 18, 2010By Andrei Munteanu Yesterday’s declaration of the Democratic Party Leader Marian Lupu, that the „Republic of Moldova cannot and will not ignore Russian Federation, [and] that Chisinau is obliged to have good relations with Russia –...
Demographic decline means Russia’s universities can’t be selective
July 29, 2010by Paul Goble The collapse of the birthrate in the Russian Federation in the 1990s means that this year universities will not be able to be selective because there will be government-paid places for more than half of those finishing Russian schools...
Onishenko recognizes wine ban depends on Moldova's political decisions
July 19, 2010Suspension of Moldovan wine exports to the Russian Federation depends on Moldova's political decisions, Gennady Onishenko - the Head of the RosPotrebNadzor [Russian federal supervisory agency for consumer goods quality] and Russia's Chief Federal Sanitary...
Discussions on Transdniestria settlement held in Vienna
July 13, 2010A two-day meeting of participants in the "5+2" process for settlement of the Transdniestria conflict concluded last week . It was held in the presence of Ambassador Bolat Nurgaliyev, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office...
Liberal MP blames Duma for interference into Moldova's affairs
July 05, 2010The Russian State Duma [the lower chamber of the Russian Federation's bicameral legislative assembly] interfered into Moldova's domestic affairs by issuing a Statement condemning Acting President Mihai Ghimpu's decree concerning June 28, presumes Corina...
Moldova committed to European security dialogue, settlement of Transdniestrian conflict
June 24, 2010Moldova remains committed to settlement of the Transdniestrian conflict, and is looking to the OSCE-anchored dialogue on European security to address real challenges and threats, Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister Victor Osipov told the OSCE Permanent Council...
Last soviet Mufti in Russia marks 30 years on the job
June 21, 2010by Paul Goble In the past weekend, Talgat Tajuddin, the head of the Central Muslim Spiritual Directorate (MSD) who has sometimes styled himself the Supreme Mufti of Holy Rus, marked the 30th anniversary of his selection for that position, one in which...