Russian Military Presence in Moldova – a Sensitive Issue for the Future of Relations Between Chișinău and Moscow
Russian Military Presence in Moldova – a Sensitive Issue for the Future of Relations Between Chișinău and Moscow

Author(s): Ion Tăbârţă
Subject(s): Political history, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), Geopolitics
Published by: IDIS VIITORUL Institutul pentru Dezoltare şi Initiative Sociale
Keywords: Russia-Moldova relations; Russia's military policy in Moldova; Transnistrian issue; Chișinău; Nistru;
Summary/Abstract: The presidential elections in the Republic of Moldova are barely over, and the first divergences between the future President of the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu – on one hand, and the Kremlin administration – on the other hand, are already foreshadowed. Some statements by Sandu regarding the presence of Russian military troops, illegally stationed on the left bank of the Dniester, and which statements in fact reiterated Chisinău's official stance on this matter, as it was known before the Ion Chicu government, disturbed Moscow and provoked its negative reaction.

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