Hofft Russland auf eine Revolution in Moldawien?

Diese Analyse von Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty untersucht Moskaus Vorgehensweise in Bezug auf die Wahlen in Moldawien, die am 6. März stattgefunden haben.

In the run-up to Moldova’s 6 March parliamentary elections, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili both met with Moldovan President and Party of Moldovan Communists Chairman Vladimir Voronin. On the face of it, the three leaders would not appear to have much in common. Voronin is a communist and an incumbent, while Saakashvili and Yushchenko were elected by opposition movements following a wave of street protests. But pressure from Moscow has created an alliance of sorts among the three: While visiting Chisinau on 2 March, Saakashvili expressed his concern about the interference of unspecified Russian forces in the Moldovan election campaign.

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