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Oct 31 3 tweets 1 min read
This morning a part of a Russian missile shot down by Ukrainian air defences landed in the Moldovan village of Naslavcea on the Ukrainian border.

There were no casualties; the shock wave shattered windows of several residential houses.
The Russian strike targeted a Ukrainian dam on the Nistru river, which runs first through Ukraine and then through Moldova.

Attacks on water infrastructure and ensuing stress on the river could put the entire region in danger of floods.
Moldova condemns in strongest possible terms Russia's continued aggression against Ukraine.

The appalling strikes on critical infrastructure reverberate beyond Ukraine's borders and pose a direct threat to Moldova’s energy – and human – security.

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Oct 25
Pleased to be back in Prague today to meet @JanLipavsky, @MikulasBek, and @kozakj from the @CzechMFA. We focused on three priority areas:
1️⃣ Moldova’s EU bid: updated @EU2022_CZ on our progress implementing the nine steps recommended by the @EU_Commission and paving the way to EU accession.
2️⃣ Regional security: discussed Russia’s brutal war on Ukraine, damage to critical infrastructure and the impact on Moldova.
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Nov 14, 2020
1) thread. presidential elections in Moldova tomorrow. EU and Russia positions.
2) background: on 1.11 @sandumaiamd suprisingly won by 3.5% margin first round against incumbent Dodon, defeating the predictions of most opinion polls. in 2016 Dodon defeated @sandumaiamd by 52% to 48%.
3) @sandumaiamd came on top in the 1st round thanks to record turnout in diaspora -149.000 (compared to 140k in the 2nd round in 2016). this represented 12% of all voters. Dodon got 3% in diaspora. mobilization despite COVID and lockdowns in FR and IE.
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Nov 10, 2020
Some takeaways from the latest war in Nagorno-Karabakh:
1) The conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh is now officially re-frozen in a way that resembles closely the Madrid Principles, considered by everyone a rather fair compromise. BUT:
2) Azeri (and Turkish) military force, not diplomats delivered progress towards that ‘compromise’. the other key difference - no more talk of NK status. Its like Madrid but without NK status talk and without the diplomats in the room
3) NK will resemble much more Abkhazia and South Ossetia before 2008. No status talk. Russian peacekeepers. NK security is now co-guaranteed by Russia, but AM lost its own capacity to defend NK should it want/need to.
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