https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-vows-retaliation-over-moldova-decision-join-eu-sanctions-2023-11-24/
Russia views Moldova's decision to join EU sanctions against it as a hostile step aimed at destroying ties with Moscow and will retaliate, the Russian foreign ministry said on Friday.
What are they going to do, invade Moldova? They already are in the Transnistria region. One of Russia's objectives for the invasion of Ukraine was to link up with Russian forces in Moldova. Instead, the Russian forces in Moldova don't have a way to rotate out. Ukraine took control of much of the Black Sea and blocked the land bridge through their country.
I could be wrong, but I believe Moldova is dependent on Russian oil for most of their energy including heating. But double check.
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Alternatively you can find the archive.org version of it, but that takes longer.
It does not take longer to use archive, just put archive.ph/ in front of any url.
But it loads sloooooooow.
Also archive.ph and all its aliases actively sabotages DNS queries coming from alternate DNS services (eg Cloudfire, Quad9, etc). So it doesn't load at all for me.
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Somewhere in the Kremlin there's got to be at least one person who goes home at night and thinks to themselves, "WTF kind of Mickey Mouse operation have I dedicated my life's work to? Is this really my legacy? Are they going to tell my grandchildren, 'Dedushka served his country by drafting many menacing yet ultimately hollow threats while the world collectively rolled their eyes.'?"
This is the best summary I could come up with:
"We regard this as yet another hostile step by the Moldovan leadership, which is fully integrated into the anti-Russian campaign of the 'collective West'," the ministry said in a statement.
"Its aim is the complete destruction of Russian-Moldovan relations, which, through the fault of official Chisinau, are already in a very deplorable state."
The 62 deputies of Moldovan President Maia Sandu's Party of Action and Solidarity backed the legislation, ensuring its passage in the assembly in the capital Chisinau.
Among its provisions are regulations concerning action to be taken against individuals and institutions subject to sanctions imposed on Russia in connection with the Kremlin's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Moscow denies the allegations and says Sandu is infusing anti-Russian sentiment in the country lying between Ukraine and Romania.
The European Commission this month recommended starting membership talks with Moldova and Ukraine, subject to endorsement from an EU summit in December
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