Russia is trying to raise a new "iron curtain", which runs through the Black Sea, with Romania, Turkey, Bulgaria on the one hand and Georgia, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova, on the other hand in order to use them force against…

Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid notes that Ukraine and the international community should seek solutions to end the Donbass war, and the recent mutual release of detainees with the Russian Federation could be an "important step in this…

by Bill Shuster, politician, former congresmanRussia’s ever-increasing aggressiveness with its neighbors and the West’s occasional ambivalence about that interventionism have made life difficult for the countries caught in the…

Balancing Moldova's foreign policy seems to become the essential element of President Igor Dodon's mandate, which expires in the fall of 2020. As a leader of pro-Russian forces, and in the absence of any serious resistance in domestic…

Author: Dionis CenusaRussia needs to have friendly countries in the regions that border with the EU and belong to the Eastern Partnership. By showing interest in normalization of relations with Moldova, Russia follows various local…

Interview with Olena Churanova, fact-checker at the project StopFake.org-Modern threats in Europe emerged after the beginning of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine in 2014. What are the tendencies of the aggressors?As we can…

Interview with Elena Mârzac, CID NATO Executive Director- The North Atlantic Organization is used as a scarecrow in Moldova. The stereotype that where NATO is, there is war is still present in our society. How do you deal with these…

Author: Serghei CebanThe United States of America and Russia did not find significant benefits following military confrontations. For both countries it is easier to take a time out to solve their own problems than to fuel geopolitical…

Author: Vitaly PortnikovFormally, the "unofficial" visit of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to Moldova is a truly historical event in the post-Soviet space. For the first time in 28 years, the Russian defense minister visited a…

Moldova still struggles to overcome various handicaps in the energy sector. The depoliticization of the National Agency for Energy Regulation (ANRE), the diversification of offers, the monopoly presence of Russia keeps the energy sector in…