A Domino Falls in Moldova?
Filed under: Russia
Russia is engaged in a concerted pattern of activity designed to split apart its former colonies under the umbrella of the USSR. In Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova we have seen increasingly active efforts to bolster pro-Russian factions in order to have them rise up against the ruling anti-Russian coalitions seeking fracture and dischord. While Russia demands that no nation are interfere with its efforts to crush such activity in Checnya, it has no hesitation in engaging in the same conduct itself.
Most recently, Economist columnist and blogger Edward Lucas reports on news from the Jamestown Foundation's crack analyst Vladimir Socor that Russia has forced Moldova to accept the independence of a breakaway region known as Transdniestria. Lucas writes: "It will be hard for outsiders to block the deal; they may not even bother to try. If they did, they might be called wreckers, given that both sides want it. Yet [the deal with President Vladimir Voronin, a naive ex-baker], means that Russia has, for once, trumped the West. Who might be next?" Does Russia intend to use its influence in Transdniestria to undermine Moldova itself, and then to use Moldova as a wedge against Ukraine? It seems the Domino Theory is alive and well and living in the former USSR.
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