US says intelligence shows Russia stirring unrest in Moldova

[Kennah]

Source: Washington Post

WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence officials have determined that people with ties to Russian intelligence are planning to stage protests in hopes of toppling the Moldovan government, according to the White House.

White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the intelligence shows that actors, some connected with Russian intelligence, are seeking to stage and use protests in Moldova as a basis to foment an insurrection against Moldova’s new pro-Western government.

Kirby said the intelligence shows that another set of Russian actors would provide training and help manufacture demonstrations in Moldova, which was granted European Union candidate status in June, on the same day as Ukraine, its war-torn neighbor.

The publicizing of the alleged malign operation by Moscow in Moldova is just the latest example of the Biden administration loosening restrictions on and making public intelligence findings over the course of the grinding war in Ukraine. The administration has said it wants to highlight plans for Russian misinformation and other activity so allies remain clear-eyed about Moscow’s intent and Russia thinks twice before carrying out an operation.


Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/10/us-intelligence-russia-moldova-unrest/945be9a4-bf73-11ed-9350-7c5fccd598ad_story.html

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Transnistria. That's Putin's plan for the future of the USSR. OK, Vlad.

I wonder if Moldova will seek NATO membership.

[Lovie777]

1. Russia's trying to surround Ukraine...................

[Lonestarblue]

2. Vlad the Great needs more than just Ukraine to create his Russian Empire so he can be Czar.

He has stationed Russian troops in Moldova, and the government has not been able to get them out. Any country that was part of the former USSR and not protected by NATO membership is vulnerable to a Russian attack, though not with more troops at the moment. But Russia specializes in disinformation and dissidents implanted to cause trouble.

[Kennah]

3. Even some with NATO protection

[Evolve Dammit]

4. Any projected final vote on Finland and Sweden?

[Ford_Prefect]

5. Putin used the same plan in Ukraine to destabilize the elected government nearly 10 years ago.

He's got the same playbook because it was applied successfully by the KGB many times before in other countries.

[cstanleytech]

6. Putin wants to run pipelines along the Black Sea but not pay a cut to the Ukraine or Moldova.

That is the real reason for his actions.