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Russia Threatens Moldova With 'Military Scenario' Over Transnistria
Top Kremlin officials have warned Moldova that any attempt to resolve the Transnistria issue by force will be be considered 'an attack on Russia'.

Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister, Mikhail Galuzin, has warned Moldova of "a military scenario" if it attempts to resolve the problem of the breakaway Transnistrian region by force.

"We are extremely concerned about such a possibility and have always made it clear that attempts to resolve the Transnistrian issue by force are counterproductive. We expect Chisinau to understand what a military scenario could mean for Moldova," Galuzin told the Russian daily Izvestia on Thursday.

The minister said that any actions that pose a threat to the Russian military, or to fellow citizens [of Transnistria], would be "considered by Moscow, in accordance with international law, as an attack on Russia".

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday told the Russian Duma that Russia will defend its citizens in Moldova from any alleged danger from the government in Chisinau or its US and EU backers.

"We will do everything we can to reverse this trend to resume the political process. After all, we have 200,000 citizens living there, and, of course, we are concerned about their fate and will not allow them to become victims of another Western adventure," Lavrov said.

Russia allegedly has 220,000 Russian citizens in Moldova, most of them in the breakaway region.

Russia used such rhetoric against Ukraine before the February 24, 2022 military invasion, allegedly against the "Nazi" leadership in Kyiv, which it said the West controls.

Meanwhile, the Institute for the Study of War, ISW, a US non-profit, has issued an analysis that says the Kremlin is preparing a hybrid operation in Moldova, similar to the one it used before its invasions of Ukraine in 2014 and in 2022, which could justify a possible escalation of the conflict in the region.

The ISW said Kremlin officials are trying to create informational conditions to justify a possible Russian move to destabilise Moldova and prevent its integration into the EU.

The secessionist leader of Transnistria, Vadim Krasnoselky, supported the statements of Russian officials on Thursday and said that Moldova should not take advantage of the difficult situation around Transnistria to "spread rot" on the Transnistrian people.

"We must try all possible negotiation platforms and not interrupt the dialogue ...]The conflict in Transnistria is the path to world war," Krasnoselsky said.

Former Moldovan Defence Minister Anatol Salar said on TV on Thursday that Russia will do everything possible through a hybrid war this year to ensure the country's pro-European President Maia Sandu does not win a second term.

"It is important for Russia to take control of Moldova and block Ukraine from the western flank, then to block Moldova's collaboration with Romania and Moldova's accession to the EU," said Salaru.

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Timmermans: geef Wilders geen verantwoordelijkheid voor landsverdediging
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Geert Wilders moet geen directe verantwoordelijkheid krijgen voor onze landsverdediging en onze veiligheid. Dat heeft GroenLinks-PvdA-leider Frans Timmermans gezegd in een lezing in Amsterdam. Hij rekent Wilders tot de bewonderaars van de Russische president Poetin.

Timmermans legde in de zogeheten Banninglezing verbanden tussen de dreiging van Poetin en de opkomst van radicaal-rechtse partijen in het Westen, zoals de PVV in Nederland, de partij van premier Meloni in Itali� en ook Trump in de VS. "Ik zou niet graag mijn lot leggen in de handen van de bewonderaars van Poetin, noch hier, noch elders. Daarvoor is onze vrijheid en onze ware soevereiniteit mij veel te dierbaar", zei Timmermans.

Volgens hem is Poetin voor bijna alle radicaal-rechtse partijen in Europa "een wegbereider, held en een voorbeeld, Het zijn voor Poetin de allernuttigste van de nuttige idioten". Hij verwees naar de recente bijdrage van het PVV-Kamerlid Joeri Pool tijdens de behandeling van de defensiebegroting. Die verweet de Nederlandse regering "voortdurende provocaties tegen de Russische Federatie", door militaire steun te geven aan Oekra�ne. Later noemde zijn partijgenoot De Roon die uitspraken "te kort door de bocht". Poetin zou de steun wel kunnen ervaren als provocatie.

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Op donderdag 22 februari 2024 07:22 schreef Seeburg54 het volgende:
Poetin zijn machtswellust zal niet stoppen. De afwachtendheid van het westen ziet hij als zwakte. Hij komt overal mee weg, dat heeft hij in 2014 en eerder al geleerd. De man is aan het eind van zijn leven, die wil zijn grote droom nog even verwezenlijken. Mensenlevens zijn ondergeschikt aan zijn wensen, of dat nou Russen zijn of wie dan ook.