Marchers carried photographs of their ancestors and a banner featuring Josef Stalin on the Soviet flag during a Victory Day march of the Immortal Regiment, in Chișinău, Moldova, May 9.

Russia has accused Moldova of plotting a military operation in Transnistria, a Russian-backed secessionist region, setting off concerns among some analysts that Moscow might be a “false flag ...

Photos: Moldova says Russia meddling ... Marchers carried photographs of their ancestors and a banner featuring Josef Stalin on the Soviet flag during ... Moldova, Jan. 9. After Russia triggered ...

False-Flag Claims. Back in February, Russia denied it was plotting to destabilize Moldova, claims that were repeated and amplified inside Moldova by pro-Russian ... old photos or videos is a ...

More Contributor/Getty Images "We must recognize the fact that the Republic of Moldova has, after the war in Transnistria, 30 years ago, a neutrality clause in the Constitution," Geoană said ...

Moldova, an eastern European country of some 2.5 million people sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine, has veered between pro-Western and pro-Russian courses since the end of the Cold War.

Russia still has some 1,500 troops stationed in Transnistria, a sliver of territory which illegally split from Moldova as the Soviet Union crumbled and has since been run by pro-Russian separatists.

A Soviet mosaic titled “The City is Flourishing and Being Built,” inside the Central Bus Station in Chișinău, Moldova, June 16, 2023. Soviet-era monuments, statues and mosaics are prevalent ...