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Moldovans dismissed talk of tensions on Thursday, a day after pro-Russian rebel officials in the country's breakaway region of Transnistria appealed to Russia for "protection".

US says it is closely watching situation in key region on Ukraine border after officials asked Moscow for help against the government in Moldova

A visit by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to Moldova on Thursday signals an increasingly closer relationship between the EU and the former Soviet state, which is still partly occupied by Russian troops.

Moldovan President Maia Sandu spoke to FRANCE 24's Marc Perelman at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. In the interview, Maia Sandu discussed the war in Ukraine, security in the region and the issue of Transnistria, where several thousand Russian soldiers are stationed. She also discussed the allegations…

Moldova, one of Europe’s poorest countries, straddles Ukraine to its east and European Union countries to its west – placing it in an arguably vulnerable position in the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia.

Russian forces planned to invade after conquering Ukraine. Now Europe’s task is to ensure that Moldova’s democracy survives, says Nathalie Tocci, director of the Italian Institute of International Affairs

CHISINAU, Moldova — At its heart, the plan was simple: Dispatch military-trained saboteurs, embed them among protesters and have them attack government buildings, perhaps even take hostages. That would light the spark for a full-on insurrection that, with the help of Kremlin-aligned opposition figures, would topple Moldova's Western-leaning president, Maia…

There was another of those moments when the world held its breath this week when news broke on March 14 of an incident between a US drone and two Russian jets. The unmanned US Reaper MQ-9 drone, reportedly on routine surveillance duties in international airspace, had to be brought down…

One of the consequences of Russia’s war in Ukraine is the fact that the Kremlin has lost a lot of its influence in former Soviet countries. This creates opportunities to limit Moscow’s ability to leverage its once dominant role to further its war aims. However, it also means that Russia…