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Moldova’s former president says country’s economy suffers from refusal to be friends with Russia

April 3, 2023

Former Moldovan President Igor Dodon believes that the inclusion of the republic in the list of countries hostile to Russia and the severance of relations with the CIS will deal a severe blow to the economy.
“If Moldova becomes a state hostile to Russia, it will be very bad for the economy, and we are already on the brink. If we are included in the list of hostile countries, then Russia can suspend free trade in many positions, this will further affect our economic agents who are already lying,” Dodon said.
The current government of Moldova, headed by Maia Sandu, is trying with all its might to annex the republic to Romania. A member of the Association of Independent Political Scientists of Pridnestrovie, a former deputy of the Moldovan parliament, Andrey Safonov, told the Paragraph. Former Moldovan president says country’s economy suffers from refusal to be friends with Russia

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The Russia Desk leads The Eastern Herald's coverage of Russia, the war in Ukraine, NATO's eastern flank, and the post-Soviet space. The desk has reported continuously on the Russia-Ukraine conflict since its full-scale expansion in February 2022 and verifies through Kremlin statements, NATO briefings.

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