At a meeting of the European Council, 27 EU leaders confirmed their strong support for Moldova’s decision to align itself ...

Russia, meanwhile, may hope Moldova will crack under this influx of refugees, this helping to further destabilize Eastern Europe. Moldova’s woes have to do with internal factors as well.

Tensions are mounting in Moldova, a small country on Ukraine’s southwestern border, where Russia has been accused of laying the groundwork for a coup that could drag the nation into the Kremlin ...

A secret plan drawn up by Russia’s security service, the FSB, lays out detailed options to destabilize Moldova – including supporting pro-Russian groups, utilizing the Orthodox Church and ...

The internationally recognized territory of Moldova includes two regions already with greater loyalty to Moscow. Russia has about 1,500 “peacekeeper” troops in the autonomous region of ...

Inside Russia's orbit. Since declaring independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Moldova has struggled to free itself from Russian influence and prosper economically.

Moldova has distanced itself further from the CIS this week by revoking key agreements with the Russian-led intergovernmental organization. With Russian interference in Moldovan politics ...

Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Moldova was almost entirely reliant on Russian gas. But a few months into the war, Russia’s energy giant Gazprom sharply cut gas supplies to the country ...

One of Europe's poorest countries, Moldova has a separatist region that hosts 1,500 Russian troops. Since the Ukraine war, Moldova has applied to join the EU, even as it keeps a policy of neutrality.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last week prompted officials, including U.S. Ambassador to Moldova Kent Logsdon, to raise concerns that Moldova could also become a Russian target.

For years, Russian gas flowed through Ukraine to Moldova and elsewhere in Europe. The last transit agreement with Kyiv, signed before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, was due to ...