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| U.S. Gives Moldova $10 Million to Reinforce Border with Ukraine |
| 2014-03-31 |
| [An Nahar] The United States is giving ex-Soviet Moldova $10 million to strengthen security on its border with Ukraine, Washington's top diplomat in Europe Victoria Nuland said Sunday. Part of Moldova's eastern border with Ukraine is occupied by the breakaway Russian-speaking region of Transdniestr. Moscow's de facto annexation of Crimea has raised fears Russia could make similar moves in other ex-Soviet states with separatist regions. The situation in Transdniestr has raised "concern", Nuland, a U.S. assistant secretary of state, told journalists in Chisinau, in comments translated into Russian. Officials in Transdniestr this month appealed to politicians in Moscow to pass legislation that could see the region absorbed into Russia. Moscow has complained that Transdniestr is being blockaded by Moldova and Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview broadcast Saturday that "Chisinau and the new Ukrainian authorities have practically organised a blockade" of Transdniestr. "What's more, the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... and, as I understand it, the United States, encourage such a line," Lavrov said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 It's little wonder you are paranoid, sounds like pogrom central. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-03-31 20:02 |
| #6 It wasn't spoken outside classrooms at all. The city's population was something like 80% Russian/Ukrainian 20% Jews. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-03-31 16:00 |
| #5 Just guessing it wasn't your first language, and not spoken at home, grom. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara 2014-03-31 15:49 |
| #4 Because I was born, and lived until 13 in the place they call Chisinau nowadays. The study of local language was obligatory. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-03-31 14:31 |
| #3 /me guesses: Because Moldovan chicks are hot? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-03-31 14:03 |
| #2 Seriously? Moldovan? Why? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-03-31 13:58 |
| #1 You know I studied moldovan for 7 years in school---nothing stuck. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-03-31 04:49 |