Russia’s overseas ministry has issued a not so veiled menace to the federal government of Moldova – accusing them of fostering an “off-the-scale diploma of Russophobia” – inspired by their Western allies.
Moldova has been in a “frozen battle” for the final 30 years with a breakaway area referred to as Transnistria, which is backed by the Russians who’ve 1,500 troops there.
Like many international locations of the previous soviet union, the tiny Japanese European nation has come underneath intense strain from Moscow since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Our worldwide correspondent Joe Inwood travelled to the nation to see if this chilly struggle may flip scorching as soon as extra.
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