IRussia ibheke ukuthunaza iMoldovaelinye izwe eliseMpumalanga Yurophu elinobuhlobo obunezinkinga neMoscow.
Lowo owayengungqongqoshe wezangaphakathi weRiphabhulikhi yaseSoviet uthe isimo samanje eMoldova “siguquguquka kakhulu” nokuthi iRussia ihlela ukugqugquzela ukuketulwa umbuso ukuze kuketulwe uhulumeni osekela iYurophu.
Yize i-US ingakholelwa ukuthi kukhona usongo lwezempi olusheshayo eMoldova okwamanje, kusobala ukuthi iRussia ihlose ukuyisusa. ukuthunaza izwe.
“Njengoba iMoldova iqhubeka nokuhlangana ne-Europe, sikholelwa ukuthi iRussia iphishekela izindlela zokwenza uhulumeni waseMoldova buthaka, mhlawumbe ngenhloso yokuthi kube nokuphathwa okunobungane kweRussia enhloko-dolobha,” kusho uMxhumanisi Womkhandlu Wezokuphepha Kazwelonke wezokuXhumana ngamasu uJohn Kirby etshela izintatheli. NgoLwesihlanu ngesikhathi kuqhubeka isithangami ngocingo.

UMarina Tauber, iphini likamongameli we-Moldova ye-Russia-friendly Shor Party, ukhuluma ngesikhathi sombhikisho ophikisana nohulumeni osekela iNtshonalanga kanye namazinga aphansi okuphila e-Chisinau, Moldova, ngo-Feb. 28, 2023. (Isithombe se-AP/Aurel Obreja)
I-US ikholelwa ukuthi izimpahla zaseRussia, ezinobudlelwane obunokwenzeka Intelligence yaseRussia, babheke ukwenza imibhikisho futhi bavukele uhulumeni waseMoldova. UKirby uthe i-US ilindele ukuthi abalingisi baseRussia basize ekuqeqesheni nasekulawuleni imibhikisho yasemgwaqweni emelene nohulumeni ohleli.
“IMoscow isebenzisa inkulumo-ze yayo ukujulisa ukunganeliseki komphakathi [Moldovan President] Uhulumeni kaMaia Sandu futhi avimbe iMoldova ukuthi isondele e-EU,” uNatia Seskuria, ozakwabo eRoyal United Services Institute, etshela iFox News Digital.
“Ukushintshwa kombuso kanye nokufakwa kukahulumeni osekela iRussia kungaba yithuluzi elisebenza kahle kakhulu eMoscow ukugcina iMoldova ngaphakathi kwethonya layo. Ukuhlela ukuketula kungaba yindlela yokufeza lezi zinhloso ngaphandle kokulwa neMoldova, okuyinto iRussia engeke ikwazi ukuyenza. ukukhokhela njengamanje, ”kwengeza uSeskuria.
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Akukhona okokuqala iRussia isolwa ngokutshala isiphithiphithi eMoldova. NgoFebhuwari, uMengameli waseMoldova uMaia Sandu, nongahambisani ne-European, wathi iRussia ihlela ukuhlasela futhi ithumba abantu eMoldova. USandu uthe izishoshovu zaseRussia zazifuna ukuvusa izingxabano eMoldova hhayi nje ukuketula uhulumeni, kodwa njengengxenye yesu eliphelele lokutshala uqhekeko nokuvimbela izwe ukuthi lijoyine i-European Union.
I-Russia iphinde yathi i-Ukraine yenza itulo lokudiliza uhulumeni wesifunda esahlubuka I-Transnistriaisimangalo esinqatshwe ngokuphelele yi-US kanye ne-Ukraine futhi sibhekwa njengomsebenzi oqhubekayo wase-Russia wokubulala ama-disinformation wokuthuntubeza iMoldova.

UMongameli Wekhomishini YaseYurophu u-Ursula von der Leyen, kwesobunxele, uxhawula uMongameli waseMoldova uMaia Sandu ngemva kwesithangami sabezindaba esihlanganyelwe eChisinau, eMoldova, ngoNovemba 10, 2022. (Isithombe se-AP/Aurel Obreja)
I-Moldova yenze isenzo esinzima sokulinganisa kusukela iRussia yahlasela i-Ukraine, isekela ngokuqinile i-Ukraine futhi yathatha izinkulungwane zababaleki ngenkathi futhi iqapha enkulumeni yayo ngeRussia.
IMoldova iphakathi kwelungu le-NATO iRomania ne-Ukraine futhi yake yaba ingxenye yeSoviet Union yaze yathola inkululeko ngo-1991. Izingxabano neRussia zisaqhubeka mayelana nengxenye encane yesifunda saseMoldova esibizwa ngokuthi iTransnistria, isifunda esahlubuka lapho abadlali abasekela iRussia benqaba khona ukuzimela kweMoldova. futhi wayefuna ukuhlala eseduze neRussia. IMoscow yangenelela ngemva kokugqashuka kwempi ngo-1990 phakathi kweMoldova eyayisanda kuzimela kanye nabahlukanisi abasekela iRussia esifundeni. I-Transnistria namanje ayikaqashelwa wumphakathi wamazwe ngamazwe futhi cishe incike ngokuphelele eRussia.
Ukungqubuzana kweTransnistria kwakungesinye sezibonelo zokuqala ngemva kokuhlakazwa kweSoviet Union yaseRussia ezama nciphisa futhi ube nomthelela eyayiyiriphabhulikhi yaseSoviet. Cishe angu-1 500 amasosha aseRussia amiswe esifundeni ngaphansi komkhankaso wokugcina ukuthula okwavunyelwana ngawo ngemva kwempi.

Abantu badlula eduze kwethangi lenkathi yeSoviet, manje okuyisikhumbuzo sokugubha ukunqoba kweRed Army ngokumelene neJalimane lobufascist, eTiraspol, idolobha elikhulu laseTrans-Dniester separatist esifundeni saseMoldova, ngo-April 2014. (DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP nge-Getty Images)
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Kusukela yathola inkululeko, iMoldova ibithembele kakhulu emandleni aseRussia kodwa iye yazama ukuzikhipha egesini yemvelo yaseRussia, yajoyina ingxenye enkulu yeYurophu emgomweni wayo wokushintshanisa amandla ayo ngemva kokuhlasela kweRussia i-Ukraine.
IMoldova iphinde yafaka isicelo sobulungu be-EU ngosuku olufanayo ne-Ukraine ngemva nje kokuhlasela, isinqumo ebesingeke sibe khona ukube bekungengenxa yodlame lwaseRussia.