Page 5 - Igor Dodon News Today

Police in the Russian city of Perm on November 9 detained journalist Vladislav Ivanenko, who is a Kazakh citizen and an employee of the Properm.ru website, and placed him in an immigration detention center.

Incumbent Ion Ceban has been reelected as mayor of Moldova's capital, Chisinau, preliminary results showed early on November 6, in a potential setback for pro-Western President Maia Sandu's ruling Party of Action and Solidarity. 

I'm RFE/RL's Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I'm drilling down on two issues: Moldova's EU accession challenges and this year's Forum 2000 conference in Prague.

Earlier, Moldovan President Maia Sandu said that the Transnistria issue could be resolved after the country’s accession to the EU, which she promised would happen in 2030

Imagine a wildly successful businessman who moonlights as a politician. Imagine that same man is elected to office and serves one tumultuous four-year term, perpetually under suspicion of wrongdoing amid apparent Russian connections. Picture this same politician constantly clashing with the media and with the political party in charge.

Russia has resorted to a wide range of tactics to keep nations within its orbit. Now it’s taken to using music to win over foreign public support.

In Belarus, Georgia, and Moldova, the Kremlin is waging a quiet war to consolidate its hegemony.

Moldova’s parliament has denounced eight CIS agreements since the beginning of the year

Igor Dodon noted that several major statements unheard of in the past 10 to 15 years were made in Moscow last week

According to Igor Dodon, the November 5 voting will show the real popularity of the ruling Party of Action and Solidarity which he describes as inflated