Moldova’s Newsmaker media outlet on Monday released a story compiled by the RISE Moldova community of Moldovan and Romanian investigative journalists and Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s Dossier Center alleging that cooperation between the Moldovan-Russian Business Union and Russia’s public organization Business Russia is geared towards stopping the West’s influence on Moldova
According to Igor Dodon, without Russian gas, the republic will face an acute shortage of electricity, 70% of which is generated by the Moldavskaya regional power station in the unrecognized Transnistria
Russia has warned Moldova again that it will "closely" follow the case of pro-Russian ex-President Igor Dodon, who was detained on suspicion of treason and corruption, as his supporters took to the streets to demand his release.
Gulzat Alymkulova, a well-known Kyrgyz blogger known online as Gulzat Mamytbek, has been handed a suspended sentence on a fraud charge and released from custody.
U.S. sports apparel giant Nike and venerable British multinational retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) say they are quitting the Russian market over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.