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Schoolchildren as young as nine were filmed parading in military uniforms while carrying replica machine guns in the industrial city of Elektrostal, Russia.
Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria could become another point of confrontation between Russia and the West. The former Soviet Republic will hold early parliamentary elections on February 24 and if pro-Western forces come to power, relations between Moscow and Chisinau are expected to further deteriorate.
Maia Sandu, a former Moldovan Prime Minister who is in favor of closer ties with the European Union, as well as Moldova’s reunification with Romania, won the presidential election on November 15, 2020. Given that the Eastern European country is a parliamentary republic, presidential powers there are rather limited. However, if her Party of Action and Solidarity wins the upcoming parliamentary vote, Sandu will be able to consolidate her power and possibly change the country’s geopolitical orientation.