i spoke to emma ashford. she s a senior fellow at the atlantic council, and i asked her if she thought russia was behind the blasts. i think at this point, we can t say for sure what happened. we know the russians have blamed the ukrainians, we know the ukrainians have blamed the russians, the moldovan government has blamed what they call pro war elements, which could be separatist groups inside the country, so it s too soon to say, but i think right now, many people are assuming this is related to russia in some way and may be designed to sort of undermine the moldovan government at a difficult time. so if this continues, what could a flare up in moldova mean in the country? well, so transnistria, where these explosions took place, is one of the frozen conflicts of the post soviet zone.
a little earlier i asked emma ashford, a senior fellow at the atlantic council s scowcroft centre if russia was behind the blasts. at this point, we can t say for sure what happened. we know the russians have blamed the ukrainians, the ukrainians have blamed the russians, and the moldovan government has blamed what they call pro war elements, which could be separatist groups inside the country, so it s too soon to say, but many people are assuming this is related to russia in some way and may be designed to sort of undermine the moldovan government at a difficult time. if this continues, what could a flare up in moldova mean in the country? well, so transnistria, where these explosions took place, is one of the frozen conflicts of the post soviet zone. we ve seen conflicts flare up in other places recently,
flareup in moldova mean in the count 7~ ., , , ., country? well, so transnistria, where these country? well, so transnistria, where these explosions - country? well, so transnistria, where these explosions took i where these explosions took place, is one of the frozen conflicts of the post soviet zone. we ve seen conflicts flareup in other places recently, most recently in nagorno karabakh, there was a war between armenia and azerbaijan, so there is a potential that is good at hot again and this is not a good time for moldova, it is dealing with a lot of refugees from ukraine and there is a conflict on its border and it is a very poor state compared to its neighbours so this could be quite serious. neighbours so this could be quite serious. some officials in moldova quite serious. some officials in moldova have quite serious. some officials in moldova have said - quite serious. some officials| in moldova have said russian speakers in the country are being oppressed, the same exc