Nick in Moldova
@brit-in-moldova.bsky.social
A Brit who has retired to Moldova, generally posting posting news about the country.
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A Russian soldier just murdered 7 of his own comrades after returning from Ukrainian captivity - a planned revenge attack on the men who had abused him
He signed a new contract specifically to regain access to them. He's now on the run in Belgorod
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/04/f...
He signed a new contract specifically to regain access to them. He's now on the run in Belgorod
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/04/f...
Frontline report: Russian military’s brutal abuse culture spawns wave of internal revenge killings
Tortured by their own commanders, Russian soldiers are surrendering to Ukraine - and when prisoner exchanges send them back, some return to kill the men who abused them.
euromaidanpress.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A Russian soldier just murdered 7 of his own comrades after returning from Ukrainian captivity - a planned revenge attack on the men who had abused him
He signed a new contract specifically to regain access to them. He's now on the run in Belgorod
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/04/f...
He signed a new contract specifically to regain access to them. He's now on the run in Belgorod
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/04/f...
Remember how all the major news outlets reported Russian success at Pokrovsk? Words used like, about to fall if it has not yet fallen.
Petrovsk still stands.
News should really start by assuming everything from said Russia is a lie.
Petrovsk still stands.
News should really start by assuming everything from said Russia is a lie.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Syrskyi reported that Ukrainian units continue to hold the northern part of Pokrovsk and block Russian attempts to bypass Myrnohrad and Pokrovsk.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Remember how all the major news outlets reported Russian success at Pokrovsk? Words used like, about to fall if it has not yet fallen.
Petrovsk still stands.
News should really start by assuming everything from said Russia is a lie.
Petrovsk still stands.
News should really start by assuming everything from said Russia is a lie.
I really don't understand why security guarantees from the USA for Ukraine are even being discussed.
We have all seen how worthless these turned out to be.
And those guarantees were from better men than Trump.
We have all seen how worthless these turned out to be.
And those guarantees were from better men than Trump.
December 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I really don't understand why security guarantees from the USA for Ukraine are even being discussed.
We have all seen how worthless these turned out to be.
And those guarantees were from better men than Trump.
We have all seen how worthless these turned out to be.
And those guarantees were from better men than Trump.
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Curious what fun seasonal events are happening in Chisinau this month? Check out Moldova Matter’s new “The Month Ahead” series and learn about the musical and cultural events coming up in the capital!
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December 4, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Curious what fun seasonal events are happening in Chisinau this month? Check out Moldova Matter’s new “The Month Ahead” series and learn about the musical and cultural events coming up in the capital!
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I do think all this ongoing criticism of the US choice of whom to send to Moscow for the "peace talks" that weren't is really a little unfair. After all, if it was a fool's errand, then Steve Witkoff was the perfect man for the job.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I do think all this ongoing criticism of the US choice of whom to send to Moscow for the "peace talks" that weren't is really a little unfair. After all, if it was a fool's errand, then Steve Witkoff was the perfect man for the job.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
We hear a lot about problems with the west seizing Russian assets.
I have heard no such fuss over Russia's seizure of Western assets.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
I have heard no such fuss over Russia's seizure of Western assets.
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Russia seizes $50 billion in assets as economy shifts during war in Ukraine, research shows
Russian authorities have confiscated assets worth some $50 billion over the past three years, underscoring the scale of the transformation into a "fortress Russia" economic model during the war in Ukr...
www.reuters.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
We hear a lot about problems with the west seizing Russian assets.
I have heard no such fuss over Russia's seizure of Western assets.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
I have heard no such fuss over Russia's seizure of Western assets.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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If he got on horseback it would just look like late-stage Henry VIII.
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
If he got on horseback it would just look like late-stage Henry VIII.
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A thread on the history of Christmas Tree battles in Chisinau, Moldova!
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A thread on the history of Christmas Tree battles in Chisinau, Moldova!
December 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Unroll!
A thread on the history of Christmas Tree battles in Chisinau, Moldova!
Unroll!
A thread on the history of Christmas Tree battles in Chisinau, Moldova!
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It's December, so it's time for a brief political history of Christmas trees in Moldova, incl. a recent episode. A favorite winter holiday tradition is when Chișinău city hall and the gvmt. fight over the tree downtown. In 2007, a tree installed by mayor D. Chirtoacă vanished ...
December 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
It's December, so it's time for a brief political history of Christmas trees in Moldova, incl. a recent episode. A favorite winter holiday tradition is when Chișinău city hall and the gvmt. fight over the tree downtown. In 2007, a tree installed by mayor D. Chirtoacă vanished ...
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And the resignations continue: the Șor-affiliated mayor of Taraclia has also resigned (ipn.md/primarul-ora...).
December 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
And the resignations continue: the Șor-affiliated mayor of Taraclia has also resigned (ipn.md/primarul-ora...).
The state of him.
The entire republican party should ask "sleepy" Joe Biden for forgiveness.
I guess we won't see Trump doing a topless horseback calendar for 2026 like his good friend Putin...
The entire republican party should ask "sleepy" Joe Biden for forgiveness.
I guess we won't see Trump doing a topless horseback calendar for 2026 like his good friend Putin...
December 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The state of him.
The entire republican party should ask "sleepy" Joe Biden for forgiveness.
I guess we won't see Trump doing a topless horseback calendar for 2026 like his good friend Putin...
The entire republican party should ask "sleepy" Joe Biden for forgiveness.
I guess we won't see Trump doing a topless horseback calendar for 2026 like his good friend Putin...
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Moldova: Two Shor mayors resigned after runaway oligarch Shor said he withdraws his political support for local representatives tv8.md/2025/12/03/p...
Părăsesc barca? Primarul orașului Taraclia, Veaceslav Lupov, demisionează
Părăsesc barca? Primarul orașului Taraclia, Veaceslav Lupov, demisionează
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December 3, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Moldova: Two Shor mayors resigned after runaway oligarch Shor said he withdraws his political support for local representatives tv8.md/2025/12/03/p...
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In this first article of our new The Next Economy: Moldova 2030 series, former Deputy PM and Minister of Economy Dumitru Alaiba makes the case for one important policy that could help Moldova shift from a consumption to an investment economy.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
In this first article of our new The Next Economy: Moldova 2030 series, former Deputy PM and Minister of Economy Dumitru Alaiba makes the case for one important policy that could help Moldova shift from a consumption to an investment economy.
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Seems about right...
December 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Seems about right...
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"Russia repeatedly gets what it wants because the other side focuses on ending the war, but Russia instead wants to win it."
No matter how often it is repeated, what Moscow thinks "peace talks" and "ceasefire agreements" are for still confuses some Western counterparts.
Russia repeatedly gets what it wants because the other side focuses on ending the war, but Russia instead wants to win it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
Russia repeatedly gets what it wants because the other side focuses on ending the war, but Russia instead wants to win it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
December 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
"Russia repeatedly gets what it wants because the other side focuses on ending the war, but Russia instead wants to win it."
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Orhei Mayor Tatiana Cociu is resigning. She announced this the day after Ilan Shor announced he was ending his support (bribes) for the politicians he controls in Moldova.
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Orhei Mayor Tatiana Cociu is resigning. She announced this the day after Ilan Shor announced he was ending his support (bribes) for the politicians he controls in Moldova.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Orhei Mayor Tatiana Cociu is resigning. She announced this the day after Ilan Shor announced he was ending his support (bribes) for the politicians he controls in Moldova.
(Translation in built into link)
Orhei Mayor Tatiana Cociu is resigning. She announced this the day after Ilan Shor announced he was ending his support (bribes) for the politicians he controls in Moldova.
A Russian intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fired from an underground silo on the country’s southern steppe Friday on a scheduled test to deliver a dummy warhead to a remote impact zone nearly 4,000 miles away. The missile didn’t even make it 4,000 feet.
arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...
arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...
The missile meant to strike fear in Russia’s enemies fails once again
One of Vladimir Putin’s favorite sabres to rattle seems to have lost its edge.
arstechnica.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 AM
A Russian intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fired from an underground silo on the country’s southern steppe Friday on a scheduled test to deliver a dummy warhead to a remote impact zone nearly 4,000 miles away. The missile didn’t even make it 4,000 feet.
arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...
arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...
The government is launching the Library under the Christmas Tree campaign, now in its fourth edition. Throughout December, books will be collected under the Christmas tree in the government building, to be donated to school libraries in the localities of Moldova.
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Moldovan government launches national campaign, Library under Christmas Tree, 2025 edition
The government is launching the Library under the Christmas Tree campaign, now in its fourth edit...
www.moldpres.md
December 2, 2025 at 6:51 AM
The government is launching the Library under the Christmas Tree campaign, now in its fourth edition. Throughout December, books will be collected under the Christmas tree in the government building, to be donated to school libraries in the localities of Moldova.
www.moldpres.md/eng/official...
www.moldpres.md/eng/official...
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The relations between the United States and Moldova can be described as 'excellent and strong,' said Nick Pietrowicz, the Charge d'Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Chisinau.
The relations between the United States and Moldova can be described as 'excellent and strong,' said Nick Pietrowicz, the Charge d'Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Chisinau.
USA describes relationship with Moldova as excellent; U.S. Charge d'Affaires in Chisinau says sides work on variety of topics
The relations between the United States and Moldova can be described as 'excellent and strong...
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December 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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The relations between the United States and Moldova can be described as 'excellent and strong,' said Nick Pietrowicz, the Charge d'Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Chisinau.
The relations between the United States and Moldova can be described as 'excellent and strong,' said Nick Pietrowicz, the Charge d'Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Chisinau.
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The announcement by fugitive convict Ilan Shor regarding the closure of all ‘’social projects’’ in Moldova is interpreted by the government and experts as a confirmation of his failure and a change in Moscow's influence strategy in Moldova.
The announcement by fugitive convict Ilan Shor regarding the closure of all ‘’social projects’’ in Moldova is interpreted by the government and experts as a confirmation of his failure and a change in Moscow's influence strategy in Moldova.
Ilan Shor closes 'social projects' in Moldova; experts see change in Moscow's strategy
The announcement by fugitive convict Ilan Shor regarding the closure of all ‘’social ...
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December 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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The announcement by fugitive convict Ilan Shor regarding the closure of all ‘’social projects’’ in Moldova is interpreted by the government and experts as a confirmation of his failure and a change in Moscow's influence strategy in Moldova.
The announcement by fugitive convict Ilan Shor regarding the closure of all ‘’social projects’’ in Moldova is interpreted by the government and experts as a confirmation of his failure and a change in Moscow's influence strategy in Moldova.
December 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
#Moldova / #Chisinau:
Christmas Fair to be inaugurated on 5 December
“There will be other beautiful events taking place on Christmas Eve, on New Year's Eve, and on the eve of the Old-style Christmas. We thank everyone for their involvement,” said Ion Ceban.
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Christmas Fair to be inaugurated on 5 December
“There will be other beautiful events taking place on Christmas Eve, on New Year's Eve, and on the eve of the Old-style Christmas. We thank everyone for their involvement,” said Ion Ceban.
www.moldpres.md/eng/society/...
Christmas Fair in PMAN to be inaugurated on 5 December
Christmas Fair in the capital will be inaugurated on 5 December in the Great National Assembly Sq...
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December 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
#Moldova / #Chisinau:
Christmas Fair to be inaugurated on 5 December
“There will be other beautiful events taking place on Christmas Eve, on New Year's Eve, and on the eve of the Old-style Christmas. We thank everyone for their involvement,” said Ion Ceban.
www.moldpres.md/eng/society/...
Christmas Fair to be inaugurated on 5 December
“There will be other beautiful events taking place on Christmas Eve, on New Year's Eve, and on the eve of the Old-style Christmas. We thank everyone for their involvement,” said Ion Ceban.
www.moldpres.md/eng/society/...
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Today’s Russian papers on chances of a peace deal: “Don't count on Russia making noticeable concessions.” But: “If proposals are acceptable to Russia, one could talk of a summit in Budapest.” Meanwhile, Russia’s “economic malaise betrayed by rise in wage arrears." #ReadingRussia
What today's Russian papers are saying about the prospects for a Ukraine peace deal
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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December 1, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Today’s Russian papers on chances of a peace deal: “Don't count on Russia making noticeable concessions.” But: “If proposals are acceptable to Russia, one could talk of a summit in Budapest.” Meanwhile, Russia’s “economic malaise betrayed by rise in wage arrears." #ReadingRussia
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OTD in 1939 USSR began to liberate Finland from themselves in the Winter War. It followed denials, a false flag, a bullshit excuse, us deliberately targeting civilians while we took massive casualties we lied about.
Imagine that happening today...
Imagine that happening today...
November 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
OTD in 1939 USSR began to liberate Finland from themselves in the Winter War. It followed denials, a false flag, a bullshit excuse, us deliberately targeting civilians while we took massive casualties we lied about.
Imagine that happening today...
Imagine that happening today...
Discover Moldova with #MOLDPRES: Mircești winery – 'Little Tuscany' of Ungheni, bridge between tradition, wine, tourism like in Europe
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PHOTO, VIDEO // Discover Moldova with #MOLDPRES: Mircești winery – 'Little Tuscany' of Ungheni, bridge between tradition, wine, tourism like in Europe
In the heart of Moldova, in Magura locality of the village of Mircești, lies Mircești Winery, a v...
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November 30, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Discover Moldova with #MOLDPRES: Mircești winery – 'Little Tuscany' of Ungheni, bridge between tradition, wine, tourism like in Europe
www.moldpres.md/eng/tourism/...
www.moldpres.md/eng/tourism/...