Nick in Moldova

Londoner who has moved to Chisinau in Moldova.
Currently a graphic artist by trade.

Mainly commenting on Moldova Matters, and the war in Ukraine.

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2025-03-31 08:01:15

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c241n65qz9do
The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has appeared in court accused of accepting bribes to make statements in the European Parliament that would benefit Russia.

2025-03-26 20:42:45

https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/hegseth-waltz-gabbard-private-data-and-passwords-of-senior-u-s-security-officials-found-online-a-14221f90-e5c2-48e5-bc63-10b705521fb7
Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online
Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike.
Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including mobile phone numbers, is freely accessible on the internet

2025-03-26 19:30:38

Lenin discovering Alexander Kerensky has accidentally added him to the Provisional Government group chat.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/230/389/193/343/053/original/e6af994c29d6536b.jpg

2025-03-24 14:32:17

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@nprofile…dc6s
I'd really like to see Australia, New Zealand and Canada involved, though it's hard to come up with a snappy name!

2025-03-16 09:29:13

Remember when Trump & Vance sneer at allies, they also treat the US military with contempt.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/
Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’
Trump repeatedly disparaged the intelligence of service members, & asked that wounded be kept out of military parades.

2025-03-09 19:19:11

This from a Russian friend...
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/134/085/075/790/888/original/7465060c6f901006.jpg

2025-02-22 10:49:59

Via Mikhail Zygar and Vicky Ward.
How firm is Zelensky’s grasp on the leadership of Ukraine? (50/50 in the polls on a normal day but likely now skyrocketed to 94 per cent after Trump’s bashing of Zelensky)
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/047/148/694/080/049/original/5ec1ddc3fa537209.jpg

2025-02-07 11:38:04

https://moldovamatters.substack.com/p/perspective-energy-crisis-a-game
What just happened over the last month in Moldova and Transnistria’s1 energy crisis. As I wrote this week it appears that the crisis is over… for now. At the same time it isn’t fully over as Moldova’s energy system continues to be intertwined with that of Transnistria and new challenges will come when the weather warms in the Spring.

2025-01-13 14:38:56

Garry Kasparov: 'You never hear Russian opposition actually say Ukraine must win'
https://kyivindependent.com/garry-kasparov-without-decisive-military-defeat-there-wont-be-change-in-russia/
"I've been saying for the past three years that there's only one way to dismantle this imperial matrix: the Ukrainian flag has to fly over Sevastopol again."
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/821/550/854/418/760/original/2b0c827590ad059f.jpg

2025-01-09 13:04:44

Seems about right
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/798/535/392/540/487/original/c1868da5f75ce33f.jpg

2024-12-05 08:10:29

Not my quote:
A Russian friend once told me a saying that his friend in security services once told him: “If one hundred protesters come out we arrest them. If one thousand protesters come out we disperse them. If one million protesters come out we join them.”

2024-12-02 11:31:40

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/12/2/7487220/
The Russian military and diplomats began to leave the Syrian capital, Damascus, in an abrupt manner, and the first armed clashes broke out there.
Source: Defence Intelligence of Ukraine on Telegram

2024-11-12 10:23:12

Placed 110 km north from Chisinau, on the right bank of the Dniester river, the Holy Trinity Monastery of Saharna is, for good reason, regarded as one of the biggest centres of religious pilgrimages from Moldova.
https://www.moldpres.md/en/news/2024/11/11/24009104
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/469/485/349/070/878/original/1a4bb21bfa37a4bc.jpg
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/469/485/344/666/956/original/5d3431e46827c382.jpg
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/469/485/343/901/071/original/7770669fc2ea25f2.jpg
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/469/485/343/538/661/original/6cf7db5abda07c55.jpg

2024-11-09 10:34:40

I'm looking to spend less time in the other place, and more here...
Does anyone have recommendations for accounts to follow that cover Ukraine and/or Moldova please?

2024-11-04 08:39:47

Moldova’s Pro-EU Leader Maia Sandu Wins Second Presidential Term
Pro-European incumbent Maia Sandu defeated rival Alexandr Stoianoglo in a run-off presidential election seen as a choice for the country's voters between the EU and Moscow after a campaign marred by claims of Russian meddling.
https://balkaninsight.com/2024/11/04/moldovas-pro-eu-leader-maia-sandu-wins-second-presidential-term/
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/423/779/726/624/084/original/82fd8abe35ac1159.jpg

2024-10-26 07:24:32

X – Marks the Spot: Russia’s Second Front
Peter Jukes looks at the mounting evidence that Elon Musk is using his social media platform as a vector to attack Ukraine and support Putin’s murderous invasion
https://bylinetimes.com/2024/10/25/x-marks-the-spot-russias-second-front/
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/372/525/308/449/003/original/5ff064baa8a52e24.jpg

2024-10-19 09:12:48

https://www.moldpres.md/en/news/2024/10/18/24008361
The candidate of the Action and Solidarity Party (PAS) for the Moldovan president’s office, Maia Sandu, on the last day of the electoral campaign, paid a visit to the central Telenesti district.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/333/314/510/531/008/original/3d48c3616fddeba2.jpg

2024-08-08 08:58:08

According to deputy mayor of the capital Angela Cutasevici, the number of Ukrainian refugees who benefit from free medical services in Chisinau, Moldova is constantly increasing. "So far, 3,322 Ukrainian citizens, beneficiaries of temporary protection, have registered on the lists of family doctors in the municipality of Chisinau," said the deputy mayor.
https://www.moldpres.md/en/news/2024/08/06/24006028
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/925/569/086/270/552/original/7603d8f9679ce3e1.jpg

2024-07-17 07:07:32

BRINGING EUROPE HOME: Cimislia, Moldova, upgrading public transport with EU support
https://www.moldpres.md/en/news/2024/07/16/24005418
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/800/564/251/185/179/original/5eb60c2837e00d9b.jpg

2024-06-14 06:02:08

USA, Canada,United Kingdom warn about Russia's attempts to influence presidential elections in Moldova. PM says Kremlin's attempts to be thwarted
https://www.moldpres.md/en/news/2024/06/13/24004436
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/613/449/787/504/656/original/dc8ee0197ec6d05d.jpg

2024-04-22 09:15:36

Speaker Johnson⁩ repeatedly met w/ Christians from Ukraine.
Russia intentionally persecutes evangelicals in occupied Ukraine. Here he met with leaders of evangelical denominations and executive secretary of the conservative movement of Ukraine Pavlo Unguryan.
This is how you get the American Right on board with Ukraine.
Though I guess he never learnt the lesson of the Good Samaritan, that you should help those of other faiths.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/314/102/348/674/005/original/db0c38f0c8f6070b.jpg

2024-04-12 05:41:46

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So.
Is there a single person who trusts Putin to abide by any peace agreement?
Particularly given that he never stuck to the agreement reached after the seizing of Crimea.

2024-03-15 07:44:09

Matt has it sussed.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/098/583/059/165/176/original/a2e25a083640b39c.jpg

2024-03-07 17:58:35

Moldova and the United States will deepen the cooperation in the field of promotion of the information security and cyber defence.
https://www.moldpres.md/en/news/2024/03/07/24001666
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/055/698/843/227/063/original/56431252acf47388.jpg

2024-03-05 16:05:21

And, on a lighter note...
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/043/931/415/448/815/original/09aad63e183fa772.jpg

2024-02-23 13:12:48

Transnistria wants to be annexed by Russia.
Ukraine is short of ammo.
Solution!
Ask Ukraine to kick the crooks out of Transnistria, in return they get the contents of the largest weapons dump in Europe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobasna_ammunition_depot
20,000 tons of Soviet-era weapons!
Win Win!
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/980/964/496/346/770/original/1d3fdc66554211e1.webp

2023-12-30 14:18:51

Dear God, surely even dumb Russian mobiks won't put up with this level of death.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/669/798/477/732/906/original/17cd0450568c8202.png

2023-12-30 14:18:51

Dear God, surely even dumb Russian mobiks won't put up with this level of death.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/669/798/477/732/906/original/17cd0450568c8202.png

2023-12-25 14:30:28

Much is being made of Navalny as a better man than Putin,
His view of Ukraine and Ukrainians is barely better than Putin, if at all.
https://www.ukrainer.net/en-alexei-navalny-ukraine/
This is a Russia problem, not a Putin problem.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/641/526/252/788/337/original/d0cd04872668624f.jpg

2023-12-25 12:28:59

Angry Bins!
Seen in a Chisinau park.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/641/056/354/238/028/original/a70efc25546ec405.jpeg

2023-12-24 18:12:02

Ukraine Today
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/636/742/483/742/644/original/6616b069b8c04098.jpg

2023-11-04 14:03:30

https://time.com/6329188/ukraine-volodymyr-zelensky-interview/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=sfmc&utm_campaign=newsletter+inside-time-thursday+default+ac&utm_content=+++20231104+++body&et_rid=282625138&lctg=282625138
‘Nobody Believes in Our Victory Like I Do.’ Inside Volodymyr Zelensky’s Struggle to Keep Ukraine in the Fight
Long article, very good.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/352/649/898/980/702/original/ae11c46f792b2c46.webp

2023-10-17 10:50:57

https://www.rferl.org/a/moldova-sandu-gas-russia-blackmail-interview/32639572.html
Brilliant interview with Maia Sandu, explaining how Russia can't blackmail Moldova with energy any more.
In my opinion, her government's greatest achievement.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/249/963/919/177/502/original/d7d22cede52e7e4b.jpeg

2023-10-11 15:47:42

https://euromaidanpress.com/2023/10/11/belgium-commits-e1-7-billion-for-ukrainian-aid-from-taxed-frozen-russian-assets/
Belgium commits €1.7 billion for Ukrainian aid from taxed frozen Russian assets
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/217/161/211/201/793/original/7409e3799283cb23.jpg

2023-10-05 13:05:45

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@npub1wv2…yxsz @npub1px9…v9r5
It's even more tricky when cultural Russians here genuinely believe the crap they are told.

2023-10-05 13:04:34

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@npub1wv2…yxsz @npub1px9…v9r5
I think that's true across the Western world. And that meant it was MUCH harder for good journalists to make a living.
So we end up with fact checking abandoned in many areas, rumours printed as fact, and a desperation for funding so bad that its taken from highly unreliable sources.

2023-10-05 10:45:48

Moldova Ups Fight Against Russian Propaganda Ahead of Elections
The communications regulator has been given new powers to block web portals based on requests from the Moldovan intelligence services.
https://balkaninsight.com/2023/10/05/moldova-ups-fight-against-russian-propaganda-ahead-of-elections/
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/182/000/271/884/830/original/798693c90c0ac3ca.jpg

2023-10-02 10:10:01

Seems about right
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/164/874/460/726/029/original/16c27ff842b34249.jpg

2023-10-02 10:06:37

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/22214
The world’s richest man has continued his campaign against Kyiv, this time by using a fake picture of President Zelensky to mock Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s full-scale invasion.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/164/858/570/298/449/original/a80caf466d7fc4cb.webp

2023-06-14 10:54:38

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@npub15qw…3p2z Four times if it's labelled as "Breaking News"