{"id":161720,"date":"2010-04-01T16:24:20","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T16:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.moldova.org\/2010\/04\/01\/moldova-ruling-alliance-and-communist-opposition-compete-on-friendship-with-russia-207792-eng\/"},"modified":"2010-04-01T16:24:20","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T16:24:20","slug":"moldova-ruling-alliance-and-communist-opposition-compete-on-friendship-with-russia-207792-eng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/moldova-ruling-alliance-and-communist-opposition-compete-on-friendship-with-russia-207792-eng\/","title":{"rendered":"Moldova: Ruling alliance and Communist opposition compete on friendship with Russia?"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

The Republic of Moldova’s new liberal\/democratic authorities are trying to deprive their political opponents – the Communists – of their traditional monopoly on friendship with Russia, influential Kommersant newspaper of Moscow wrote in its article headlined "Moldova Pounding Away on Pro-Russia Line".<\/p>\n

The publication said that during Igor Shuvalov’s [PM Vladimir Putin’s deputy] visit to Chisinau on March 31 the sides will negotiate the organization of the first full-bodied meeting between Russia Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Moldovan colleague Vlad Filat because "Filat has been long looking for a possibility to hold such talks".<\/p>\n

"Now that an early parliamentary election has been again on everyone’s lips in Chisinau, a full-scale meeting with Putin would be very advantageous for Filat. The ambitious Moldovan Premier, heading the Liberal Democratic Party, is not concealing his intention to take an active-most part in the forthcoming elections. And to guarantee a good result, he has decided to enlist Moscow’s support. Heretofore, only the Communists, headed by ex-president of Moldova Vladimir Voronin, could boast of being friends with Russia", Kommersant wrote.<\/p>\n

The newspaper presumes the Communists hope for taking a revenge for their defeat in the 2009 parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n

"By using their devoted mass media, the Communist Party has done everything to portray Filat and his Liberal Democrats, as well as the ruling Alliance for European Integration, as pro-Romania and anti-Russia nationalist forces", Kommersant said<\/p>\n

According to it, "Voronin has many a time asked Moscow’s support, trying to get Russia’s help in his struggle against his liberal opponents. Acting so, the MCP leader occasionally resorted to quite radical measures – up to direst requesting the Russian government to provide no financial assistance to the new ruling regime in Chisinau. Accidentally or not, but Moscow has eventually changed its mind, and is no more going to furnish the US$500 million credit Vladimir Putin promised to Moldova in June 2009, when the chief Moldovan communist was President of Moldova yet".<\/p>\n

Kommersant was told at the Shuvalov’s office that the credit question would not be raised during the March 31 negotiations in Chisinau.<\/p>\n

The newspaper presumes that lately the opponents to Voronin seem to have intercepted the lead in their competition for Moscow’s favor. Last week, the Moldovan Parliament ratified the Concept of the Further Development of the CIS, which Chisinau signed yet in 2007, when Voronin was the republic’s all-mighty ruler and when the Communists fully dominated in the Parliament.<\/p>\n

"Despite all that, the Concept was not ratified then. And even last Thursday, when the ratification question was debated in the Moldovan Parliament, the Communists demonstratively refused to participate in the discussion. They quitted the room, and, as a result, the Concept of the Commonwealth development was ratified by the 53 votes of the ‘anti-Russia’ governing majority", the newspaper wrote.<\/p>\n

As Infotag has already reported, Deputy Premier, Minister of Economy Valeriu Lazar, who is Moldova’s Coordinator in the CIS, stated last week that the official Chisinau "will soon find itself before a choice: if the European Union does not approve an ambitious program of Moldova’s integration into the EU, and if the Eastern Partnership Project remains inefficient, then the Moldovan authorities may well come to have an alternative to be offered by Russia within the CIS frame".<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>The Republic of Moldovas new liberal\/democratic authorities are trying to deprive their political opponents – the Communists – of their traditional monopoly on friendship with Russia, influential Kommersant newspaper of Moscow wrote in its article headlined Moldova Pounding Away on Pro-Russia Line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

The Republic of Moldova’s new liberal\/democratic authorities are trying to deprive their political opponents – the Communists – of their traditional monopoly on friendship with Russia, influential Kommersant newspaper of Moscow wrote in its article headlined "Moldova Pounding Away on Pro-Russia Line".<\/p>\n

The publication said that during Igor Shuvalov’s [PM Vladimir Putin’s deputy] visit to Chisinau on March 31 the sides will negotiate the organization of the first full-bodied meeting between Russia Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Moldovan colleague Vlad Filat because "Filat has been long looking for a possibility to hold such talks".<\/p>\n

"Now that an early parliamentary election has been again on everyone’s lips in Chisinau, a full-scale meeting with Putin would be very advantageous for Filat. The ambitious Moldovan Premier, heading the Liberal Democratic Party, is not concealing his intention to take an active-most part in the forthcoming elections. And to guarantee a good result, he has decided to enlist Moscow’s support. Heretofore, only the Communists, headed by ex-president of Moldova Vladimir Voronin, could boast of being friends with Russia", Kommersant wrote.<\/p>\n

The newspaper presumes the Communists hope for taking a revenge for their defeat in the 2009 parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n

"By using their devoted mass media, the Communist Party has done everything to portray Filat and his Liberal Democrats, as well as the ruling Alliance for European Integration, as pro-Romania and anti-Russia nationalist forces", Kommersant said<\/p>\n

According to it, "Voronin has many a time asked Moscow’s support, trying to get Russia’s help in his struggle against his liberal opponents. Acting so, the MCP leader occasionally resorted to quite radical measures – up to direst requesting the Russian government to provide no financial assistance to the new ruling regime in Chisinau. Accidentally or not, but Moscow has eventually changed its mind, and is no more going to furnish the US$500 million credit Vladimir Putin promised to Moldova in June 2009, when the chief Moldovan communist was President of Moldova yet".<\/p>\n

Kommersant was told at the Shuvalov’s office that the credit question would not be raised during the March 31 negotiations in Chisinau.<\/p>\n

The newspaper presumes that lately the opponents to Voronin seem to have intercepted the lead in their competition for Moscow’s favor. Last week, the Moldovan Parliament ratified the Concept of the Further Development of the CIS, which Chisinau signed yet in 2007, when Voronin was the republic’s all-mighty ruler and when the Communists fully dominated in the Parliament.<\/p>\n

"Despite all that, the Concept was not ratified then. And even last Thursday, when the ratification question was debated in the Moldovan Parliament, the Communists demonstratively refused to participate in the discussion. They quitted the room, and, as a result, the Concept of the Commonwealth development was ratified by the 53 votes of the ‘anti-Russia’ governing majority", the newspaper wrote.<\/p>\n

As Infotag has already reported, Deputy Premier, Minister of Economy Valeriu Lazar, who is Moldova’s Coordinator in the CIS, stated last week that the official Chisinau "will soon find itself before a choice: if the European Union does not approve an ambitious program of Moldova’s integration into the EU, and if the Eastern Partnership Project remains inefficient, then the Moldovan authorities may well come to have an alternative to be offered by Russia within the CIS frame".<\/p>\n

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