{"id":443244,"date":"2017-01-08T10:21:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-08T10:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=443244"},"modified":"2017-01-08T10:21:42","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T10:21:42","slug":"oligarch-vlad-plahotniuc-trump-moldova-wants-bridge-not-battleground-east-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/oligarch-vlad-plahotniuc-trump-moldova-wants-bridge-not-battleground-east-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Oligarch Vlad Plahotniuc to Trump: Moldova wants to be a bridge, not a battleground, between East and West"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>In his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/2017\/01\/07\/message-for-trump-and-us-moldova-wants-to-be-bridge-not-battleground-between-east-and-west.html\">FOX News editorial<\/a> addressed to US President-elect Donald Trump, the leader of the Democratic Party of Moldova, Vlad Plahotniuc, emphasizes that he hopes for better cooperation between East and West, at no expense for Moldova&#8217;s dream for deeper ties to the West. Of course, Plahotniuc chose to write the message on the behalf of all Moldovans by mostly using the pronoun\u00a0<em>We.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Moldovan oligarch believes that Trump&#8217;s non-confrontational approach to Russia will help to reduce the pressure on countries like Moldova when choosing sides. According to the\u00a0<em>grey eminence\u00a0<\/em>Moldovan politics, Moldova cannot prosper when there is a struggle between East and West and a new Cold War.\u00a0Plahotniuc also hopes that the United States of America will\u00a0still\u00a0continue to support Moldova&#8217;s path to the\u00a0<em>natural home in the European community.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Democrat stresses that a cooperation between Russia and the West in Moldova would offer some prospects for solving the Transnistrian conflict and other regional security issues such as Crimea, South Ossetia and Abkhazia:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;For more than two decades, the Transnistrian dispute has threatened the security of Moldova and the stability of Eastern Europe. But, if the United States and Russia are able to forge a new relationship more focused on cooperation than on confrontation, it could help foster constructive steps to resolve the secessionist standoff not only in Transnistria, but also in the territorial conflicts in Crimea in Ukraine and in South Ossetia and Abkhazia in Georgia.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Plahotniuc also wants the US and the Americans to believe that Moldovans are rather pro-Western without being\u00a0anti-Russian, since Moldova wants to resolve its\u00a0<em>differences with Russia<\/em>, like the one over Transnistria, but also to expand the economic relations. Moreover, the Moldovan politician asks to not misunderstand the election of a pro-Russian president, because\u00a0he holds a\u00a0<em>largely ceremonial position of president,\u00a0<\/em>while the Government is driven by a <em>pro-West coalition<\/em>, led by the Democrats, reportedly committed to closer ties to the EU and to implementing the Association Agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, Plahotniuc stresses that, under his guidance, Moldova is solving problems like political corruption, economic barriers and weak rule of law, while striving for a\u00a0<em>free-market democracy and the rule of law.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>grey eminence\u00a0<\/em>also mentions that Moldova (or\u00a0<em>We<\/em>) is <em>on course to the ultimate goal of prosperous,\u00a0<strong>entrepreneurial democracy<\/strong>,\u00a0upholding legal and constitutional norms, that looks toward the West and maintains relations with all its neighbors.\u00a0<\/em>One can only guess what Plahotniuc meant by\u00a0<em>entrepreneurial democracy<\/em>: Moldova as his own business.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the Democrat\u00a0expects from Trump and the US to continue to be a partner:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;In this endeavor, the United States and EU are our inspirations, and we expect you to continue to be our partners.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Despite the fact he holds no governmental position, Vlad Plahotniuc is known for his control over the Government, judiciary branch, prosecution system and the anti-corruption bodies through his proxy Democratic Party, vassal-parties and particular persons in the top of management of Moldovan institutions.<\/p>\n<p>There are suspicions that Plahotniuc secretly supported Igor Dodon in the Presidential campaign by using his media outlets to purposely denigrate the counter-candidate, Maia Sandu.<\/p>\n<p>Vlad Plahotniuc is often called the one and only oligarch left in Moldova, the <em>grey eminence<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em>the puppeteer<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>of Moldovan politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>In his FOX News editorial addressed to US President-elect Donald Trump, the leader of the Democratic Party of Moldova, Vlad Plahotniuc, emphasizes that he hopes for better cooperation between East and West, at no expense for Moldova&#8217;s dream for deeper ties to the West. Of course, Plahotniuc chose to write the message on the behalf [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":443245,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-443244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-en","category-politics","category-world-news"],"content_social_share":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>In his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/2017\/01\/07\/message-for-trump-and-us-moldova-wants-to-be-bridge-not-battleground-between-east-and-west.html\">FOX News editorial<\/a> addressed to US President-elect Donald Trump, the leader of the Democratic Party of Moldova, Vlad Plahotniuc, emphasizes that he hopes for better cooperation between East and West, at no expense for Moldova&#8217;s dream for deeper ties to the West. Of course, Plahotniuc chose to write the message on the behalf of all Moldovans by mostly using the pronoun\u00a0<em>We.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Moldovan oligarch believes that Trump&#8217;s non-confrontational approach to Russia will help to reduce the pressure on countries like Moldova when choosing sides. According to the\u00a0<em>grey eminence\u00a0<\/em>Moldovan politics, Moldova cannot prosper when there is a struggle between East and West and a new Cold War.\u00a0Plahotniuc also hopes that the United States of America will\u00a0still\u00a0continue to support Moldova&#8217;s path to the\u00a0<em>natural home in the European community.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Democrat stresses that a cooperation between Russia and the West in Moldova would offer some prospects for solving the Transnistrian conflict and other regional security issues such as Crimea, South Ossetia and Abkhazia:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;For more than two decades, the Transnistrian dispute has threatened the security of Moldova and the stability of Eastern Europe. But, if the United States and Russia are able to forge a new relationship more focused on cooperation than on confrontation, it could help foster constructive steps to resolve the secessionist standoff not only in Transnistria, but also in the territorial conflicts in Crimea in Ukraine and in South Ossetia and Abkhazia in Georgia.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Plahotniuc also wants the US and the Americans to believe that Moldovans are rather pro-Western without being\u00a0anti-Russian, since Moldova wants to resolve its\u00a0<em>differences with Russia<\/em>, like the one over Transnistria, but also to expand the economic relations. Moreover, the Moldovan politician asks to not misunderstand the election of a pro-Russian president, because\u00a0he holds a\u00a0<em>largely ceremonial position of president,\u00a0<\/em>while the Government is driven by a <em>pro-West coalition<\/em>, led by the Democrats, reportedly committed to closer ties to the EU and to implementing the Association Agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, Plahotniuc stresses that, under his guidance, Moldova is solving problems like political corruption, economic barriers and weak rule of law, while striving for a\u00a0<em>free-market democracy and the rule of law.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>grey eminence\u00a0<\/em>also mentions that Moldova (or\u00a0<em>We<\/em>) is <em>on course to the ultimate goal of prosperous,\u00a0<strong>entrepreneurial democracy<\/strong>,\u00a0upholding legal and constitutional norms, that looks toward the West and maintains relations with all its neighbors.\u00a0<\/em>One can only guess what Plahotniuc meant by\u00a0<em>entrepreneurial democracy<\/em>: Moldova as his own business.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the Democrat\u00a0expects from Trump and the US to continue to be a partner:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;In this endeavor, the United States and EU are our inspirations, and we expect you to continue to be our partners.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Despite the fact he holds no governmental position, Vlad Plahotniuc is known for his control over the Government, judiciary branch, prosecution system and the anti-corruption bodies through his proxy Democratic Party, vassal-parties and particular persons in the top of management of Moldovan institutions.<\/p>\n<p>There are suspicions that Plahotniuc secretly supported Igor Dodon in the Presidential campaign by using his media outlets to purposely denigrate the counter-candidate, Maia Sandu.<\/p>\n<p>Vlad Plahotniuc is often called the one and only oligarch left in Moldova, the <em>grey eminence<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em>the 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