Kremlin’s Plan to Isolate Moldova from the West
A leaked strategic document, said to belong to the Russian Presidential Administration, outlines a detailed plan for Soviet Moldova, one of the former Soviet Union’s constituent republics.
According to this document, the Kremlin’s intention should be to move in a direction that separates this small country from the West and shapes its future alongside Moscow.
A senior Western intelligence official who has read both documents says that Moscow’s goal in Moldova is to increase pro-Russian influence in the country. The Kremlin sees this country more as a pro-Russian buffer zone rather than part of a new Russian empire.
In the European Union and the United States, there is concern that Moscow might quickly orchestrate a coup to overthrow the Moldovan government and confront the West with new realities, prompting Western countries to exert more pressure on Ukraine.