[From June this year] "Moldovan president signs changes to treason law denounced by opposition, Amnesty International". This woman, who just won again, is literally a former World Bank economist, an emerging autocrat, and some sort of "Great Romania" stooge, despite the fawning media coverage... - Kotaku In Action 2

[From June this year] "Moldovan president signs changes to treason law denounced by opposition, Amnesty International". This woman, who just won again, is literally a former World Bank economist, an emerging autocrat, and some sort of "Great Romania" stooge, despite the fawning media coverage... (archive.is)

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– bamboozler1 [S] 6 points 12 days ago +7 / -1

Regarding the election result (also from Reuters): https://archive.is/rzdSb

We seem to be back to the bad old days (arguably, the 80s) of "this despot/ethnocentrist is a goodie, because they're our political ally". Not that this is anything new, of course. They're just more blatant about it now.

She's like Ardern or Trudeau, but in a much more corrupt, arguably less "democratic", poorer, non-Anglo country...

See also Poland's very own "I want a federal EU" prime minister Tusk...

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– Gizortnik -2 points 12 days ago +1 / -3

"this despot/ethnocentrist is a goodie, because they're our political ally"

It's been that way since the Dems went full jingoism on Ukraine in 2021. We just keep supporting actual Nazis. It's a bit worrying.

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