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Podcast: Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters
Episode: The View From Moldova -- Is This Putin's Next Target?
Description: Of all the countries that border Ukraine, Moldova is arguably the most vulnerable to Russian aggression. Since 1992, Russian troops have been present in a breakaway region of Moldova called Transnistria. This is a majority Russian-speaking region that receives considerable support from Moscow. In late April there were a series of explosions in Transnistria, the perpetrators are unknown but the explosions further heightened concerns that Russia's invasion of Ukraine would spill over into Transnistria and possibly even Moldova proper.  My guest Paula Erizanu is a journalist and author from Moldova and also based in the UK. I c...