All right, Alexander, let's talk about this situation in Moldova.

We just had elections.

We're going to have a runoff to the presidential elections.

But the big story with the elections that happened in Moldova was the referendum for putting EU entry into the Constitution.

It looked like that it was going to be a no to that referendum. And then

the diaspora, not in Russia, the Moldova diaspora, not in Russia, it looks like they weren't allowed

to vote or they didn't have access, proper access to get their votes in. But the diaspora of Moldova,

outside of Moldova, the Aspora, they came in and

they pushed the number to just over 50% yes for entry into the EU, or at least in the

Constitution entry into the EU. So what are your thoughts on everything that happened in Moldova?

And a lot of people are talking about Moldova as a possible next pressure point that the West is going to put against Russia.

Of course, we have the situation in Transnistria, which you may want to touch upon.

But your thoughts on everything happening in Moldova?

Well, I think the first thing to say is that this was another example of the EU,

the Western powers, and their allies within a particular country,

acting in an incredibly short-sighted way, which has destabilized the country, or threatened to

destabilise the country, is creating an extremely bad and very unsatisfactory situation,

and a potentially, and a one which potentially could spin out of control.

Now, I think we need to understand what happened.

Maya Sandu is the president of Moldova, the incumbent president of Moldova. She was elected a couple of

years ago. Many people were surprised when she won. She is very, very pro-EU, to put it mildly, very, very pro-West,

to put it mildly, very critical of Russia, to put it mildly. She is all of the things that you

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