{"id":10259,"date":"2022-12-12T14:40:43","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T12:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/?p=10259"},"modified":"2022-12-12T14:49:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T12:49:04","slug":"washington-post-war-next-door-brings-energy-crunch-and-paid-protests-to-moldova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/washington-post-war-next-door-brings-energy-crunch-and-paid-protests-to-moldova\/","title":{"rendered":"The New York Times: War Next Door Brings Energy Crunch, and Paid Protests, to Moldova."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>\u201eThe tiny country, starved of natural gas and electricity because of the conflict in neighboring Ukraine, is confronting street rallies bankrolled by a pro-Russian politician to target its pro-Western government\u201d<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/11\/world\/europe\/moldova-russian-ukraine-war.html\">writes Andrew Higgins of the New York Times, in an article that quotes and references a Ziarul de Gard\u0103 investigation.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>\u201eORHEI, Moldova \u2014 Starved of natural gas from Russia and electricity from Ukraine\u2019s missile-battered power grid, Moldova has been so unsettled by skyrocketing utility bills and occasional blackouts that, according to the mayor of a small city in the north, residents can barely contain their anger\u201d<\/em>, continues the journalist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>\u201eThe paid protests against the president and her westward tilt are organized by the mayor\u2019s political party, a vociferously pro-Russian force led by his predecessor, Ilan M. Shor, a convicted fraudster and fugitive who, officials say, is working to turn an energy crisis into a political crisis that threatens the government. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Mr. Shor recently acknowledged paying protesters \u2014 after an independent Moldovan newspaper, Ziarul de Garda, published an investigation&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/?p=9680\">written&nbsp;by journalists who had posed as protesters and received money.<\/a>\u201d<\/em>, continues the article. 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