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HAPPENING THIS WEEK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greetings from Chi\u015fin\u0103u! Here\u2019s what\u2019s happening this week: Our feature story breaks down the latest in resignations and paid vacations from Moldova\u2019s Prosecutor General\u2019s Office \u2013 where those leaving office are collecting large amounts of severance pay on their way out the door. ZdG\u2019s Executive Director Alina Radu doubts that a Moscow court is the best place to bring Vlad Plahotniuc to justice, while Politics Editor Petru Grozavu asks if we are seeing the the de-oligarchization or re-oligarchization of Moldova. Meanwhile, Editor-in-Chief Aneta Grosu wonders how one victim of Stalin\u2019s deportations failed to receive compensation when the government is finally allocating more funds to the victims of political repressions. Our Foreign Brief includes the latest in international arrest warrants for Vlad Plahotniuc \u2013 who is now wanted in Russia \u2013 and Ilan Shor,\u00a0 who\u2019s name is noticeably absent from Interpol\u2019s site. Finally, we share the latest expert takes, investigations and our weekly roundup of news and analysis about Moldova from around the world, plus the events we\u2019ve spotted this week. All of that and more in this week\u2019s newsletter. Enjoying what you see? Then don\u2019t forget to like our new English-language Facebook page<\/a> for the latest updates from ZDG between newsletters. Happy reading!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THIS WEEK\u2019S FEATURE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RESIGNATIONS, PAID VACATIONS: <\/strong>After the Democratic Party government was ousted in June, a number of prosecutors holding key leadership positions resigned or went on leave. The latest resignation came on August 6, when the Deputy Head of the Anti-Corruption Office, Adriana Be\u021bi\u0219or, stepped down, drawing suspicion when she was released from her position that same day. But the controversies don\u2019t end there, as a number of the prosecutors who resigned last month collected large amounts of severance pay on their way out \u2013 including sums up to one million lei (over \u20ac51,000). In this week\u2019s feature,  ZdG breaks down the latest resignations and paid vacations<\/a> from the Moldovan Prosecutor General\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FROM THE EDITORS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MOSCOW JUSTICE: <\/strong>There is little expectation that oligarch Vlad Plahotniuc will be brought to justice in Moldova any time soon. But what will happen now that he\u2019s a wanted man in Russia, too? A Moscow court has ordered Plahotniuc\u2019s arrest, but is Russia\u2019s compromised justice system really the right place to bring him to trial? \u201cCourts that judge thousands of people detained in peaceful protests, condemning them within a few hours just because they were walking on the street, cannot judge a money-launderer properly,\u201d <\/em>says ZDG\u2019s Executive Director Alina Radu<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

HOUSE OF CARDS: <\/strong>On August 5, the Prosecutor General\u2019s Office initiated criminal proceedings in response to the usurpation of state power that took place between June 7 and 14, under the former Democratic Party Government led by oligarch Vlad Plahotniuc. In the meantime, some of the forensic evidence related to the case has disappeared or been destroyed, while President Igor Dodon has been consolidating state power in his own hands. This leaves our Politics Editor Petru Grozavu <\/a>asking: are we seeing the the de-oligarchization or re-oligarchization of Moldova? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

VERA: <\/strong>Of the hundreds of thousands of deportees who suffered repressions in the Soviet Union under Stalin, only about 7,000 are believed to be alive in Moldova today. And although on August 7 the Government of Moldova decided to allocate over \u20ac120,000 to fund compensation for victims of political repressions, this year one of them has been forgotten. Vera\u2019s family was deported to Siberia when she was a child and she carries those memories with her to this day. Each summer, she usually receives 500 lei (\u20ac25.25) as compensation for her suffering \u2013 but this year she got nothing. ZdG Editor in Chief Aneta Grosu<\/a> wonders how this could have happened. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE FOREIGN BRIEF<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WANTED IN RUSSIA: <\/strong>A Moscow court has issued an arrest warrant<\/a> for Moldovan oligarch and former Democratic Party leader Vlad Plahotniuc, who was recently overthrown when the pro-Russian Socialist Party sided against him to form a new coalition government in what some are calling an anti-oligarch uprising. Now, the Russian State Prosecutor has accused Plahotniuc \u2013 in his absence \u2013 of organizing a criminal group to steal over \u20ac508 million from Russia through currency manipulation and money laundering from 2013 to 2014. Russian investigators also claim that Plahotniuc is implicated in another criminal case concerning a transnational drug trafficking ring. In court, Plahtoniuc\u2019s lawyer declared her client innocent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEARCH FOR SHOR: <\/strong>Moldovan authorities have issued an international arrest warrant for businessman and parliamentary deputy Ilan Shor, after he fled the country illegally in June. He has been accused of money laundering and fraud and the authorities claim that his name was included in a search using Interpol\u2019s channels. So why isn\u2019t he on the Interpol site\u2019s wanted persons list? ZdG investigates<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20 YEARS OF PUTIN: <\/strong>Vladimir Putin has been in power in Russia for the last twenty years without interruption. Serving as Prime Minister and then President of Russia, he has been an influential force in Moldovan-Russian relations. And given the ongoing frozen conflict in the Transnistria region and the Kremlin\u2019s ties to Moldova\u2019s Socialist Party (not to mention President Igor Dodon) \u2013 he has been influential in Moldova\u2019s domestic politics, as well. ZdG asks the experts<\/a> what they think of Putin\u2019s influence on Moldova and Moldovan-Russian relations during his two decades in power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

E.U.\u2013MOLDOVA: <\/strong>According to the 2019 progress report<\/a>, the Moldovan authorities have managed to carry out nearly fifty percent of the National Action Plan for implementing the E.U.\u2013Moldova Association Agreement. This includes completing 63 of the total 129 planned actions, such as opening criminal cases in response to the multi-billion dollar bank fraud scheme of 2014 and actions in the fields of economic cooperation, social policy, industrial policy and advancing equal opportunity for men and women. Read the full report here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

PASSPORT CRACKDOWN: <\/strong>Moldova\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration has announced that former dignitaries will be deprived of their diplomatic passports<\/a>. This comes in conjunction with the development of a list of persons who no longer hold diplomatic status. These measures are being taken in response to reports of the illegal use of special identity documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ZDG INVESTIGATES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

USURPING STATE POWER: <\/strong>On August 5, the General Prosecutor\u2019s Office ordered the opening of a criminal case on the usurpation of state power that took place under the former Democratic Party government from June 7-14, 2019. Meanwhile, there is talk of waiving parliamentary immunity for certain deputies \u2013 but does this mean the criminal case stands a chance at bringing the usurpers to justice? ZdG asks the experts<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

ACTION PLAN: <\/strong>The Government of Moldova unveiled its 2019-2020 Action Plan<\/a> on August 6 and is now seeking public consultation. The project \u2013 developed based on the priorities of the Government\u2019s Activity Program, as well as the provisions of the Moldova-E.U. Association Agreement and the Memorandum with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank \u2013 outlines four main actions aimed at combating corruption. Read the full draft of the 2019-2020 Government Action Plan here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SECURITY ZONE: <\/strong>The Moldovan Delegation  to the Joint Control Commission has reported new violations<\/a> to the security arrangements in the Transnistrian Security Zone. On July 31, Transnistrian force structures allegedly took provocative actions to stop what they claimed was illegal land cultivation. In doing so, they violated the Security Zone\u2019s regime because the territory in question actually falls under the  jurisdiction of Co\u0219ni\u021ba, the Moldovan Delegation said. This comes just days after the Moldovan Delegation to the Joint Control Commission requested a draft commitment to ensure all parties abstain from military actions, movement near the border or any other action that would disturb security in the demilitarized zone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

ARENA UPDATE: <\/strong>Moldova\u2019s Ministry of the Economy is set to take over the monitoring of the contract for the construction of the Chi\u0219in\u0103u Arena<\/a> from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research. The Democratic Party Government had signed a contract for the arena\u2019s construction with the Turkish company Summa in 2018. But the Minister of the Economy says the contract will now have to be renegotiated due to concerns over the project being used as a pretense for land acquisition and fears that the country being unable to repay the \u20ac44.5 million Summa has invested in the project, risking the Turkish side taking over the land pledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MOLDOVA IN WORLD NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JUSTICE REFORM: <\/strong>Under the recently ousted Democratic Party, oligarch Vlad Plahotniuc managed to \u201ccapture\u201d the Moldovan State by paying off people in key institutions like the courts, the police and the media. And although the new governing coalition has taken a strong anti-corruption stance, a string of new appointments to top security and judiciary positions has critics accusing Moldova\u2019s Socialist Party of attempts at politicizing the country\u2019s state institutions. \u201cA number of appointments to key security and judiciary posts in Moldova are raising questions about the new government\u2019s commitment to depoliticize state institutions,\u201d <\/em>writes Madalin Necsutu for Balkan Insight<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHYBRID\u201d GOVERNMENT: <\/strong>Moldova\u2019s governing coalition can best be understood as \u201ca government for post-disaster recovery,\u201d<\/em> writes Vladimir Socor, in the Jamestown Foundation\u2019s Eurasia Daily Monitor. Read his latest analysis breaking down the make up, goals and prospects of Moldova\u2019s ACUM Bloc\u2013Socialist Party coalition here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SWINE FEVER: <\/strong>According to the Paris-based World Organization for Animal Health, Moldova has reported several outbreaks of African swine fever<\/a> in recent months. The disease is harmless to humans but incurable in pigs, leading to three pigs dying and another 10 being slaughtered, Moldova\u2019s animal health authority reported. Bulgaria has also seen an outbreak of the disease, leading to large-scale culling on pig farms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SPOTTED THIS WEEK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TRANSPARENCY: <\/strong>On August 6, Moldova\u2019s Ministry of Finance launched a new online platform<\/a> that allows anyone to access data on the state budget. This new tool, aimed at ensuring budget transparency, was made possible by the financial support of the USAID.  \u201cTransparency is more than just publishing information. Transparency means providing information in an accessible and easy to understand way, and the portal ensures this, taxpayers can see how their money is spent,\u201d <\/em>said U.S. Ambassador to Moldova, Dereck J. Hogan at the launch event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MILITARY COOPERATION: <\/strong>A group of NATO experts<\/a> led by the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Joint Command of Naples, Reinhard Kloss, arrived in Chi\u015fin\u0103u for a working visit on August 8. The purpose of the visit was to analyze the current stage of the Ministry of Defense\u2019s cooperation with NATO and identify new directions for collaboration. The delegation met with Moldova\u2019s Minister of Defense, Pavel Voicu, as well as representatives of the National Army Command Corps. On August 6, Moldova\u2019s Defense Minister met with the People\u2019s Republic of China\u2019s Ambassador to Moldova,<\/a> Zhang Yinghong, to discuss military cooperation \u2013 with a focus on military assistance provided by the Chinese side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.K. IN MOLDOVA:\u00a0 <\/strong>The\u00a0 U.K. Ambassador to Chi\u015fin\u0103u, Lucy Joyce, held three separate farewell visits with Moldova\u2019s Prime Minister<\/a> Maia Sandu, the country\u2019s Minister of Health, Labour and Social Protection<\/a> and the Gagauzian Bashkan<\/a>, Irina Vlah. During each of these visits Ambassador Joyce reassured the Moldovan authorities of the U.K.\u2019s continued plans to engage in supporting Moldova\u2019s reform path.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you for your continued interest! To keep up with our Moldova coverage throughout the week, you can like us on Facebook<\/a>, follow us on Twitter @ZiarulDe<\/a> or check in at zdg.md\/eng<\/a> for our latest stories in English. More subscription options coming soon. Until next week!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Daniela Bechet,  Cristina Carmanu, Maksym Eristavi, Eilish Hart and others from the ZdG Newsroom. Created with support from the Russian Language News Exchange. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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