Andrei Popoviciu

Sonko’s tri­al could mark the start of a new era of po­lit­i­cal un­rest or strength­en the pres­i­dent’s grip, an­a­lysts say.

Moldovans fear a Russ­ian in­va­sion as ten­sions be­tween the break­away Transnis­tria re­gion and Chisin­au heat up.

Gagauzia, the coun­try’s poor­est area with some au­ton­o­my, is torn be­tween pow­ers in Rus­sia, Turkey, the EU and Chisin­au.

While some fear Rus­sia, oth­ers view Moscow as a sav­iour as the con­flict in Ukraine comes clos­er to Moldo­va’s bor­ders.

Hun­dreds of Ukraine’s Roma peo­ple face un­cer­tain fu­ture in Moldo­va’s cap­i­tal Chisin­au as many are not doc­u­ment­ed.

In­di­ans flee­ing Rus­sia’s in­va­sion of Ukraine de­scribe their jour­ney to safe­ty and how they were re­ceived in Ro­ma­nia.

De­spite as­sur­ances from Ro­ma­nia’s lead­er­ship, many in the East­ern Eu­ro­pean na­tion fear wider Russ­ian at­tacks.