Dorin Recean takes office facing inflation at 30% and warnings of Russian plan for country’s ‘destruction’
Her comments came after Moldova’s intelligence service reported last week that it had identified “subversive activities”, after Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said Kyiv had intercepted a “plan for the destruction of Moldova” by Russian intelligence.
“It will soon be a year since I woke up hearing bombs [from neighbouring Ukraine],” said Svetlana, 37, a seamstress from a Chișinău suburb. “I try to avoid watching the news now, otherwise I can’t sleep at night. My mother used to like Putin and now she prays for his death every day.” For many Moldovans, however, the day-to-day economic struggle is a more immediate concern. Inflation is at 30%, the highest in Europe, and the average monthly salary is just MDL 9,900 . A recentshowed that while 44% of the population was worried about war in Ukraine, 48% were concerned over high prices.
The opposition has faced allegations that some of the demonstrators were paid to show up, but the economic crisis undoubtedly contributed to the falling popularity of Sandu’s government.
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