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Peter Graff and Alexander Tanas

Moldova ready for 'pessimistic' scenarios but sees no imminent threat of unrest

FILE PHOTO: Moldovan President Maia Sandu speaks during a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Chisinau, Moldova March 6, 2022. Olivier Douliery/Pool via REUTERS/

Moldova sees no imminent threat of unrest spilling over from the war in Ukraine despite "provocations" by pro-Russian separatists in recent days, but has been making contingency plans for "pessimistic" scenarios, President Maia Sandu said on Wednesday.

Fears have grown in the past week that Moldova could be drawn into the conflict in neighbouring Ukraine, after pro-Russian separatists in a breakaway region reported a number of attacks and explosions there, which they blamed on Kyiv.

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