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Elena VOLOCHINE

Oligarch Ilan Shor: A Russian pawn trying to destabilise Moldova?

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In the past few months, Moldova – a small country located between Romania and Ukraine – has seen a wave of protests against its pro-European government. The country's authorities accuse Russia of using hybrid warfare to destabilise Moldova. They regularly manage to infiltrate groups thought to be taking orders from the Kremlin. Ilan Shor, a Moldovan oligarch now living in exile in Israel, is at the head of one of these movements. FRANCE 24's Elena Volochine reports from Moldova.

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