As a Moldovan I can add a few things, just to be clear for the international public, the so called Moldovan language is a made up story by the Soviet propaganda, there's no difference between "Moldovan" and romanian language. Another thing that's weird, the whole documentary is presented in a way much dramatic and sad than the general spirit in the country, yes it's hard times, but we are optimistic, and changes are finally happening towards our goal, which is being part of the Europeans civilized world.
It shows what a BS this documentary is. They could not find Moldavians who speak the national language of Moldova - Romanian! They only found Russian-speaking Moldavians!
@@teodora7219 I thought the same, it showed a distorted image of Moldova, in reality there's very few russian speakers, majority of the young generation don't even understand russian anymore.
@hiss9989 : Moldova and Ukraine will be warmly welcomed back into Europe , as members of the EU as soon as Russia is driven out of Ukraine , and Ukraine's 1991 borders are restored . Ukraine will inevitably become a member of NATO , whereupon the whole region will be safe again . SLAVA UKRAINI🇺🇦🇺🇸.
By way of an update, protests have stopped for a few months now, and the political party run by Ilan Shor has been outlawed. This doesn’t mean pro-Russian forces won’t continue to try to destabilize the country, but at the moment it feels eerily silent and everyone seems to mind their own business. I just returned from Moldova in mid-August. It’s still a beautiful place and I wish the future would bring peace and prosperity to this region.
Love and Respect for Peoples of Moldova from Bangladesh for their kindness to the Ukranian Refugees despite their poor economy . Hard time will leave soon and will bring enormous joy in your life for your kind and brave heart.
China is more capable for true terror on another level than Russia is.. We are lucky Xi & the party care more about Chineese "glory" than being friends with Putin..
it is good to know that nations are struggling all around the globe for the same reasons despite the propaganda calling for people to lie down and do nothing so they worsen every passing day.
😂😂😂this guy Moldova sadly doesnt have much choice,if they try to join NATO and go fully against Russia they will finish like Ukraine, only Moldova has only 2,5 mil people i think so USA and EU really need to stop encouraging this poor countries going against Russia
@@serbianwarrior385 Transnistria military installation was basically just so that Russia can prove that they still project power far from their borders. Then came the more well known base in Syria when Russia felt on high horses, followed by the mess in Africa. It's up to every liberty loving sap to say enough is enough.
@@serbianwarrior385 you re big time mistaken. These countries want to join nato bcause of russia's threats. Remember how they invaded and annexxed part of Georgia... Do you really think Georgia wants to join Russia after all their aggression? Russia is all about oppression
Multă iubire din Romania către R. Moldova!!! ❤❤❤ Aici oamenii de rând se gândesc la voi și speră sa ne fie mai bine tuturor! Am trecut prin momente și mai grele decat cele de azi (1812, 1848, 1917, 1940)
It is so similar to the conflict here, in the Caucasus, in Azerbaijan. I was a little kid in the 90s. And everywhere was full of traumatized refugees from Karabakh. And they told horror stories from the war that I could not come to my senses for days as a child.
@@constanzza777 oops, wrong here! Russia supports Armenia (and the citizen of the Karabakh) in that conflict. While USA via Israel supply Azerbaijan with guns.
@@nataliasalmanova6020 Without Russia and the ottoman empire, there would be no conflict. It stems from there, its roots even before the Tzars. I'd say they are connected.
@@casper8464 Without Russia Armenians and Azeris would have killed each other tenthousand times. Only the Soviet Union could guarantee peace in the Caucasus.
Actually it was Stalin, a Georgian, who gave away ancestral Armenian land in Karabakh to surly Azeri goat-molesters. Armenians had lived their for a thousand years before the invention of Islam, and long before the arrival of the Turks. It was the age of nationalism, not empire that heralded the genocides of the Armenians by the Young Turks, and now by the corrupt Azeri plutocrats. @@casper8464
As a romanian,i hope our brothers,with our help,will manage to take the european path. It will be a hard battlr between generations,but Moldova's place was always beside Romania and Europe! Fiti tari fratilor!
All Moldova has to do is stay neutral there will be no war Putin is not interested in war. Romania Moldova Will be incorporated into Russia if you don't stay neutral look at Ukraine they most of Europe behind it the US the Canadians the Australians against one country Russia and they haven't even put a dent into Russia's military stay neutral stay safe.
@@mrlover4310 You are clearly delusional if you think Romania will ever be in Ukraine`s situation lol. Romania is a NATO country. If Romania falls in the hands of russians , the NATO is finished. Try to think before you write, it would be good for you. Than again, you are probably talking about countries, which you don`t even know were they are located on the world map.
Why don't finish this war by reassuring Russia and stop unnecessary expansion of NATO. US is enjoying and Europeans are being killed just to comfort their US master's.
The resilience of the people of Moldova in the face of uncertainty and external threats is truly inspiring. This documentary offers a poignant glimpse into their lives and the challenges they confront. Thank you for shedding light on their struggles and their unwavering spirit.
The resilience of the Syrian and Afghan people against American-backed foreign funded puppet state satellite governments is far more revolutionary and inspiring. Taking up arms to defend their lands against the US physically, as well as the cultural imperialism they socially promote on their native customs. As an American from North Dakota, I find that far more fascinating.
I don't want to take it from Moldova's good president. But it's rather common in Moldova, as most people know Ro and Ru, and besides that they learn a 3rd foreign language in school: English or French.
@@burnercolt6647 ?? Sandu is a citizen of Romania and her policy is to put Moldova under control of Romania aslso USA is trying to drag Moldova in war with Russia. And Sandu is preparing Moldova for that. While that war not in interests neither of Russia nor Moldova.
I appreciate that DW does the occasional interview or documentary on Moldova but every time they speak with regular people(not politicians), they somehow manage to disproportionately interview Russians, even in areas where the Ukrainian minorities are bigger in numbers than Russians, what to say about the rest of the population which are Romanians… Disproportionately concentrating on the Russian minority in Moldova…
For real, that's what I've observed as well. I hope they'll talk more to people that actually do speak Romanian next time they make something related to Moldova
@@erynn9968 Because after living there for more than 20 years, I can differentiate a Russian from the accent and pronunciation/accentuation of words. If you've lived there even for 1 week, you would know, it's Very obvious. Even the appearance of Ukrainians, Romanians and Russians is different, you can instantly tell after a few years.
breaks my heart to see Moldavians suffer , if we could we would have helped Moldova more, but sadly the country is between Russia and Europe stuck for who knows how long :( thank you DW for bringing some information out about the dire situation of Moldova. my thoughts of support and respect from Romania to Moldavians and Maia Sandu
Another excellent documentary from DW and informative as always. Europe needs to take very special care of Moldova and its people - their humanity toward those fleeing Putins war in Ukraine is boundless.
I visited in April and fell in love with the country and people. I think of this lovely place often and hope and pray that they sort themselves out. I am anxious to go back as soon as possible.
You should have support the people of donbass Their situation is same as bosnia as well, they wanted to be Independent and leave Ukraine who are killing their people for 8 years prior to Russians helping them bombed Ukraine because Ukraine won't respect the Minsk Accord and does not want peace and hand them their independence Your Nato bombed Serbia for the same reason as well
@@digitalronin7787Sergej can’t support the donbass, as that would put Bosnian territorial integrity in question, hell.. 75 of the land area has Serbs and Croats on it in Bosnia.. that is a huge chunk ready to join Serbia and Croatia respectively :)
@@digitalronin7787you want me to have simpathy with Russians and Serbians While they are the nations that started all their wars… Belgrade should have been turn into dust by NATO for all the crimes against humanity Serbia did
@@tonkasergej65које Српске злочине битанго? Највећи злочин геноцида у југоисточној Европи доживео је мој народ од хрватских кољача који су себе звали усташама све у име велике хрватске за време 2 светског рата. Преко 400 година бошњачких и албанских злочина над Српским народом. Нема Српске Цркве коју нису уништили и спалили заједно са турским окупаторима. Зато битанго води рачуна шта пишеш. Ја ти жив преко овога прешао не бих.
@@tonkasergej65 war in Ukraine started even before Russians decided to attack Ukraine! Ever heard of war in donbas? Pro Maidan Ukrainians and Anti Maidan Ukrainians from donbass are fighting for 8 years prior to russians helping Donbass!
A strong message from Romania: dear Moldovan brothers, do not end the fight for democracy. We’re with you in everything. Blood is thicker than water, and one day, sooner or later, if the people of Moldova decide so, we in Romania will be delighted to be reunited with you forever! 🇲🇩🤍🇷🇴🇪🇺
My wife is Moldovan, I’m American. We travel back and forth quite often, I consider Moldova my 2nd home and family. First, it is a beautiful country filled with hard-working people, and they may not have much money but they love to dance and share their delicious food at get together’s. We noticed, at the beginning of the war, The country seemed pretty divided, I would say now most of the countries is definitely pro European Union. There is fear of repercussions from the extreme Russian types who are definitely in the country but when you speak to people at restaurants and in general conversation, the reality is, the DW should have shown that huge pro European walked in Chisinau… that was pro European and had over 100,000 people show up their opposition only had a few hundred that show up from Russia and they are paid… We came across many people who had had been paid them selves and simply said I’m still European, but they paid me money so I went out there, and I took their money. It’s a bit crazy. It’s a wonderful place and I hope I can be a part of helping a beautiful, free and wonderful prosperous Moldova! Moldova matters!
Exactly, the doc didn't show any of the upsides & wanted to paint a pretty grim picture. It's what media (in general) often does, unfortunately. I've heard Africans complain about this too.
met a truck driver from maldova here in chicago . nice guy . i thought he was polish when i asked if he was he said no maldova in a sad gloomy depressed way . why so sad i wondered . that guy backed a 53 foot semi into the loading dock pitch dark out . very impressive . we got maldovas beat truck drivers over here . all i can say is putin gets stupid on maldovian sovernty , 101st airborne is in romania to smoke check russian troops . we got your back !
Dude, we (I'm an American vet) couldn't even beat guys in sandals. By my count over 30 Americans have already learned the hard way what it is to come up against the Russian army. Do not believe the hype.
@@mitchyoung93 please... The myth of the strong Russian army is a fucking joke. They can't deal with a conflict at their borders, the US held successful military operations across the Ocean. Or you're forgetting that the Soviets lost most operations in Afghanistan and other regions? Their strategy is to just throw bodies till they achieve something. Same strategy as in the Soviet Union, in WW2, the Soviet Union having the most casualties by far.
At 34:18, you can see Maia Sandu talking to the public (a rural area apparently) about how bad is going to be. In Romania you will never see this because those political muppets don`t give a a shit about it. You see them on tv talking shit about how good Romania has it or about new and bigger taxes. Maia Sandu did for Moldova more than the last 2 presidents did something good for Romania.
Extremely Interesting Film from Moldova......a melting pot of more potential problems to come. Well done DW for making this documentary and highlighting the current tensions for the people living there. 😉
Moldova received a lot of aid and support since the war began & will continue to do so. *God forbid* something happens to the current govt, which is the best the country has had since independence. ❤
From a Canadian viewer/It's very fascinating how life is here. Excellent production detailing a 'crisis identity ' as Moldavia strives to forge its own roots in identifying where it all began.
My disappointment is that with only one minute history at the end of World War II, this documentary would have had a lot more meaning while introducing theviewer into the intricate ethnicity of the former USSR republics. I’m a bit disappointed now.
@buniculflorin0 it's a world wide web of information out there so it it isn't exactly too difficult to trace back the history. As for books, Edvard Radzinzksky's book "The Last Tsar" is an excellent book for racial descriptions as it dates back the history of Russia all the way back to the 'Time of Troubles ' that saw the conclusion to the Rurik Dynasty. There were even Russian Jews in Russia and Blacks who served under the Tzars.
@DWDocumentary you should also know Aaron Spelling Productions also brought it (Moldovo) into pop culture status with the infamous "Moldavian Massacre " that featured Princess Catherine Oxenberg.
Moldova hace history way before cacanada....please don't be so ignorant, like you are watchung some fascinating rare natural scene, like they are some retards and you a shit genius just spectating from a safe place .
In a country with 80% people speaking Moldavian (a form of Romanian) you only found Russian speaking civilians. Even the ones with Romanian names are speaking Russian. Cernei is a Romanian name. What do you fine people of DW think the Russian authorities will say about the civilians speaking Russian? That they are Russians that need to be saved. Russia forcefully russified Moldova by taking entire populations and sending them to Siberia. They then brought in Russians and FORCED THE RAMAINING POPULATION TO LEARN AND SPEAK RUSSIAN. And then they came in with tanks and stopped them from gaining independence thus forming that cancer that is Transnistria. And now you, a voice of the free world have the brilliant inspiration to interview Russian speaking Moldavians.
True. At Soroca they speack romanian and at Bălți they speack russian, almost everybody. It's a little strange situation, i hope they understand each others.
A nossa democracia estava em risco devido às intervenções de cunho militar...mais falharam no golpe..para a tomada de poder ..os fatos por se só mostraram a verdade e o atual presidente tá revertendo a situação a favor da plena democracia.
I think "glorie" would be better in the case of Moldova considering the Russians there and the anti-romanian tactics there and the other anti-latin/russification policy of the old times.
@@RKishmar there are some very old records portraying it as Moldavia, the same as my hair goes up when they still use Rumania yet never the Romanian Principalities :)
It breaks my heart to watch this documentary. There is so much wealth in the world. Why can't it be more equally distributed? If we don't support Moldova and Ukraine, eventually Russia will destabilize and control them, creating an even bigger problem. Moldova is another reason we need a Ukrainian victory. Victory in Ukraine will benefit Moldova and help its economy improve.
It really breaks my heart hearing comments like this, if you would listen to all the facts that caused this War and all other ongoing Wars around this World there is one common factor and it definitely is not Russia. Its obvious you know who is causing the Wars by your statement, "There is so much wealth in the World." and that is it, you hit the nail on the head, that country is not sharing the wealth with the rest of the World but rather taking all and in the process causing death, hatred and hardships. The next time a nations propaganda tells you Russia might use it's Nuclear Weapons remember, the Nation telling you this propaganda has a history of using Nuclear Weapons and especially, against innocent Civilians. The World can't have one Policeman nor will it work because when human nature gets a taste of power they want more. An old friend once told me, " If you experienced War, you would never want to see it again" there are no good sides in a War. Thankfully for now we still have our freedom of speech.
@@markusmaximus629that's not true... Greed is the problem, not capitalism in itself. In fact, it's the problem for every system. Corruption and greed. Combining it with effective democracy still doesn't undo the power of he top, but it works better than any other system we have seen. People have a voice and though they get ignored, the system tends to correct before it implodes.
This is eye opening events in Moldova. Note the countries that either chose or were forced into Russian influence never were able to improve their economies thus remaining poor to this day. Now, their situation is even more dire. Excellent reporting. SL
Haha. Look Latin America under USA. Same crap. It is the corrupt politicians. Russia has nothing to do with it. Oligarchs dominate in all of former USSR
Some of those people at the protests are completely delusional. The woman who said no civilians are killed and the guy who said there is no war except for on Facebook are complete nutters
Moldovan government n the president stay strong. May you triumph over any difficulties n hardship. The people need economic prosperity the most 🙏the world is with you 👏🏻
@@interpretologok tell it to the baltic people... And we can debate and you will lose. Moldova and its people can have the same free and good future as we, Estonians. And please do not start with the "oh but look how expensive your bread is now..." You pro-russians have to admit that everything that is of worth is from western countries which in turn means that western countries must be doing something right because no one fu*king wants its goods to be "made in Russia"..
If some Moldovans want to join with Russia, give them a one-way ticket to Russia; plenty of room there! 🤷♂️ The only reason it’s disputed territory is because Putin likes poking his nose in Europe and stationed 1500 occupying troops there
@@jevgenijs39 Time for them to return to their ancestral homeland of Mungolia! FAMINE, DARKNESS, EXTREME COLD AND DESPAIR is all you Ruznitskies need and should ever know on this world! it's all too good for you!
As a Maldovan i thick this video is not enouth to describe how much we are suffering from the aftermath of the war in Pridnistrova aka Transnistria and all 400.000 refugees from ukraine😢😢
kick them out then. 400.000 is an insane number. Do they also drive luxury cars and collect their welfare in these cars, as our "refugees" here in Austria? :D
I thought that we are having a tough time coexisting with hungarians in transilvania. But my god, Moldova have to coexist with russians and russian mentality. Love moldovian accent ❤
Romanians and Hungarians coexist just fine. It's the politicians who use dumb nationalistic rhetoric in order to ignite people at each other are to blame. In Moldova it's 10 times as bad.
As a Transylvanian born and raised I feel like I should explain to others that might see this, in Transylvania we still joke about the Hungarians taking our land. It's been going on for ages, we have a toxic relationship with them...a love/hate one 💀👌🏻💯😂😂😂
@johnnyblue4799 yes, I'm half romanian half hungarian. I love the hungarian part of my family and a lot of friends of mine are hungarian. The border is just an hour away from my hometown. But the hungarian politicians? I hate all of them 😂😂😂
@@ingrid_mxx We'll have to disagree then. As a 100% Romanian I'll never fully trust Hungarians (at least the separatists), Ukrainians and Russians. But I absolutely agree with Viktor Orban's politics, of protecting the Hungarian heritage and culture and showing the finger to Brussels when they deserve it.
I'm from Moldova, studied and working now in Romania , got the citizenship BACK , because my grand grandparents got their romanian citizenship stolen from russians when USSR occupied Basarabia (today Moldova) . It's really weird how DW went mainly to south and eastern side of Moldova villages and asked only russian speakers for interview, i was in many villages and cities in Moldova when i was living there and 99% were speaking romanian , only in some factory made cities (made in USSR) and 2 or 3 big cities like 20-30% of population speaks russian as first language but this video create a impression that most of the people are speaking russian ... Anyway, nice documentary, and next time show some positive sides of Moldova, there is no crisis poverty tho, people are not dying from hunger or some kind of that. You still can make good money in Moldova , well ,not less than Ukraine or even Russia . The situation in villages is harsh tho....
So true but for DW it’s very usual to portray every single thing about Romania or Romanians in a bad light. Look up all the videos they have about Romania, I haven’t seen anything positive. So I think there’s some kind of twisted interest here that I can’t comprehend.
@@al85vpretty sure the german have a word for "anti-eastern-europan sentiment" qnd by "eastern european" i mean people(with maybe the exception of the east germans,only maybe) that were living on the soviet side of the iron courtaine.
@@alexandrub8786actually we don't have a word for that in Germany.. only some older people may think badly and they are propably a minority in their generation too. As a whole we view the eastern part of germany way worse then the countries east of us :D (exept russia)
@@al85v It's just a thing that the media does when they clasify a country or group to be in a bad condition, they perpetuate that stereotype forever. I've heard many Africans complain about this. That's why the topic about corruption in Romania is *always* so exaggerated. (although, many Romanians are guilty of reinforcing this trope too)
This time the film about Moldova was better, you even interviewed some people that speak romanian, not only russian... progress for DW. But if I were from France or Germany, and would have seen this movie, and it will be the first thing to know about Moldova - the chance to visit it would be around 0 - 3%. It's not THAT worse as you show it here, somehow your films about Moldova are only showing this country as "the poorest of the all poorest countries", like we are all dying from hunger and thirst here..
Well, food is the thing that is not the problem, for the vast majority of people. Poverty manifests itself in debts, lack of amenities, etc. But the wealth disparity is very big among regular people. There's the capital, where income is high, rent is high (comparable to towns like Dessau), and business is booming. Then there's everything else - villages have very little infrastructure, almost no jobs, the youth are fleeing either to the capital, or outside of Moldova if they can get a job. Software engineers in Moldova get paid almost the same net amount as in Germany. Trained professionals (in crafts) also net 4 digits in Euros. However non-skilled employees like cashiers, clerks and others, have a very low income. It's true that as a tourist there isn't much to do there, unless you're into wine. There's places in Moldova unlike anywhere else in the world. It's gonna get better, since Russian authorities are gonna get F*cked, and there will be less foreign influence.
@@napillnik Yes, all of it, dues to the achievements of the "great Ruznitski people and their empire"... would of they let Moldova be part of Romania proper, this wouldn't be the case today... Moldova would of already been a part of the E.U. and N.A.T.O. and wild-savage-barbaric Mongolia like Ruznitski Siberian-Tundra bushwhackers, would of slowly starved to death in their "great-all wonderfully country"!!!
Yeah, the doc dramatized everything *so* much. 😅 The didn't show the pro-EU rally, which was much bigger in attendace than these anti-gov protests & the general feeling of optimism in Moldova, with most ppl trusting the current leadership and European path forward. Also, that the energy problem has been solved & things are moving forward.
Thankyou so much DW , love and respect to all Moldova . and to Maia Sandu , an absolute strong , determined and loyal lady . stay loyal and strong . all my love and respect from Northern Ireland .
De aproape 300 de ani, H.o.a.r.d.a Rusa f.u.r.ă pământuri și oameni străini. Totul este f.u.r.a.t la moscovia: teritoriu, naționalitate, limbă, cultură, tradiții etc.
@@retrocomputing Ever since 1812, the forced brutal russification practices and assassinations of the native "Moldovan"(Romanian) population and their replacement with native Russian speakers(immigrants), coming in with huge famine stuck down their throats, from the cold, dark, freezing North-East, is nothing more than living and historical evidence of the deep, enrooted satanic practices and character, of the so called wild-ugly-savage-barbaric Ruznitski ad-mixture!!!
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Translation: For nearly 300 years, the Russian horde has been stealing foreign lands and people. Everything is stolen in Moscovia: territory, nationality, language, culture, traditions etc.
The situation in Moldova between Romanians and Russians sounds exactly the same like in Dardania (Kosova) between Albanians and Serbs. On both of these countries hybrid war is being waged, which according to many political circles, is considered to be the initial stage of the actual war. I send my deepest greetings to the Romanians in Moldova and wish nothing but the best for your people and hopefully the entirety of Moldova unites with Romania soon as well as Dardania (Kosova) unites with Albania 🇦🇱🇽🇰🇲🇩🇷🇴
Because most of the ground work was mostly done by the Soviets to make even more of a mess to never create some semblance of a functional border hoping for never ending friction while the Muscovites loot the resources like in Africa. That was the second half of the 20th century. And people wonder why the first of the Z guys might seem as a better choice since they at least pretended to be civil even tough it was all a huge lie.
Because Russian is widely spoken in Moldova, and the journalists were Russian speakers not Romanian speakers. As simple as that? You wouldn’t blame ones speaking English instead of Greek who came to report about Cyprus.
I am quite sure that DW could send a DW journalist to speak in Romanian to the citizens of the Republic of Moldova. DW can choose a journalist from the German community in Transylvania (I assure DW that they know German, Romanian and English very well, possibly even Hungarian, French)... or they can hire a Romanian journalist settled in Germany who knows German...
I find it strange that DW interviews all those "moldovans" that speak russian, it is like going to Berlin and interviewing Syrian refugees about the state of Germany...
I think the reporter was a russian speaker, that's why the Moldovans who knew russian spoke to him in russian. In Moldova russian is a International language from Soviet Era.
@@theemperor-wh40k18 Youre not quite there yet, first deport all those pesky germans from berlin and scatter them all over the british empire. Declare that berlin is a british enclave and annex it to GB, then you would be almost where "transnistria" is. Also tell them that the german language is no longer acceptable in berlin if some of them manage to return.
Looks like a lot of instability. Tough economic conditions are not helping matters. Hopefully, the country figures it out without losing its freedom and sovereignty.
President Maia Sandu is a remarkable and tough women who deserves more respect and support. I also got a chuckle when I read the name of the TV show, Buna Seara. Far from anything Ruzzian. The poverty in some parts of Europe is mind boggling. It seams they are froze in a post-WWII Russkie Mir environment. The EU needs to invest more in those areas instead sending Euros to China or elsewhere in the world for nothing in return. Poverty does feed nationalism, radicalism and falls right into RuZZian propaganda purposes. Unfortunately, Moldova and the areas around the Danube delta used to be always used as bargaining chips between the Western, Central, Ottoman and Ruzzian imperialists. The Soviet playbook of overthrowing independent former Socialist Soviet Republics is the same, be it playing out in Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, Chechnya, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzogovina or elsewhere.
Good perspective. I'm just a bit surprised by ... your surprise "I also got a chuckle when I read the name of the TV show, Buna Seara. Far from anything Ruzzian." -- In Moldova, about 70% are Romanian by mothertongue. Russian is just a regional language, historically imposed and consequently many/most people know it too (most people watch movies in Russian there).
@mitchyoung93 strange that Russia doesn't respect Ukraine; like we here in the Netherlands respect Belgium and Germany respects the Netherlands. And like France respects Belgium even though the south of Belgium are mostly French speaking. We dont care about the history of our borders and just respect all borders where they are. Invading, killing people for gain is something that happened back in the 19th century.
The thing is russian speaking people from Moldova will never acuse or recognize loud and clear putin is guilty. At max they will show mildly ”worry” about situation. Not only Moldova everywhere in europe they drag Russia with them. If you confront them on the subject they pull rusophobe and victim card.
Putin did nothing wrong, it is the same thing that the West has been doing (Kosovo, Libya etc). It is simply the West being mad that someone dares to do what they have been doing. It is hilarious.
There are hundreds of thousands of Russian speakers in 'Moldova', which itself is pretty much a made up country (by the Soviets). The conflicts in the country go back to the late 1980s, when even before the breakup of the Soviet Union and ultra-nationalist 'Moldovan' "Socialist" government instituted a 'Moldovan only' policy as far as the state goes, despite at least 1/3 of their population not being 'Moldovan' speakers.
@@mitchyoung93 There's no "Moldovan" language. It's called Romanian. And if there are so many non Romanian speakers is because of the population displacement during the soviet era. Even so, the majority of the people speak Romanian. It is indeed a made up country. It's territory stolen from Romania.
@@mitchyoung93 Quoting: "despite at least 1/3 of their population not being 'Moldovan' speakers" That was prior to 1991! That's not the case in 2023 anymore! It's a max of 12% of the population which is mixed ethnically Ukrainian-Russian-Bulgarian-Gagauz-Jewish... all Russian speakers! This percentage will dwindle even more until 2030, when Moldova is normally set to become an E.U. member...
@@patrickmunneke8348 all UN members recognise Transnistria as Moldovan territory. That means the 1500 Russian troops are there occupying Moldovan territory. Try again
Moldovan here, I am surprised how people in the west don’t understand one thing: there is just one Russia, how can it attack Moldova if they can’t take any city of Ukraine anymore ? We don’t have border with Russia, attack from Transnistria would be a catastrophe for them, so how can they reach Moldova without passing through Ukraine…thanks for Ukraine reaching Moldova is impossible, overthrowing the current government - maybe. But military attack is impossible.
The Westerners don't understand this, as they aren't supposed to understand it. All they need to do is to believe the propaganda they've been fed by their media and buy into "Russia bad" narrative.
@@doncorleone1553 Moldova, Moldavia, Молдавия, Moldavie - all these are the same name for the same thing, in different languages, under different influences.
@@doncorleone1553este același voievodat. Moldova în română e una și aceeași, cea împărțită în două Moldove. Una la noi și alta independentă, dar nu prea.
As someone from the west seeing a politician not only visit one of its poorer areas but also debating with them on actual issues is very refreshing even if nothing was really accomplished by it.
@@uroboros4260 i'll go with the western hypocrites any day, than to hear how great is Russia. Strip anything western from Russia and all you'll have is a medieval state.
Moldova would be like Philippines..the tensions between Taiwan and china and the disputed territories over south china sea could be the biggest threat that leads to a confrontation..
As a Moldovan I can add a few things, just to be clear for the international public, the so called Moldovan language is a made up story by the Soviet propaganda, there's no difference between "Moldovan" and romanian language. Another thing that's weird, the whole documentary is presented in a way much dramatic and sad than the general spirit in the country, yes it's hard times, but we are optimistic, and changes are finally happening towards our goal, which is being part of the Europeans civilized world.
If Moldavian’s speak rom@nian, why are they not in Romania? Need a history lesson here that’s not soviet.
@@Ukie88why aren’t Belgians in France? Stop asking these stupid questions!!
It shows what a BS this documentary is. They could not find Moldavians who speak the national language of Moldova - Romanian! They only found Russian-speaking Moldavians!
question: why do R.Moldova citizens speak to the journalists in Russian and not in Romanian? ;)
@@teodora7219 I thought the same, it showed a distorted image of Moldova, in reality there's very few russian speakers, majority of the young generation don't even understand russian anymore.
I've had coworkers from Moldova in the past. They were really well-spoken people, and very kind. I hope their homes are safe. 😢
And crooks 🤣
I'm listening to the pro-Russian Moldovans and reminded of Republicans in America. Humans are susceptible to propaganda.
@hiss9989 : Moldova and Ukraine will be warmly welcomed back into Europe , as members of the EU as soon as Russia is driven out of Ukraine , and Ukraine's 1991 borders are restored . Ukraine will inevitably become a member of NATO , whereupon the whole region will be safe again . SLAVA UKRAINI🇺🇦🇺🇸.
*RUSSIA IS THE ONLY TRUSTFUL COUNTRY OF EUROPE, OTHERS ARE JUST B1TCHES OF WASHINGTON, THEY LOST INDEPENDENCE AND DIGNITY LONG TIME AGO*
Yes, therefore the whole country is very well spoken and, I am sure, every other citizen holds a PhD.
By way of an update, protests have stopped for a few months now, and the political party run by Ilan Shor has been outlawed. This doesn’t mean pro-Russian forces won’t continue to try to destabilize the country, but at the moment it feels eerily silent and everyone seems to mind their own business. I just returned from Moldova in mid-August. It’s still a beautiful place and I wish the future would bring peace and prosperity to this region.
People want to express their point of view.
Love and Respect for Peoples of Moldova from Bangladesh for their kindness to the Ukranian Refugees despite their poor economy . Hard time will leave soon and will bring enormous joy in your life for your kind and brave heart.
🇧🇩 🤝 🇺🇦 ❤
Bless you and love from Spain.
As a Taiwanese, every scene of polarization and the narrative from Anti-Sandu movement in Moldova are deja vu.
It sucks when authoritarian dictatorships have an eye on your home.
你就别装比了……台湾和大陆，与俄罗斯和北约，能是一回事？牵强附会，生拉硬扯，一向是岛产绿毛的惯用技俩……😅😅😅😅
China is more capable for true terror on another level than Russia is..
We are lucky Xi & the party care more about Chineese "glory" than being friends with Putin..
History in itself is a deja vue thing. It seems that Taiwanese didn't learn their history lesson yet
it is good to know that nations are struggling all around the globe for the same reasons despite the propaganda calling for people to lie down and do nothing so they worsen every passing day.
15:53 Love her! We need more people like her that speak up and use their voice!!
The russians calling the moldovans of alcoholics is the biggest irony I've ever heard.
True that... they're very similar in the drinking behavior. Drinking vodka from coffee mugs.
Every Russian accusation is a confession.
you must understand that this is a made-up story to add drama to the report
🙄 🤦🏻♀️ Никогда русские так не считали, что за бред?
Я тоже не знаю кто им такое придумал)))
Warm wishes from România! Moldovans are Europeans 👋🇪🇺 Keep up the fight for freedom!
Так они и так европейцы, они же в Европе живут. Вы дурак?
Moldovans are Romanians.
Moldavians *
And they are Romanians too.
Try to go there and kishinev airport police start to usurp your money
Stay strong Moldova! Greetings from 🇵🇱
😂😂😂this guy Moldova sadly doesnt have much choice,if they try to join NATO and go fully against Russia they will finish like Ukraine, only Moldova has only 2,5 mil people i think so USA and EU really need to stop encouraging this poor countries going against Russia
You also Poland! XXX from 🇳🇱
They speak in Russian their )
@@serbianwarrior385 Transnistria military installation was basically just so that Russia can prove that they still project power far from their borders. Then came the more well known base in Syria when Russia felt on high horses, followed by the mess in Africa. It's up to every liberty loving sap to say enough is enough.
@@serbianwarrior385 you re big time mistaken. These countries want to join nato bcause of russia's threats. Remember how they invaded and annexxed part of Georgia... Do you really think Georgia wants to join Russia after all their aggression? Russia is all about oppression
Multă iubire din Romania către R. Moldova!!! ❤❤❤
Aici oamenii de rând se gândesc la voi și speră sa ne fie mai bine tuturor!
Am trecut prin momente și mai grele decat cele de azi (1812, 1848, 1917, 1940)
на сколько нам известно, то румыны всегда приходили уничтожать молдован, потому что она всегда была с Россией !
Этож сколько тебе лет, что аж 1812 помнишь?
@@TheEvgen1981 the humans invented some things called books, trolsky 😁
1940? when you invaded Odessa?
@@TheEvgen1981 Ew. Communist language.
We have to take care of our sister, Moldova. We also have to fully support Ukraine.
u go first. start with it. go
Fully agree 100% Ovidiu. 👍
We? Wake up then go to the frontlines 😏
@@babyboo7741 I agree; people without upper education should be drafted. :)
Go Ovidiu.. go !! There’s mobilization in Ukraine right now go sign up
It is so similar to the conflict here, in the Caucasus, in Azerbaijan. I was a little kid in the 90s. And everywhere was full of traumatized refugees from Karabakh. And they told horror stories from the war that I could not come to my senses for days as a child.
All this because of the ambitions of Imperial Russia ...
@@constanzza777 oops, wrong here! Russia supports Armenia (and the citizen of the Karabakh) in that conflict. While USA via Israel supply Azerbaijan with guns.
@@nataliasalmanova6020 Without Russia and the ottoman empire, there would be no conflict. It stems from there, its roots even before the Tzars. I'd say they are connected.
@@casper8464 Without Russia Armenians and Azeris would have killed each other tenthousand times. Only the Soviet Union could guarantee peace in the Caucasus.
Actually it was Stalin, a Georgian, who gave away ancestral Armenian land in Karabakh to surly Azeri goat-molesters.
Armenians had lived their for a thousand years before the invention of Islam, and long before the arrival of the Turks.
It was the age of nationalism, not empire that heralded the genocides of the Armenians by the Young Turks, and now by the corrupt Azeri plutocrats.
@@casper8464
As a romanian,i hope our brothers,with our help,will manage to take the european path. It will be a hard battlr between generations,but Moldova's place was always beside Romania and Europe! Fiti tari fratilor!
Good 8 person sis sorry s6 😅
All Moldova has to do is stay neutral there will be no war Putin is not interested in war. Romania Moldova Will be incorporated into Russia if you don't stay neutral look at Ukraine they most of Europe behind it the US the Canadians the Australians against one country Russia and they haven't even put a dent into Russia's military stay neutral stay safe.
@@mrlover4310 You are clearly delusional if you think Romania will ever be in Ukraine`s situation lol. Romania is a NATO country. If Romania falls in the hands of russians , the NATO is finished. Try to think before you write, it would be good for you. Than again, you are probably talking about countries, which you don`t even know were they are located on the world map.
@@mrlover4310😅
Why don't finish this war by reassuring Russia and stop unnecessary expansion of NATO. US is enjoying and Europeans are being killed just to comfort their US master's.
The resilience of the people of Moldova in the face of uncertainty and external threats is truly inspiring. This documentary offers a poignant glimpse into their lives and the challenges they confront. Thank you for shedding light on their struggles and their unwavering spirit.
The resilience of the Syrian and Afghan people against American-backed foreign funded puppet state satellite governments is far more revolutionary and inspiring. Taking up arms to defend their lands against the US physically, as well as the cultural imperialism they socially promote on their native customs.
As an American from North Dakota, I find that far more fascinating.
The president speaks at least three languages: romanian, russian and english. That's impressive.
I don't want to take it from Moldova's good president. But it's rather common in Moldova, as most people know Ro and Ru, and besides that they learn a 3rd foreign language in school: English or French.
And she denied Moldovian language.
@@gfan83that is not a thing
@@burnercolt6647 ?? Sandu is a citizen of Romania and her policy is to put Moldova under control of Romania aslso USA is trying to drag Moldova in war with Russia. And Sandu is preparing Moldova for that. While that war not in interests neither of Russia nor Moldova.
The president who has her own president (in Romania) How funny is that?
Sending blessings to those kind people. Hope the world will be peaceful soon.
I appreciate that DW does the occasional interview or documentary on Moldova but every time they speak with regular people(not politicians), they somehow manage to disproportionately interview Russians, even in areas where the Ukrainian minorities are bigger in numbers than Russians, what to say about the rest of the population which are Romanians… Disproportionately concentrating on the Russian minority in Moldova…
For real, that's what I've observed as well. I hope they'll talk more to people that actually do speak Romanian next time they make something related to Moldova
How do you know they are Russians? Do you determine people’s nationality by the language they speak?!
@@erynn9968 Because after living there for more than 20 years, I can differentiate a Russian from the accent and pronunciation/accentuation of words. If you've lived there even for 1 week, you would know, it's Very obvious. Even the appearance of Ukrainians, Romanians and Russians is different, you can instantly tell after a few years.
@@aliancemd......What's wrong with interviewing Russians? Are they not allowed to exist?
@aliancemd Ukrainians and Russians are ethnically the same so how do you tell?🤣😂
Dear Moldovans, brothers, please protect your independence, your languge, your culture.
Say russians that destroy all of it😂😂
By drinking Coca-Cola and opening more KFC and McDonalds.
breaks my heart to see Moldavians suffer , if we could we would have helped Moldova more, but sadly the country is between Russia and Europe stuck for who knows how long :( thank you DW for bringing some information out about the dire situation of Moldova. my thoughts of support and respect from Romania to Moldavians and Maia Sandu
Why don’t they join nato?
maia sandu is a puppet, just like zelly
@@sebastianconstantin5176 toxic ruzz bot
@@sebastianconstantin5176it's not that simple for countries that border Russia and have important economic ties to it
what NATO gonna help the economy? NATO is military alliance, dont make their life better @@andrewcolleen1698
Another excellent documentary from DW and informative as always. Europe needs to take very special care of Moldova and its people - their humanity toward those fleeing Putins war in Ukraine is boundless.
Take care Ukraine people first. What's the reality now?
А вы думаете им нужна ваша демократия, смужиками -бабами
During ww2:
- Croats forced Jewish and Serbian children to eat bread mixed with glass, in Croatian children concentration camps......
You mean another great propaganda? 🤡
@@davidvelasquez1489 нет я в отличии от тебя зомби, умею думать головой. Иди защищать Украину. Посмотрю как ты зимой захочешь кормить нищую Молдавию
I visited in April and fell in love with the country and people. I think of this lovely place often and hope and pray that they sort themselves out. I am anxious to go back as soon as possible.
You’re always open in Romania and Moldova . We are all one free people
I wish Moldova and it’s residents nothing But peace and prosperity. God forbid you guys experience What we did…
sincearly Bosnian citizen 🇧🇦❤️🇲🇩
You should have support the people of donbass
Their situation is same as bosnia as well, they wanted to be Independent and leave Ukraine who are killing their people for 8 years prior to Russians helping them bombed Ukraine because Ukraine won't respect the Minsk Accord and does not want peace and hand them their independence
Your Nato bombed Serbia for the same reason as well
@@digitalronin7787Sergej can’t support the donbass, as that would put Bosnian territorial integrity in question, hell.. 75 of the land area has Serbs and Croats on it in Bosnia.. that is a huge chunk ready to join Serbia and Croatia respectively :)
@@digitalronin7787you want me to have simpathy with Russians and Serbians
While they are the nations that started all their wars…
Belgrade should have been turn into dust by NATO for all the crimes against humanity Serbia did
@@tonkasergej65које Српске злочине битанго? Највећи злочин геноцида у југоисточној Европи доживео је мој народ од хрватских кољача који су себе звали усташама све у име велике хрватске за време 2 светског рата. Преко 400 година бошњачких и албанских злочина над Српским народом. Нема Српске Цркве коју нису уништили и спалили заједно са турским окупаторима. Зато битанго води рачуна шта пишеш. Ја ти жив преко овога прешао не бих.
@@tonkasergej65 war in Ukraine started even before Russians decided to attack Ukraine!
Ever heard of war in donbas?
Pro Maidan Ukrainians and Anti Maidan Ukrainians from donbass are fighting for 8 years prior to russians helping Donbass!
Love from pakistan🇵🇰!! To Moldova.. I like Moldovan people ❤❤❤❤ May the peace prevails!!!!
Thank you for the fine documentary. Traiasca Moldova in Pace.
I Love Moldova. This is where I am from.
Thats why you are in UK? Im Polish and I never left my country in a moment of trouble and poverty. Go back to Moldova and make it big!!!
A strong message from Romania: dear Moldovan brothers, do not end the fight for democracy. We’re with you in everything. Blood is thicker than water, and one day, sooner or later, if the people of Moldova decide so, we in Romania will be delighted to be reunited with you forever! 🇲🇩🤍🇷🇴🇪🇺
Their democracy looks like the Romanian one... a heap of corruption.
No
Yes don’t end make more widows and orphans cause that’s the only way
Yea like at the end of WWII, so brave.
When l hear "fight for democracy" we immediateIy know what it's about. It's ironic at this point
My wife is Moldovan, I’m American. We travel back and forth quite often, I consider Moldova my 2nd home and family. First, it is a beautiful country filled with hard-working people, and they may not have much money but they love to dance and share their delicious food at get together’s. We noticed, at the beginning of the war, The country seemed pretty divided, I would say now most of the countries is definitely pro European Union. There is fear of repercussions from the extreme Russian types who are definitely in the country but when you speak to people at restaurants and in general conversation, the reality is, the DW should have shown that huge pro European walked in Chisinau… that was pro European and had over 100,000 people show up their opposition only had a few hundred that show up from Russia and they are paid… We came across many people who had had been paid them selves and simply said I’m still European, but they paid me money so I went out there, and I took their money. It’s a bit crazy. It’s a wonderful place and I hope I can be a part of helping a beautiful, free and wonderful prosperous Moldova! Moldova matters!
such a lie
Dude this nato is funding too much money into eastern europe
Exactly, the doc didn't show any of the upsides & wanted to paint a pretty grim picture. It's what media (in general) often does, unfortunately. I've heard Africans complain about this too.
I hope so too, greetings from Romania! ❤
met a truck driver from maldova here in chicago . nice guy . i thought he was polish when i asked if he was he said no maldova in a sad gloomy depressed way . why so sad i wondered . that guy backed a 53 foot semi into the loading dock pitch dark out . very impressive . we got maldovas beat truck drivers over here . all i can say is putin gets stupid on maldovian sovernty , 101st airborne is in romania to smoke check russian troops . we got your back !
Dude, we (I'm an American vet) couldn't even beat guys in sandals. By my count over 30 Americans have already learned the hard way what it is to come up against the Russian army. Do not believe the hype.
@@mitchyoung93 please... The myth of the strong Russian army is a fucking joke. They can't deal with a conflict at their borders, the US held successful military operations across the Ocean. Or you're forgetting that the Soviets lost most operations in Afghanistan and other regions?
Their strategy is to just throw bodies till they achieve something. Same strategy as in the Soviet Union, in WW2, the Soviet Union having the most casualties by far.
@@mitchyoung93Thanks for sharing the truth.
@@mitchyoung93 They'll be backed by Romanian forces Mitchy, you forget...
@@mitchyoung93you did beat them face to face. US military is quite good.
But your politicians and bureaucrats are s*hit. Just like everywhere else.
At 34:18, you can see Maia Sandu talking to the public (a rural area apparently) about how bad is going to be. In Romania you will never see this because those political muppets don`t give a a shit about it. You see them on tv talking shit about how good Romania has it or about new and bigger taxes. Maia Sandu did for Moldova more than the last 2 presidents did something good for Romania.
Extremely Interesting Film from Moldova......a melting pot of more potential problems to come. Well done DW for making this documentary and highlighting the current tensions for the people living there. 😉
Read my comment please ...
Moldova needs urgently aid from the free world, before being too late. Things like in Niger it can happen in any second, and it's no joke.
Moldova received a lot of aid and support since the war began & will continue to do so. *God forbid* something happens to the current govt, which is the best the country has had since independence. ❤
Best to stand with a government leader who has never poisoned an opponent.
Prove it. Stop with the spurious accusations
@@patrickmunneke8348 Prove it to yourself, I'm not going to do your homework.
@teaburg Like I said spurious accusations🤣😂
@@patrickmunneke8348 Go back to Mungolia! Mungolia is best for you!
@@patrickmunneke8348 prove what Ivan?
Maia Sandu is truly a formidable leader, a beacon of hope, and a blessing to her nation.
Are you kidding me, she is a puppet of US/EU
Lei la iena Americana
Any leader that proclaims Crimea belongs to Ukraine needs a reality check.
She will make her country great... part of Romania xdd
🤣🤣🤣
From a Canadian viewer/It's very fascinating how life is here. Excellent production detailing a 'crisis identity ' as Moldavia strives to forge its own roots in identifying where it all began.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
My disappointment is that with only one minute history at the end of World War II, this documentary would have had a lot more meaning while introducing theviewer into the intricate ethnicity of the former USSR republics. I’m a bit disappointed now.
@buniculflorin0 it's a world wide web of information out there so it it isn't exactly too difficult to trace back the history. As for books, Edvard Radzinzksky's book "The Last Tsar" is an excellent book for racial descriptions as it dates back the history of Russia all the way back to the 'Time of Troubles ' that saw the conclusion to the Rurik Dynasty. There were even Russian Jews in Russia and Blacks who served under the Tzars.
@DWDocumentary you should also know Aaron Spelling Productions also brought it (Moldovo) into pop culture status with the infamous "Moldavian Massacre " that featured Princess Catherine Oxenberg.
Moldova hace history way before cacanada....please don't be so ignorant, like you are watchung some fascinating rare natural scene, like they are some retards and you a shit genius just spectating from a safe place .
In a country with 80% people speaking Moldavian (a form of Romanian) you only found Russian speaking civilians. Even the ones with Romanian names are speaking Russian. Cernei is a Romanian name. What do you fine people of DW think the Russian authorities will say about the civilians speaking Russian? That they are Russians that need to be saved. Russia forcefully russified Moldova by taking entire populations and sending them to Siberia. They then brought in Russians and FORCED THE RAMAINING POPULATION TO LEARN AND SPEAK RUSSIAN. And then they came in with tanks and stopped them from gaining independence thus forming that cancer that is Transnistria. And now you, a voice of the free world have the brilliant inspiration to interview Russian speaking Moldavians.
There's no "moldovian" language. It's romanian
TRANSNISTRIA SITS ON THE OLD RUSSIAN-ROMANIAN BORDERS
THE LAND IN TRANSNISTRIA HAS NO HISTORIAL TIES TO ROMANIAN OR MOLDOVAN HISTORY
@@EurovisionESC Exactly.
DW is NOT the voice of the free world. There's no free world.
True. At Soroca they speack romanian and at Bălți they speack russian, almost everybody. It's a little strange situation, i hope they understand each others.
A Moldava lembra muito bem o nosso Brazil nos finais dos anos cinquenta e início dos anos sessenta.Slava Moldava!!!
I feel bad for what’s going on in Brazil right now
@@rmf9567To opowiedz o tym, co złego dzieje się w Brazylii? Polska propaganda milczy o Brazylii?
Sim..verdade porém o nosso sistema jurídico tá reagindo@@rmf9567
A nossa democracia estava em risco devido às intervenções de cunho militar...mais falharam no golpe..para a tomada de poder ..os fatos por se só mostraram a verdade e o atual presidente tá revertendo a situação a favor da plena democracia.
I think "glorie" would be better in the case of Moldova considering the Russians there and the anti-romanian tactics there and the other anti-latin/russification policy of the old times.
Mistrust and agitation…that’s what I felt when visiting Moldavia this year 😢
Why did you felt agitation?
Your spelling is wrong
it's Moldova
@@RKishmar there are some very old records portraying it as Moldavia, the same as my hair goes up when they still use Rumania yet never the Romanian Principalities :)
It breaks my heart to watch this documentary. There is so much wealth in the world. Why can't it be more equally distributed? If we don't support Moldova and Ukraine, eventually Russia will destabilize and control them, creating an even bigger problem. Moldova is another reason we need a Ukrainian victory. Victory in Ukraine will benefit Moldova and help its economy improve.
Capitalism has NO PROVISION for wealth distribution, in fact, quit the opposite. Amass all the wealth in a few owners. So forget it.
It really breaks my heart hearing comments like this, if you would listen to all the facts that caused this War and all other ongoing Wars around this World there is one common factor and it definitely is not Russia. Its obvious you know who is causing the Wars by your statement, "There is so much wealth in the World." and that is it, you hit the nail on the head, that country is not sharing the wealth with the rest of the World but rather taking all and in the process causing death, hatred and hardships.
The next time a nations propaganda tells you Russia might use it's Nuclear Weapons remember, the Nation telling you this propaganda has a history of using Nuclear Weapons and especially, against innocent Civilians.
The World can't have one Policeman nor will it work because when human nature gets a taste of power they want more.
An old friend once told me, " If you experienced War, you would never want to see it again" there are no good sides in a War.
Thankfully for now we still have our freedom of speech.
@decaesaris5093 Communism is a great ideal, it's greed of man that stops it working.
That's not happening, Ukraine doesn't have what it takes to fight Russia, plus their situation is not the same because Russia will not invade Moldova
@@markusmaximus629that's not true... Greed is the problem, not capitalism in itself. In fact, it's the problem for every system. Corruption and greed. Combining it with effective democracy still doesn't undo the power of he top, but it works better than any other system we have seen. People have a voice and though they get ignored, the system tends to correct before it implodes.
This is eye opening events in Moldova. Note the countries that either chose or were forced into Russian influence never were able to improve their economies thus remaining poor to this day. Now, their situation is even more dire. Excellent reporting. SL
Have any country that the US forced into it's influence improve their economy or anything? I don't see any. They're all the same 😢
@@afonsopedro7636They are still not under the influence of the free nations! Look Lituania 🤷🏻♀️
Haha. Look Latin America under USA. Same crap. It is the corrupt politicians. Russia has nothing to do with it. Oligarchs dominate in all of former USSR
@@miaujsc1904 Look Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Afghanistan, Iran, etc.
@@afonsopedro7636 Germany, Japan, Vietnam, Singapore
DW has made a lot of high quality programs. Keep going!
Some of those people at the protests are completely delusional. The woman who said no civilians are killed and the guy who said there is no war except for on Facebook are complete nutters
Stay strong Moldova! Greetings from . Stay strong Moldova! Greetings from .
I was recently there. It’s a great country. 🇲🇩 🇺🇸 ❤
It is a small country TBH
The people featured in this report, who live there full-time, beg to differ.
god i hate bots
@@itsMe_TheHerpeswant to buy some bitcoin brah ????
@@laika3916all my friends there wouldn’t leave if you forced them. They love it. Working for technology companies.
Moldovan government n the president stay strong. May you triumph over any difficulties n hardship. The people need economic prosperity the most 🙏the world is with you 👏🏻
SO IF IT WAS PRO-EU PROTESTERS OVERTHROWING THE PRESIDENT IT'S PERFECTLY OK RIGHT?
Вы настолько не понимаете реалий, что аж жалко вас с вашими пожеланиями 😏
@@interpretologok tell it to the baltic people... And we can debate and you will lose. Moldova and its people can have the same free and good future as we, Estonians. And please do not start with the "oh but look how expensive your bread is now..." You pro-russians have to admit that everything that is of worth is from western countries which in turn means that western countries must be doing something right because no one fu*king wants its goods to be "made in Russia"..
We give Maia Sandu for free. Tell me where you from so we can post her to you
Your country needs her more than we do 🙏
Thank you, Moldovans!!!. 💙💛👍❤️❤️
If some Moldovans want to join with Russia, give them a one-way ticket to Russia; plenty of room there! 🤷♂️
The only reason it’s disputed territory is because Putin likes poking his nose in Europe and stationed 1500 occupying troops there
Troops in Moldova was way before a Putin
@@jevgenijs39 Time for them to return to their ancestral homeland of Mungolia! FAMINE, DARKNESS, EXTREME COLD AND DESPAIR is all you Ruznitskies need and should ever know on this world! it's all too good for you!
Stay strong moldova God bless you
Well done documentary! So much information that’s fact.
It’s so nice to have such a good people in the world. Thank you so much. How are you doing? God bless you.
As a Maldovan i thick this video is not enouth to describe how much we are suffering from the aftermath of the war in Pridnistrova aka Transnistria and all 400.000 refugees from ukraine😢😢
As you MOLDAVIAN...YOU ARE BOSCHETAR SI JEGURI SOVIETICE
kick them out then. 400.000 is an insane number. Do they also drive luxury cars and collect their welfare in these cars, as our "refugees" here in Austria? :D
You shouldn't have attacked Pridnestrovye in the first place.
It's so sad that people in europe live in such conditions to this day 😢
I thought that we are having a tough time coexisting with hungarians in transilvania. But my god, Moldova have to coexist with russians and russian mentality. Love moldovian accent ❤
Romanians and Hungarians coexist just fine. It's the politicians who use dumb nationalistic rhetoric in order to ignite people at each other are to blame. In Moldova it's 10 times as bad.
As a Transylvanian born and raised I feel like I should explain to others that might see this, in Transylvania we still joke about the Hungarians taking our land. It's been going on for ages, we have a toxic relationship with them...a love/hate one 💀👌🏻💯😂😂😂
@@ingrid_mxx Love?
@johnnyblue4799 yes, I'm half romanian half hungarian. I love the hungarian part of my family and a lot of friends of mine are hungarian. The border is just an hour away from my hometown. But the hungarian politicians? I hate all of them 😂😂😂
@@ingrid_mxx We'll have to disagree then. As a 100% Romanian I'll never fully trust Hungarians (at least the separatists), Ukrainians and Russians. But I absolutely agree with Viktor Orban's politics, of protecting the Hungarian heritage and culture and showing the finger to Brussels when they deserve it.
Thanks DW for producing such amazing journalism
Great report. Very informative.
I'm from Moldova, studied and working now in Romania , got the citizenship BACK , because my grand grandparents got their romanian citizenship stolen from russians when USSR occupied Basarabia (today Moldova) .
It's really weird how DW went mainly to south and eastern side of Moldova villages and asked only russian speakers for interview, i was in many villages and cities in Moldova when i was living there and 99% were speaking romanian , only in some factory made cities (made in USSR) and 2 or 3 big cities like 20-30% of population speaks russian as first language but this video create a impression that most of the people are speaking russian ...
Anyway, nice documentary, and next time show some positive sides of Moldova, there is no crisis poverty tho, people are not dying from hunger or some kind of that. You still can make good money in Moldova , well ,not less than Ukraine or even Russia . The situation in villages is harsh tho....
So true but for DW it’s very usual to portray every single thing about Romania or Romanians in a bad light. Look up all the videos they have about Romania, I haven’t seen anything positive. So I think there’s some kind of twisted interest here that I can’t comprehend.
@@al85vpretty sure the german have a word for "anti-eastern-europan sentiment" qnd by "eastern european" i mean people(with maybe the exception of the east germans,only maybe) that were living on the soviet side of the iron courtaine.
@@alexandrub8786actually we don't have a word for that in Germany.. only some older people may think badly and they are propably a minority in their generation too.
As a whole we view the eastern part of germany way worse then the countries east of us :D
(exept russia)
I agree 🇷🇴🇲🇩
@@al85v It's just a thing that the media does when they clasify a country or group to be in a bad condition, they perpetuate that stereotype forever. I've heard many Africans complain about this.
That's why the topic about corruption in Romania is *always* so exaggerated. (although, many Romanians are guilty of reinforcing this trope too)
This time the film about Moldova was better, you even interviewed some people that speak romanian, not only russian... progress for DW.
But if I were from France or Germany, and would have seen this movie, and it will be the first thing to know about Moldova - the chance to visit it would be around 0 - 3%.
It's not THAT worse as you show it here, somehow your films about Moldova are only showing this country as "the poorest of the all poorest countries", like we are all dying from hunger and thirst here..
Well, food is the thing that is not the problem, for the vast majority of people. Poverty manifests itself in debts, lack of amenities, etc. But the wealth disparity is very big among regular people. There's the capital, where income is high, rent is high (comparable to towns like Dessau), and business is booming. Then there's everything else - villages have very little infrastructure, almost no jobs, the youth are fleeing either to the capital, or outside of Moldova if they can get a job. Software engineers in Moldova get paid almost the same net amount as in Germany. Trained professionals (in crafts) also net 4 digits in Euros. However non-skilled employees like cashiers, clerks and others, have a very low income.
It's true that as a tourist there isn't much to do there, unless you're into wine. There's places in Moldova unlike anywhere else in the world.
It's gonna get better, since Russian authorities are gonna get F*cked, and there will be less foreign influence.
@@napillnik Yes, all of it, dues to the achievements of the "great Ruznitski people and their empire"... would of they let Moldova be part of Romania proper, this wouldn't be the case today... Moldova would of already been a part of the E.U. and N.A.T.O. and wild-savage-barbaric Mongolia like Ruznitski Siberian-Tundra bushwhackers, would of slowly starved to death in their "great-all wonderfully country"!!!
Right
😂👍👍
Yeah, the doc dramatized everything *so* much. 😅 The didn't show the pro-EU rally, which was much bigger in attendace than these anti-gov protests & the general feeling of optimism in Moldova, with most ppl trusting the current leadership and European path forward.
Also, that the energy problem has been solved & things are moving forward.
Thankyou so much DW , love and respect to all Moldova . and to Maia Sandu , an absolute strong , determined and loyal lady . stay loyal and strong . all my love and respect from Northern Ireland .
De aproape 300 de ani, H.o.a.r.d.a Rusa f.u.r.ă pământuri și oameni străini. Totul este f.u.r.a.t la moscovia: teritoriu, naționalitate, limbă, cultură, tradiții etc.
Where did we steal the language from?
@@retrocomputing Ever since 1812, the forced brutal russification practices and assassinations of the native "Moldovan"(Romanian) population and their replacement with native Russian speakers(immigrants), coming in with huge famine stuck down their throats, from the cold, dark, freezing North-East, is nothing more than living and historical evidence of the deep, enrooted satanic practices and character, of the so called wild-ugly-savage-barbaric Ruznitski ad-mixture!!!
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@@retrocomputing From Kiev.
Translation: For nearly 300 years, the Russian horde has been stealing foreign lands and people. Everything is stolen in Moscovia: territory, nationality, language, culture, traditions etc.
24:37 - Not really. The area is rather tiny, about 4000km2, with half a million people.
The situation in Moldova between Romanians and Russians sounds exactly the same like in Dardania (Kosova) between Albanians and Serbs. On both of these countries hybrid war is being waged, which according to many political circles, is considered to be the initial stage of the actual war.
I send my deepest greetings to the Romanians in Moldova and wish nothing but the best for your people and hopefully the entirety of Moldova unites with Romania soon as well as Dardania (Kosova) unites with Albania 🇦🇱🇽🇰🇲🇩🇷🇴
We Moldovans also send warm greetings to Serbs in Kosovo and hope for a quick reunification with our Christian brothers in Serbia ❤
@@ov7419😂😂😂😂😂 very funny yes yes tomorrow before midday
Don't tell lies! We are Moldovans not Romanians!
I smell Russian propaganda about Romanians in Moldova@@iuliafitchevici
Because most of the ground work was mostly done by the Soviets to make even more of a mess to never create some semblance of a functional border hoping for never ending friction while the Muscovites loot the resources like in Africa. That was the second half of the 20th century. And people wonder why the first of the Z guys might seem as a better choice since they at least pretended to be civil even tough it was all a huge lie.
DW, why do you speak Russian to the people you take interviews from in Moldova?
Because Russian is widely spoken in Moldova, and the journalists were Russian speakers not Romanian speakers. As simple as that? You wouldn’t blame ones speaking English instead of Greek who came to report about Cyprus.
@@erynn9968I think he’s getting that the fact that the russian language is now spat on in almost every country in the world
this is a fake documentary ...
@@captainvardia9923 ;))) ok...you can go to sleep now.
@@erynn9968 I would if they would speak Turkish to the Greek they speak, because that is the fair comparison, isn't it?
wow dw knows how to do a doc. just the best .thank you.
I am quite sure that DW could send a DW journalist to speak in Romanian to the citizens of the Republic of Moldova. DW can choose a journalist from the German community in Transylvania (I assure DW that they know German, Romanian and English very well, possibly even Hungarian, French)... or they can hire a Romanian journalist settled in Germany who knows German...
My fellow Moldavian people take your land back from Russia, they can’t do anything. With love from Romania ❤
I did not have a clue. Thank you for enlightening us. Great work
I find it strange that DW interviews all those "moldovans" that speak russian, it is like going to Berlin and interviewing Syrian refugees about the state of Germany...
I think the reporter was a russian speaker, that's why the Moldovans who knew russian spoke to him in russian.
In Moldova russian is a International language from Soviet Era.
In a hundred years, it might well be Deutschanistan.
It's more like going to Berlin and interviewing people in English...
@@theemperor-wh40k18 Youre not quite there yet, first deport all those pesky germans from berlin and scatter them all over the british empire. Declare that berlin is a british enclave and annex it to GB, then you would be almost where "transnistria" is. Also tell them that the german language is no longer acceptable in berlin if some of them manage to return.
Tell me you have never been to Berlin without telling me you have never been to Berlin.
It's heartbreaking to see people start stove fires with plastic. It happens a lot
Looks like a lot of instability. Tough economic conditions are not helping matters. Hopefully, the country figures it out without losing its freedom and sovereignty.
Там нет никакой свободы и тем более суверенитета. Как можно не понимать этого? 😂
@@interpretologcome visit us, ill give you a tour
русский бот@@interpretolog
I hope that Transnistrian tour guide is ok. He allowed his face to be shown. I think that was a mistake.
I spent two months in Chisinau last summer it was 10/10 nice. The IA Mania festival was awesome, Old Orhei, the food, the wine everything top notch.
Great documentary Thank you DW.well done.Stay strong Moldova❤
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I can't wrap my head around why anyone would be 'pro-russian' in this day and age.
The EU must support Moldova until the country gets on its feet.
We dont need EU.We want to move with russians.
Go to Ukraine and fight for Russia@@gazfam9871
@@gazfam9871A few posts up you're posing as a Russian, and here you are posing as a Moldovan? Which is it ?
@@gazfam9871then you can go to russia if you like. No one keeps you in the romanian country of Moldova
@@gazfam9871 so EU money bad and only russian rubble good? Funny how for Putin EU money was good.
I think every America should watch this because we forget how good we have it!!
Very insightful and this situation.
President Maia Sandu is a remarkable and tough women who deserves more respect and support.
I also got a chuckle when I read the name of the TV show, Buna Seara. Far from anything Ruzzian.
The poverty in some parts of Europe is mind boggling. It seams they are froze in a post-WWII Russkie Mir environment. The EU needs to invest more in those areas instead sending Euros to China or elsewhere in the world for nothing in return. Poverty does feed nationalism, radicalism and falls right into RuZZian propaganda purposes.
Unfortunately, Moldova and the areas around the Danube delta used to be always used as bargaining chips between the Western, Central, Ottoman and Ruzzian imperialists.
The Soviet playbook of overthrowing independent former Socialist Soviet Republics is the same, be it playing out in Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, Chechnya, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzogovina or elsewhere.
The Romanian language still thrives in Moldova. No matter how hard the Russians try, Latin will never die in this part of Europe.
Are look powerty in Sud Italy,Spain,Portugal,Grecce???
Good perspective.
I'm just a bit surprised by ... your surprise "I also got a chuckle when I read the name of the TV show, Buna Seara. Far from anything Ruzzian." -- In Moldova, about 70% are Romanian by mothertongue. Russian is just a regional language, historically imposed and consequently many/most people know it too (most people watch movies in Russian there).
@leonniceday6807 walk around Chisinau and you'll hear lots of people speaking Russian
@@AZ-gs7xb hopefully that will change soon
Strange that wherever there are Russian speakers they must be independent or part of Russia.
Is there something wrong with that?
Strange that a country that you'd be hard pressed to find on a map from 100 years ago is suddenly key to Europe.
@mitchyoung93 strange that Russia doesn't respect Ukraine; like we here in the Netherlands respect Belgium and Germany respects the Netherlands.
And like France respects Belgium even though the south of Belgium are mostly French speaking.
We dont care about the history of our borders and just respect all borders where they are. Invading, killing people for gain is something that happened back in the 19th century.
@@MusicheadRick And yet it happens everywhere. Peace is an ideal. War is a fact.
@@MusicheadRickoh, you mean like netherlands never acknowledge indonesia independence day on 17 August 1945? impressive!!
Is that video re-uploaded every few weeks?
The thing is russian speaking people from Moldova will never acuse or recognize loud and clear putin is guilty. At max they will show mildly ”worry” about situation. Not only Moldova everywhere in europe they drag Russia with them. If you confront them on the subject they pull rusophobe and victim card.
Not true. I know many Russian-speaking Moldovans who use the full and extended Russian vocabulary when speaking about Putin, if you know what I mean.
🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Putin did nothing wrong, it is the same thing that the West has been doing (Kosovo, Libya etc). It is simply the West being mad that someone dares to do what they have been doing. It is hilarious.
Dude said there's no war in Ukraine, only on Facebook.....wow.....blows my mind
Outstanding! Thank you
Its amazing rhe extent Russia goes through to disrupt
Disrupting?🤣😂
There are hundreds of thousands of Russian speakers in 'Moldova', which itself is pretty much a made up country (by the Soviets). The conflicts in the country go back to the late 1980s, when even before the breakup of the Soviet Union and ultra-nationalist 'Moldovan' "Socialist" government instituted a 'Moldovan only' policy as far as the state goes, despite at least 1/3 of their population not being 'Moldovan' speakers.
They still haven't understood that imperialism is dead
@@mitchyoung93 There's no "Moldovan" language. It's called Romanian. And if there are so many non Romanian speakers is because of the population displacement during the soviet era. Even so, the majority of the people speak Romanian. It is indeed a made up country. It's territory stolen from Romania.
@@mitchyoung93 Quoting: "despite at least 1/3 of their population not being 'Moldovan' speakers" That was prior to 1991! That's not the case in 2023 anymore! It's a max of 12% of the population which is mixed ethnically Ukrainian-Russian-Bulgarian-Gagauz-Jewish... all Russian speakers! This percentage will dwindle even more until 2030, when Moldova is normally set to become an E.U. member...
Accurate documentary 👏 thank you DW❤
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Accurate my ass... why they interview only wild-savage-barbaric Mongolia like Ruznitski speakers...??! AAAAAI?
No
@@TheTanvir39 What no? 🙄
31:40 anyone know that dudes name? What car is it?
"Is Russia active in Moldova?" Is 20,000 tons of Russian ammunition in Transnistria an incentive?
1500 Russian occupying soldiers say yes
@@nintendokingsOccupying? They are protecting them from outside aggressors like Moldova and Ukraine.
@@patrickmunneke8348 all UN members recognise Transnistria as Moldovan territory. That means the 1500 Russian troops are there occupying Moldovan territory.
Try again
@@nintendokings What the UN thinks means absolutely nothing.
Moldovan here, I am surprised how people in the west don’t understand one thing: there is just one Russia, how can it attack Moldova if they can’t take any city of Ukraine anymore ? We don’t have border with Russia, attack from Transnistria would be a catastrophe for them, so how can they reach Moldova without passing through Ukraine…thanks for Ukraine reaching Moldova is impossible, overthrowing the current government - maybe. But military attack is impossible.
Nothing is impossible.
Russia doesn't need to attack Moldova to destabilize the country and enable a coup with ties to Russia.
The Westerners don't understand this, as they aren't supposed to understand it. All they need to do is to believe the propaganda they've been fed by their media and buy into "Russia bad" narrative.
Russia is advancing in Ukraine
@@doncorleone1553 Source: Russian state media / pure imagination.
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From being a part of Romania to the claws of Russia , Rep. Of Moldova needs help to get rid of all the Russian influence.
THE WEST PROVOKED WARS OTHERS GET BLAMED
Well if they don't speak Romanian there is a country missing them. They are free to go home. Nobody envited them.
Much love to the Moldova 🇲🇩 people ❤ 💙 GOD BLESS YOU AND BE STRONG!!!
9:10 In Soviet Russia anything that works quite well is stomped out.
Man those old people are delusional.
thank you so much
Please be accurate! That is ”Republic of Moldova”.
Moldova (alone) is a former principality which formed (and is included in) Romania.
No that was Moldavia
@@doncorleone1553 Moldova, Moldavia, Молдавия, Moldavie - all these are the same name for the same thing, in different languages, under different influences.
@@doncorleone1553este același voievodat. Moldova în română e una și aceeași, cea împărțită în două Moldove. Una la noi și alta independentă, dar nu prea.
@@dianaveres9354 Erata: va rog, nu voievodat, ci principat! Multumesc! 😘
@@ionbrad6753 Fair enough
At last maldovan president explained what happened in Ukraine in 2014
As someone from the west seeing a politician not only visit one of its poorer areas but also debating with them on actual issues is very refreshing even if nothing was really accomplished by it.
@@FeverRub Lol
Transnistria has so-called Russian peacekeepers while Kosovo has so-called NATO peacekeepers 😂😂😂 the world is fucked
Peacekeeper means occupator its pretty clear.
peacekeeper or occupant depends on the context and on the political views of the speaker😁
where are all the western hypocrites, so eager to comment on other threads here 😂правда глаза колет)))
@@uroboros4260 у них всегда так, тут вижу-тут не вижу
@@uroboros4260 i'll go with the western hypocrites any day, than to hear how great is Russia. Strip anything western from Russia and all you'll have is a medieval state.
Moldova would be like Philippines..the tensions between Taiwan and china and the disputed territories over south china sea could be the biggest threat that leads to a confrontation..
Good quality report about situation 👍a bit surprised from DW. Well done
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