Europe's Secret Third World Country
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How Moldova Became the poorest country on the wealthiest continent.
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00:00 - A Kidney for Fuel
04:19 - The Crossroads of Empires
07:39 - The Empire's Orchard
13:52 - Transition to Destitution
25:50 - Grand Theft Moldova
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Transnistrian thing was always sponsored by Russia.
@TheRezro is this a bot comment? That was made clear in the video. Why restate it here, on a comment about the sponsorship? Feels like a bot saw a comment that said sponsorship and just shitted out it's default response
2:56 Europe is the wealthiest continent?
Asia is the wealthiest continent. China alone is richer than the entire EU zone. China 32 trillion vs EU 25 trillion. ($ GDP PPP)
After reading multiple comments from fellow Moldovans, I want to add something to this excellent video. One huge aspect that could have been covered a little more in the video is the fact that a very large portion of children in Moldova grow up with only 1 or NO parents. They do have parents, that love them, but to provide for their children, they go to work in Europe, Russia, Israel in order to make money and send most of it back home (that's why you might see kids in villages with iphones). You can ask any Moldovan under 25 years old and 90% of them will tell you that at least 1 of their parents at least once went to work in another country to support them.
What happens is either the mother or father have to go find work in another country because the local salaries are just too low to support a family, even with both parents working (mind you, this mostly applies to rural Moldova). In the case that both parents have to leave, the children usually live with grandparents.
The issue becomes more apparent later in the following ways. Children lose emotional connection with their parent(s) and it really affects a child's psyche from an early age. The parent that stays back home, for various reasons, may start being disloyal to their husband/wife which leads to even more problems (rare obviously but not impossible). Depression leads to alcohol abuse. Etc.
And to add to that, the type of work that these poor parents usually do is manual construction labour for men, and either house cleaning or elderly care for women.
Another insightful comment. Glad that I discovered this video tonight, and the comment section is as interesting as the video itself. How do you see Moldova in the mid term future?
Well, i was a happy kid then. Had both my parents staying in the country while having decent income. But yeah, almost all friends of my age had at least 1 parent working abroad
@@sarantis1995 The scars that were left by the communist regime on the population are still present and will have a pretty strong effect for at least another 10-15 years. Moldova wants to join the EU and that might be helpful for the country, specifically from an economic/trade perspective. But there's also the fact that thousands of people are leaving Moldova every day to move to other places, and a lot of them are educated people that see better opportunities elsewhere. Moldova is bleeding talent. For Moldova to get back on track, I think the government will need to invest heavily into education and create a entrepreneurial culture for young people to create hundreds of thousands of jobs and keep people in the country, or there will be some sort of wave where hundreds of thousands of Moldovans who left will come back and invest in the country. Or both. Thing is, both things are already happening on a small scale. But the bottleneck is the Judicial System which is corrupt and unstable.
Sounds like Central America. As a WC attorney I’ve encountered many undocumented workers with families left behind.
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Bro why does the thumbnail make us look like we are a deadly disease 💀
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@@israelisrealllook who talks... LOL
@@qwertyuiop-rz8zfapologies behalf of my israeli bro, sorry.
I've been to Moldova several times myself and Transnistria as well, you can see some actual recent footage I took in those countries on my channel. I would say opinions on Moldova are a little exaggerated, when you go there yourself you can see a lot of teenagers that are well dressed, people go out, restaurants are always full at any time of the day. Of course you have poverty but it's less than it used to be.
Damn, is that ever interesting!
They all work in Romania
why y spreading bs if u dont know what u talkin about
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@@fuguthefishdefinetly not
@@fuguthefish I mean Moldova is one of the integral parts of Romania
I was born and still live in Moldova. I went to school and university in Moldova, and work (private sector) also here. After first or second wage (around ten years ago) - I don't remember being broke, or in debt. But I know that there are people with smaller salaries, but from my point of view - there is a continuous improvement of conditions. When I started school - in the winter it was pretty cold, and we were in classes in outerwear, when I finished school - we had heating, most of the windows if not all were replaced, desks and chairs were replaced, roof was replaced, we even had new informatics laboratory with decent PCs. Now, that school is even better, with bathrooms inside, with equipment to learn languages, courses on robotics and so on. And this is a public school in a village, not some fancy private school in the city. When I went to university - there were only few repaired classrooms, most of them were last repaired during soviet era, it was also stupid cold in the winter, some desks were so old, that they were full of inscriptions, also some as old as soviet union, sockets were missing or broken, floors were also so old that only in the corners were some traces of paint. When I finished university - already most of the classrooms were renovated, corridors were also renovated, now there are places to sit, to charge laptop, everything is lit up and there are no hanging wires... And now is even better.
Public transportation - when I fist time visited capital - there were only soviet era trolleys and busses, and also a lot of micro buses (which only later I learnt that they were not even supposed to transport passengers). Now soviet era trolleybus is seldom, albeit present, but most of them are modern, with heating pumps and some even have air conditioning. And they are more comfortable, with floor level approximately the same as the pavement, while in the old ones - you had to climb few stairs, which is ok for healthy people, but if you have mobility issues or have a baby carrier - it was hard.
And I could leave Moldova, I visited several countries, but I still believe in my country
Wow! It's great to read this. I'm glad that there's progress and investment in education. I hope corruption will also decrease, and the private sector can truly thrive as a result. It's important to find a way to keep talented, educated young people from leaving the country, but with a corrupt government, it's not going to be easy.
I'm Hungarian, and in our country, in my opinion, the quality of education and corruption are the biggest problems. However, unlike you, we have seen gradual deterioration rather than progress in these areas in recent times...
ce zici ma moldovene ?
I am very happy to hear that you're country is changing so much. It really comes down to the government I think. If a government is very corrupt, then it doesn't stand a chance, honest leaders who work for the people can change the lives of millions for the better. Looking forward to seeing your country join the EU in time, from your friends in Ireland.
Damn, even moldova has better schools than Germany.. 💀
@@Creepexfewer Turks and Arabs and Somalis…
I'm also from Moldova and I just asked my mom about the Mingir cases of selling kidneys . Said she remembers it since it was the village next to where she grew up and there were young adults, like 20 year olds who did that as a way to get money, that was happening at the beginning of 2000.
I also remember the shock everybody went through when the billion just disappeared, l'm somehow surprised a lot of people just got over it and the man who did that, even now has its string over our political situation.
I really like your video and I do appreciate your effort doing your research and structuring the information this way to rise the awareness about Moldova.
Thank you!
from a girl in israel - i'm sorry for what this monster did, and hope he returns everything back with extra and never sees the light of day. corruption and pro-russian weird stance is common in israhell sadly
Basarabia are doar un viitor....ROMANIA
@@valentin_marin nu e chiar așa nene, suntem si noi independenți, chiar vrem să păstrăm acest lucru. Noi aspiram mai mult sa fim integrati in Uniunea Europeana, nu sa ne alipic cu Romania.
How much for your kidney? Or behind side?
Well, the Soviets left us, Eastern Europeans, without anything. But at least they are gone.
Now, after they left, we needed to figure out what to do next, some countries did better, some did worse. For example, my country, Czechia, revived from this relatively fast, being now the richest country which was under the Soviet influence, but not directly under the Soviet Union. But you can still unfortunately see signs of communism here, and after revolution, we've had also some bad times, including the privatization in 1990's. Still not the best politics, but when I look at Slovakia, I'm glad that we have pro-democratic and pro-european government.
Czechs also really hate Russians 😀 So don't know how is it in Moldova but we would kick the heck out of Russians. We still see the Russian influence in Moldova, unfortunately. Wishing your country only the best and looking forward to be our ally in European Union, when the corruption and all the stuff is solved.
Important to note: ALOT of Moldovians nowdays expecially have started to feel closer to Romania than Moldova. The corrupt governments failed the people. I think this union is just a matter of time.
Here in Romania most people are for the union so if Moldavians will vote it can happen
I'm a history student at the University of Bucharest.
I have a few classmates who are Moldovan Monarchists.
I feel like in the long-term, this educated class will come to lead the country, and lead it back into prosperity in Romania's arms.
Moldova's current president is a declared unionist and last month the Romanian State acquired control over the entirety of Moldova's gas system, with an acquiring of the electrical grid happening next year.
Reunion is definitely happening within the next 10 years, and that's an unstoppable fact.
@@wallachia4797 - don't put the EU out of that equation. There is no precedent for such action. Perhaps the German unification if you stretch the definition a bit.
Of course there is always a way. Especially with mutual will to do it.
But one could assume the EU wouldn't be that happy to add an economical and social basket case to it's territory
@@Hortifox_the_gardener Moldova is on its way to join the EU and has started that process.
Besides, it's not up to the EU to decide whether Romania and Moldova can unite or not.
As the Finnish saying goes, "Everything a Moscow empire touches turns to ¤hit"
I left my country when i was only 15 years old for a better life after not seeing my mom home since i finished kindergarten (only 6 years old) and this is the reality that many of young moldovian kids/teenagers have to go through nowdays. Now i'm about to be 18 and germany completely changed my life, i already learned the language and i'm thinking about my future here for the comming 10s of years but not for a single day i stop thinking about my beautiful country moldova and i always follow how everything is evolving there. It's true that nowhere it's like home. Even if where i live now life is better and the culture, toghether with the values and people of germany are not that different i still want to move back there one day and contribute to the development of my beloved homeland
I tip my hat to you young man, with respect, greetings from northern UK.
I know you'll make a good life for yourself in Germany and I truly hope that one day you absolutely will return home and achieve your ambition to do good for your country and countrymen, it's a noble ambition to have.
@@englishsteve1465 Thanks, i really appreciate your words :) I wish you all the best
Greetings from the US. I love your attitude! It’s people like you who want to give back instead of just running away that make the world an ever better place. Best of luck to you and your homeland. I’m pulling for you guys to rise from the ashes 🇲🇩
sa stii ca unii cetateni care au plecat au adus mai multe beneficii tarii prin deschiderea de afaceri in Moldova ca deservesc clienti din toata lumea (gen companii IT sau call centers). respect
@danisrighthere In reality the best thing you could for moldova is earn as much money as you can in germany and invest it wisely in the moldovan economy or moldovan charity. though in practise that might be very difficult with high corruption levels, alternatively you could send some money back to family so they invest it in the economy
Moldova is no longer the poorest country in Europe!!!🎊🎊🎊
hmmmm...maybe western part of Ukraine?? ones Uki dont exists than Mloda is back to number one...hahaha
Older members of my family recall Moldova being one of the cleanest and newest places to live within the USSR. Its infrastructure was relatively new and many families from Ukraine moved into the capital for work. You can still see soviet reminants of the USSR from the roads to the parks, benches and some trolley buses.
Moldova's best export has got to be EPIC SAX GUY
What about NUMA NUMA?
@@nikitaavdeev9681 ayo solid point! 😅
also this singer INNA is quite popular and she is moldovan
As a young moldovan who left the country with its family to pursue a better life, I really appreciate this video as it put into perspective the life I lived as a child, when I didn't understand why we were so poor in comparison to others. It's really sad to see the country you were born in be toyed with and manipulated to suit the interests of others throughout all its history.
I hope things get better for my remaining family there and for the few moldovans who didn't emmigrate.
This video should be called "modern history of moldova". It is a very good portrayal on a surface level of what shaped modern-day moldavian politics and culture.
Its incredibile how detailed and on point the majority of this video is, but its too bad that you omitted the last 5 years of Moldovas history, which are the most important, we finally have elected non corrupt and well intended government and the incredible president Maia Sandu, which are in a very tough battle with the absolutely rotten and corrupt sistems of the country, while facing crisis after crisis.
Și...o duceți mai bine cu separatista Maia Soroș?
@@unuldintrevoi3350 extrem de bine
Ati facut foarte bine si sper sa o alegeti si in Noiembrie pe Maia Sandu si pe fortele politice care o sustin.
Sper sa ne vedem reuniti in UE cat mai curand!
Succes!
Good luck!
He intentionally omitted the last 5 years, during which the country surpassed Ukraine's, Georgia's, Armenia's and even Russia's GDP per capita. Basically, right from the title of the video you get a big, blatant lie, since Moldova is actually not the poorest economy on the European continent. Far from the truth. Why not make a video on those other countries?
But with such a detailed video, it is obvious the author is aware Moldova isn't the poorest economy. 95% of the video's content is basically Moldova's history until the present day. But you don't get clicks and views by titling the video "Moldova's history". You have to omit Moldova's economic progress in the last 5 years, its EU accession progress, etc, and then regurgitate the lazy belief that baldandbankrupt established in his video: Moldova is the poorest in Europe.
In short: he did it for the clicks. He doesn't care about Moldova's progress. If he mentions that, then there's no video at all and he cannot title the video like he did. We have to keep this trope alive, so that youtube creators can continune to make videos about Moldova.
I'm a Indian medical student studying in Moldova it feels sad to watch this video i pray to god to bless Moldova and it recovers from its current condition
Bro moldova is in better condition than india
Quick google search says that roughly 7% in India live below the poverty line while in Moldova it is roughly 25%. Considering how immensely bigger the population of India is makes this even more sad. India is incomparably better off than Moldova.@@MHG796
@@MHG796😂 Nobody sell their kidney for vine or car in India. India in total may be poor but not all its citizens are poor like Moldova
@@s9ka972 not everyone is poor in Moldova either, especially in Chisinau. If you visit, you will see
bro feel sad for your country, still moldova has higher lifestyle, better service
Im tired of seeing my Moldovan brothers suffer. I am from Romania and unification or not I want to see you prosper. We share many sufferings such as corruption and emigration but Moldova has it much worse and it is impossible for me not to sympathise with you. History has treated you badly but there is now reason for hope. I hope I can see you in the EU in 2030. We will help you at all times for everything 🇷🇴❤🇲🇩
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First gen Canadian for English parents, I hate how the world sees the Romanian population. The world is so mixed now we can't really draw lines. Each to their own let civilians live in peace
Alo, Secu. Basarabia e România! Bessarabia is Romania!
Lmao I’m from Romania and no, we don’t want that and I can assure you the “ unification” will being Transylvania asking for independence, we already keep all of the rest of Romania on our backs cause you don’t work or produce anything, just steal our money that we are forced to send to you by Bucharest. Also Romania is far too poor and underdeveloped to be able to take Moldova in without having massive economical repercussions and crises, the region of Moldova in Romania is extremely underdeveloped and poor why tf do we need another one even worse ?
@@dacian_1346have you ever been to any other region of the country except your village? Do all the people of your region imagine the rest or romania living on social welfare from your region ? You all benefit from the rest of romsnia ,the agriculture is outside the carpatians,a ton of industry still exist in Oltenia, you have no harbour without the rest of us ( look how being landlocked affects a country ) ,you would have no EU acces without the rest of us ,every infrastructure project you have was ordered from Bucharest, your energy is produced in the South of the country , we can live without a glorified IT sector ,can you survive without what we offer ?
Moldova is a nice country though.
@@israelisreall Sounds like you've never been. they are a friendly and hospitable people. great food and wine. it's a pity that the corruption has destroyed so much
@@karl7428 iv been several times and its a nice country, its poor but its nice
fun fact : people are so kind they invite you to dinner/lunch/ breakfast when you visit around and you can't refuse. you can basically save on food lol
Bravo! Your research and hard work continues to shine in all your videos. This was an amazing video! 👏🏻
I am from Moldova and I can confirm this info is quite accurate. Like someone who used to closely follow the politics in Moldova (roughly til mid-end 2021), I can tell you the reasons are complex and intermingled, but the baseline is the redneck and corrupt elite which will not allow Moldova heading anywhere not EU and NATO, nor Russia. Both pro-EU and pro-Russia parties only claim they are “pro” but in fact most of the elites sponsoring those would rather fight a war for Moldova remaining totally inert so they can do whatever they please in realm that belongs to them and them only. Fun fact: many Russian economic entities know about that and endorse that because they got their own economic interest that doesn’t always coincide with Russia’s strategic interest.
In your experience what do most of the "average" Moldovans believe? Most are pro nato or Russia? 50/50?
The video is very accurate but also very pessimistic.
Now Moldova lost economic ties with Russia and all exports goes to EU.
Also it is having express reforms for integration with EU.
EU integration is attracting investments and is rising economy.
Great presentation thanks so much
Not only depressing in the extreme, but also heart wrenching. No man, no creature, however great or small, should be without reasonable food.
Not going to lie I would flat out become a criminal long before selling a kidney outside of a proper hospital. I would rob the guy who set me up to buy my kidney.
What if you just got kidnapped, your kidney stolen and left in a back alley? Ofc you would be blindfolded at all times and probably drugged to the point of unconsciousness. You may wake up for a second and quickly fall back asleep.
Heazilla said they would do that if “given the choice” between being a criminal or selling a kidney.
Obviously if their organs were taken by force it would be a different story.
Assuming they even survive the backyard surgery, lol.
I mean, that’s widespread for a reason. Everyone has a side gig in the gray area for income. If you don’t you’re either struggling for food or are living better than your peers already
And many of them did.
You've done a great job with the video...
Great video as always man !
Banger video as usual
Very well done!!
Probably should unite with romania, for a faster rate of development and increase in opportunities. Moldova can easily be integrated into the rhine-danube trade system. It is also a natural fit for a gdansk-warsaw-lviv-odessa overland trade corridor.
I don't think that that's possible unless they recognize Transnistria as an independent nation
Extremly accurate video, good job
Just cheap propaganda for mindless sheep, nothing else.
This is where Eastern Europe's favorite cat and mouse team was invented Worker and Parasite.
"... What The Hell was *that?"*
This was a good video and I learned some new things, however I am sad that you ended it in such a pessimistic note considering Moldova has recently seen a lot of reforms including in historically problematic issues like justice and corruption. Most importantly Moldova became a EU candidate and is quickly addressing the points necessary to start negotiations. The current government is the best Moldova has had.
Do they still want reunification with Romania?
@@Tribuneoftheplebs support has been the highest ever in the last three years and already over 50% of the young population does
@@_utahraptor i suppose its the quickest way into the EU
Good luck joining the EU in 75 years.
Recent elections have proved that the Moldovan people really want to distance themselves from their Soviet past.
The reunification with Romania on the 1990 german model is the solution for Moldova.
And what about Transnistria.
@@alek9195 Transnistria should be part of Ukraine as it is on the left side of the Dnister river.
agree always thought Moldova should trade Transnistria with Ukraine for North Bukoniva@@BurningFlame1999
The idea could have had some traction in the 1990s, but now, when Romania has become relatively prosperous, I doubt there will be many in Romania willing to pay the bills.
@@JanuszKrysztofiak 70-80% of the romanians are for the reunification. The R. Of Moldova only has 2.5 million people compared to Romanias 19 million.
Wow great video
It is true that Moldova is the poorest in Europe. But on the other hand, if you look at what people wear, what car they drive, in what houses they live. You realise how rich actually Europe Continent is if its poorer country looks that posh.
Loved the "skilled worker" part with a footage of a guy mounting an M.2 drive
We are SKILLED WORKERS, tbh Moldova needs people who can at least mount an M.2 drive.
Great Video
I actually live in Moldova and it's nowhere near as bad as this video puts it, our salaries are pretty good even for public workers they have at least 600 euros as salary and there are workers that work for thr state and have even 2500 euros as salaries, we have a highly advanced IT industry, and we make a lot of money through vamal taxes, we have a lot of education projects and our schools are some of the best in Europe and the universities from Chișinău(our capital city) have a large number of foreign students for our reliable and trustworthy education, I live in a 30 minute drive from Chișinău and I have travelled through most of Moldova and I can confidently say that our country is rapidly developing
he purposely didn't include the last 5 years of our history, because that's when things started getting better. We got a non-corrupt government and our GDP rose a lot. He just doesn't want to show the good parts of Moldova and makes us look like barbarians living in the 18th century.
devil-opment is over rated
@@7unm551 last time I was in MDA it was 2010. I've heard that people aren't too happy with Sandu, my cousin who still travels there said everything has become more expensive since she came to power.?
@@pbluma you traveling there in 2010 is completely irrelevant as she wasn't even in power back then. And the price increase crisis is something that has been taking place all around Europe recently, not just in Moldova, read the news or go outside.
@@7unm551 You're not very bright, are you.
Been to Moldova in 2016. Most outstanding was the lack of younger people between 18 and 30. They have left the country to work somewhere else. The children of these younger people stay in Moldova with the grandparents.
They are like Gypsies
Actually, you’re probably wrong, since I’ve observed that our teens and adults look naturally older. At least in Chișinău, you can definitely meet more people included in the 18-30 category, than 60 and higher.
@@lordium1848 s@it hole of Europa, you make the whole continent look bad, go to Africa where those standards are normal
Just a quick correction ontheliteracyand Romanian investment in Moldova. Post-unification, the Romanian state built a lot of schools in Moldova. Economically, even Romania had to do a lot of developing and building, a lot of Romania, especially parts of the old kingdom were underdeveloped and rather agrarian.
My Mom grew up in Moldova. Moldova was part of the Soviet Union. My Mom was harassed as she is a Jew. But she moved to America and became a nurse and is great with computers. It’s like they say-the greatest revenge is success.
She was a Jew so they understandably probably thought she was rich and part of the political elite.
He just potraied us in the worst way possible.. Like I mean.. Of course this was at some point (Not as dramatic as potraied in the video) but Moldova has in my opinion got much much better over these 3 years (2020-2023)..
Agree
how do you feel about poland and that moldova was once our royal fief?
@@nexor7809 , I don't feel it. )
@@nexor7809Lol bro who gives a fuck now about that, but yeah Poland is a good example of development without losing traditions
@@nexor7809 literally what is the purpose of your question, to feel glorified that your ancenstors once had Moldavia as it's vassal? Flash news for ya, the 3 romanian principalities were shuffled around empires all the time so it isn't anything new.
All I know is Moldova does the best Eurovision Song 😂😂😂
Regarding Voronin - Putin failed deal to "solve transdiniestrian issue" - the protests were not in vacuum, and even if Voronin became pretty unpopular in the following years - he is still praised to refusal to sign that deal with Putin. Because what that plan supposed - was a kind of federalization of this tiny country, with transdniestrians getting "Veto" right, gagauz also, and it would be a very "fair" split of power, one third - to around 300k people on the left bank of Dniester, one third - to around 100k of gagauz, and one third to remaining cca 2mln citizens... and both transdniestria and gagauzia being to this day very loyal to kremlin, that plan to "settle down the conflict" would mean "give up the *whole* country to direct russian control"
When I saw the title, I knew exactly what country this was talking about. Unfortunately, these types of short documentaries about Moldova always fail to mention Moldova's greatest resource: its people.
One of the best historical and geopolitical videos on region of Moldova I've ever seen on YT.
There was a guy from Moldova in my degree course, his ancestors on his mother's and father's side were German and so they had the simplified option of immigrating to Germany after the collapse of the USSR. They did so because the entire state collapsed and they no longer had any prospects. He showed us pictures of Moldova and told us about the beauty of the country, but also how the family was starving and freezing, and how the grandfather died of simple bronchitis because the health system had collapsed and they couldn't find any antibiotics, let alone pay for them. We studied together 10 years ago, when the situation in Moldova was of course much better and his parents lived there again for several months a year as pensioners, I would love to visit the country after getting to know so many beautiful things about the country and its people! It is a pity that the Transnistrian conflict, among other things, continues to paralyze the economy.
Yeah, the 90s were brutal in all post-soviet countries.
Everyone likes to talk about independence and freedom, but all those abstract things don't matter when people have nothing to feed their children with.
As the Finnish saying goes, "Everything a Muscovite touches turns to ¤hit"
А этой магии можно научится не живущим в Москве ? И я могу превратить в дерьмо, например, человека ?
Based Finns 🇺🇦❤️🇫🇮
@@rtmclean484 Finland is still a country because every unwelcome russian was shoot at
@@ironman8257look up who Finland belonged to before the October revolution
I wish you would make a video about Paraguay. You'll be mesmerized.
In terms of accumulation of capital, Moldova is poor. However, in terms of standards of living at micro level, you’ll find out that Moldovans are not that poor as many portrait. Most of Moldovans own their homes, cost of living is lower and taxes are the lowest in Europe. Chișinău is suffocating from road traffic full of luxuries German cars.
What’s the point from your avg EU salary of 40000€/year when half of it are taxes and you end up with 1500€ net per month. From these 1500€ half goes towards paying rent and utilities.
I've been to Moldova🇲🇩 quite a few times (bcz I live in Romania at 20 km from the border) and it's absolutely beautiful. I don't understand why so many westerners judge Moldova🇲🇩 bcz it's poor etc. Just go to Chișinău to see how much greenery is there, how teen-agers are dressed, how McDonald's is full of people, how even some of them have pretty expensive phones, like iPhone 12. (Before I entered first time in Moldova I thought that everyone had very cheap Xiaomi and Samsung phones). Yea, yea, Transnistria, we all know it, we know that they broke Moldova 🇲🇩economy and other things, but just appreciate the country because they supported so many problems. Respect for them 🫡🫡🫡🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🎖️🎖️🎖️
I hate westerners definition.
Expecially in this case where people hostile to Moldova always hate western ideologies.
only Chișinău is developed, i have 20km to go to the closest hospital, and it isn't well equipped, and it doesn't provide you with strict necessary
@@andreyyy1438 , I think it's partially true. But, if you went at Ungheni, you'll see that it's pretty developed. They have a square with jets of water and a logo with "I love Ungheni", the lights are LED, which is pretty modern. It's okay. But, let's don't forget the villages and the small cities
@@andreyyy1438Considering that Chișinău a huge majority of Moldova’s real population, it makes sense for it to be the majorly developed city. Also, many villages in central region have been modernized, with one of them having built a Photovoltaic Power Station.
Silly papuases with their "look how mcdolands are full!!!!" bro thats cringe inducing. For your information mcdack is for melanin rich gentelman over in the west. White people dont dine there.
The story of post-Soviet Union Moldova sadly sounds very similar to Bulgaria’s, especially the wide spread corruption that now seems 100% incurable 😞
The Soviets really messed up this region. Follow geography. Moldova should be the region between the two rivers, all the way to the Black Sea south of Odessa, with Transnistria being Ukraine. But they really wanted the republics destabilized, and make it as hard to break up as possible. And now, Moldova might as well unify with Romania. It's basically the same country and culture.
The Soviets didn't expect their Union to fall. Transnistria was given to Moldovan SSR because the Romanians there actually had an ASSR before Bessarabia was taken by USSR. It's just that over time the demographics changed but not the borders, as there was little incentive to do so, since, as I said, they didn't expect their own collapse. I think Budjak was given to Ukraine SSR as some sort of compensation, the area is quite diverse ethnically - there are Bulgars living between today's Moldova and Izmail for instance. While for Transnistria, Romanians settled right on the bank of the river.
But if Budjak had been part of Moldova today, it would have suffered the same issues as Transnistria: a declaration of Autonomy, Independence, war in the 90s and a Russian base there.
Not entirely unlike the ridiculous borders drawn up between Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan. At least the British preferred straight lines when messing places up.
Ulster border? Indo/Pakistan borders, Palestine/Israel. Yep, they were drawn with a lot of foresight.@@sabretooth1997
The borders were designed for when they were Soviet republics not independent nations which is a big part of it. Like if the usa broke up into its different states a lot of the borders would be horrendous for countries to govern
Wow this video is one of the best ones I've ever watched regarding a foreign county's history, economy, politics and prospects overview. As a greek, who's interested in all those, i had a rough idea but the amount of comprehensible yet detailed information in this video really makes the difference now, making me see Moldova in new eyes.
And for what it matters, the video lives up to its title. I knew it was a poor country devasted by geopolitical tragedies and surging in corruption but I didn't imagine all the aspects mentioned here. And this from a Greek means a lot xD
I wish the best to the genuine Moldovans who have suffered through all these unfortunate series of events and above all to those who wish and are willing to work to advance their country and the quality of life for the generations to come. I wish to see a Moldova embedded in the European family, reconnecting with its roots and letting go of the historical and political shackles that have been drowning it. Whatever that means.
Needles to say I'm also subscribing to the channel, despite it was only the first of the creator that I ever watched. Keep up
Daddy must be proud, his boy has his hands on every sector!
Interesting.
When I was planning a trip to Ireland and wanted to find information, I came across a TH-cam channel called AM Edition, a young woman who relocated there from Moldova. She lived in Ireland I believe for 7 years and when she had the opportunity she decided to move back to Moldova , about 6 months ago. That would be indicative of the other commenters here noting Moldova's improvement. I hope it lasts!
Well I like how he’s talking about lesser known country other video on Moldova that aren’t full scale documentary have like 1000 views at most and even the others 25,000 at most
As the Finnish saying goes, "Everything a Moscow empire touches turns to shit"
But Finland prospered under Russian Empire, it was one of the most progressive places in the world at the time
@@retineyzer1670 it prospered DESPITE being under Russians. If they would be independent - they would be much better. Same way, it's happening right now
А ты никогда не задумывался, почему на пост Советском пространстве твоя страна самая благополучная (я про Беларусь) ? Не благодаря ли централизованному управлению почти как в СССР ?
@@user-zu9dp8rs6f Вообще там дело в разительном качестве сохранившихся элит от остального пост-советского пространства, и дядя Саша тоже норм дядя
Finland has never made or done anything of note in it's history. Only thing you guys have ever produced is Sauna's and terrible metal music.
Still a beautfiul nation, I've travel to multiple nation and Moldova remain my favorite.
I found this extremely interesting !
Great video, Romania and Moldova is getting closer and closer from state and private companie initiatives. Now Moldova have national romanian language, in the future wil hear major events in independence of Moldova. They will not unite because of dangerous precedent (опасный прецедент) in the region. Romania is helping Moldova in energy sector. If an coruption incident is happening Moldovian must act ASAP to keep the good path that is sailing.
My great great-grandfather was from Bassarabia, and when the russians took over, he was sent to siberia.. having the russians as neighbours was a curse for the romanian people.
I wish one day romanians will moldavians will once again be one people, and destroy the border that have separated brothers for so long..
yes, take North Bucovina and Bugeac also, deport all the Ukrainazis and Russian commies
Not just for the Romanians. EVERY single people east of Germany had to suffer Russian aggression in all iterations of this state. NOBODY loves the Russians in Europe except for Serbs.
As Stephen The Great and Holy of Moldova said:
"The Turks will come and go, but welcome the Russians in and you will never get rid of them"
@@wallachia4797before saying something such stupid and ridiculous, try to learn some history, not propoganda...
@@russt8874 history has proven Stephen the Great right, so educate yourself before speaking, rusky lover.
Moldova should reunite with Romania and together they will prosper and rebuild everything, identity, economy, everything.
Excellent video. Thanks for this in depth backstory on the history of the economic situation in Moldova. It certainly presents a different viewpoint and explanation than the video about Moldova titled NOBODY VISITS THIS COUNTRY FIND OUT WHY. Also see the video on Moldova from Yes Theory titled TRAVELING TO THE WORST COUNTRY IN EUROPE . Its definitely not and its is a happy uplifting video.
This was a great video. As a Romanian, I support unification, even though the costs would be significant.
actually it would not be as high as many would think. Moldova developed quite well in the past few years, and a lot of the interconnecting infrastructure is already budgeted and being built. the cost was estimated at 10 billion euros a few years ago and right now, it's likely lower. 10 billion is about the same amount as the deficit of Romania in 2023.
@@userAndrew5 you're just wrong
The real surprising thing is that Moldova's quality of life is still better than most of the world. I think it just has a spotlight shown on it because it is so close to the EU where so many countries are rich and it also reports it's statistics on such things a lot more honestly than many other countries.
Well the video states it's the worst economy in Europe not in the world.
@@Tallborn5it’s not even the worst in Europe, Ukraine takes that place.
@@lordium1848
Only because Ukraine is at war. Moldova doesn't have that excuse.
The piano in the background is torture.
Comes and goes.
Minger sounds like a British insult
I wish more ties with my Moldavian brothers, I don-t know if a union will be possible in these times(in my life times) , i know we already do/help each other with what we can but I wish for more strong ties/activities/partnerships between us - I'm a 34 year old Romanian
As a young Moldovan 🇲🇩 I can say that the summary about Bessarabia’s history was excellent.
Now about the situation in my country - After gaining independence we have been plagued by corruption, incompetent politicians and weak rule of law. Another problem is also that many people have a socialist mindset developed during the Soviet times - wanting the government to do everything and everyone to be economically (almost) equal.
It is also important to note that the Soviets purposefully took the Danube and Black Sea access from Moldova (and gave it to Ukraine) which makes us somewhat geopolitically isolated.
But currently we have a pro-Western government and we are moving towards the EU, 🇪🇺 so hopefully the economy will improve in the future. I personally would prefer re-uniting with Romania 🇷🇴 (as Romania is much more developed than us), but many people are still brainwashed by Soviet propaganda into believing that we are a separate ethnic group.
Still Moldova is a nice country. It is worth visiting if you want to enjoy high quality (and cheap) wine and food. The country (and especially Chisinau - the capital city) looks in a much better shape now than 10 years ago.
If we work smart, we can definitely become a decently prosperous country in the future!
Btw, thank you for choosing video footages with nice places (unlike some other channels which purposefully show the worst parts of Moldova)
Did it occur to you that Romania doesn't want you? Moldova is an economic shithole, it would cost Romania astronomical amounts of money just to bring Moldova up to some kind of decent standard. It's got nothing to do with brainwashing, Romania doesn't want Moldova because Moldova has nothing to offer whatsoever.
@@redfruit1968 Romania has the financial means to help Moldova, there is nothing to fear. Romania can deal with Moldova's problems.
@@redfruit196870-80% of the romanians are for the re-unification with Moldova. Moldova only has 2.5 million people and can easely be re-integrated into the 19 million people Romania.
@@3dfxvoodoocards6 I agree. The problem is that only roughly 40% of Moldovans are for union with Romania. And today it is not acceptabile to do such a big political move without a referendum.
@@gabrielv5285 yes but year after year more and more citizens of Moldova are for the reunification with Romania, especially the younger generations. In 1-2-3 years their percentage will be higher than 50%.
Loved how you completely omitted the historic fact that Romania joined the invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) on 22 June 1941.
Who cares? )
@@mrbasfed1948 i care
You're taking about Moldova but for some reason adding a video of a city in Urals, Russia at 10:51
Fellow Moldovans raise your hands ✋
TLDR: Moldova has been a Russian / Soviet colony since 1812, with a brief break between 1918 - 1940 and 1941-1944. It was exploited by the communists as a colony and sucked dry of everything they could extract from it. After the fall of the USSR, in 1991, they tried to dismember it (Transnistrian war of 1992) and then the "country" was left prey to the former communist party members, now turned business men. The results are not hard to see.
@@txn4yt7mc5 🤡🤡🤡
@@txn4yt7mc5 did you even read his comment?
And Bessarabia was part of the Romanian Principality of Moldavia, from 1359 to 1812
@@only.1-his comment is bogus. It wasnt even a russian colony. And it was a part of the union. And contributed to the union. Moldavians are just lazy. They just need to reunify with romania
Not only that but they also ripped off it's sea access, and did ethnic cleansing, replacing the population with ukraineans
This is mostly exaggerated I grew up there there extreme poverty is rare and is usualy accompanied with old age drugs or alcohol abuse
the same happened in Romania...now they are independent and show what can do on their own...
So one man stole a billion dollars from a country, and that country responded by voting him mayor.
Eventually you should do one on Afghanistan.
There was a guy in our school in Russia who was an immigrant from Moldova. When I asked him about differences in these two countries, he said that Russian people look happy.
As the Finnish saying goes, "Everything a Moscow empire touches turns to ¤hit"
Wow, that's a pretty low bar.
@@kkpenney444😂 they probably even drink less
As a Moldovan I can say that this is a pretty accurate video.
Moldova is an unusual little nation to some. But I think it is more than meets the eye. I believe it is just unlucky.
Created out of conquest, manipulated by madmen, stuck in a feud with its renegade territory Transnistria, the Russian Church screwing with its Orthodox churches, corruption being rampant, economic issues, skewed prices for its goods and needs, and unyielding geography and weather.
I hope Moldova improves. Its so beautiful.
Does anyone else get frustrated at the absurd amount of upward inflections some TH-camrs like this use in their narrations? It drives me insane lol
What do you mean?
@@familiescharf4207 The raising of the tone of voice during pauses or the last word sof a sentence lol
@@LearnThenTeach Sorry English isn’t my first language
Still surprised that Moldova even exists today as a country and hasn’t just joined their cultural kin in Romania
I guess the strong Russian influence played a part, as well as the conflicts with Transnistria and Gagauzia, 2 very strong pro-russian regions.
@@cristinaberci493 Not the influence, no, but the propaganda did
Mainly due to Russian intervention
@@cristinaberci493there is a strong Russian influence but that is not a major factor in us being a separate culture and nation from Romania. Our blood is Dacian, we are Romanians no matter what 🇷🇴 trăiască tricolorul!
Besides Romania, nobody wants the unification of the 2 states. The West and Russia made a deal in the 90's to ensure that the unification doesn't happens. Russia for obvious reasons, western powers doesn't want a bigger country in this part of Europe. A bigger country means a bigger power and they already have Poland that give them problems. Divide et impera, this is the policy, like it is in the Balkans. Smaller states, easier to rule...
4:40
OH BOY, WONDER WHERE I'VE HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE.
GDP per capita of Moldova is 5,400 $ not 400 $.
was 400 when URSS collapsed
Moldova's real teem gdp is still 80% the level of the 1990 level.
@@davidstrelec610 so people consumed and produced more in 1990, than they do now? there's less access to products and services now than there was in 1990?
@@qwertyuiopasdfghj001yes
@@davidstrelec610 Let's not forget Moldova's population was about 4.5 million in 1990's, of course it would have higher GDP, now as for GDP per capita, most people, especially villagers back then could barely afford bread and vodka, maybe some potatoes if they got lucky, a lot of the real wealth was masked, the whole soviet union was much poorer than they presented themselves to be...
You missed one crucial event, 7 april 2009.
The currency is pronounced “lay.” But great and informative video. Thanks
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Awesome! Just one note - Europe is neither the wealthiest continent either by total GDP (Asia) or in per capita as North America and Australia are significantly wealthier. It makes the existing situations in Caribbean nations that much more untenable considering that they are in a region nearly twice as wealthy as Moldolva's neighbors... Just a minor point. Great video and thank you for the awesome content!
Great comment 👍🏼
But dominates the top 10 gdp per capita of the world. And if you eliminate tax havens and gdp based largely on natural resources it would be just US and 9 European countries in the same top. No idea where you get your info from.
@@carlosnorris352But Europe is not just Switzerland, Norway and Denmark. It's also Portugal, Greece, Romania and Bulgaria. And on average it's thus significantly poorer than North America or Avg
@@quadon2620 Also Most of Europe is poorer than 🇸🇬 🇰🇷 Japan 🇶🇦
@@quadon2620north America If u call an ambulance they size Ur budger for 4000 dollars Tht place whr Young teenagers shoot in scholls ,whr feminism multiculturalism and stupid mens they think its ok to be a woman after decaDes Tht place whr apalachia zone are much worse Tht pooorest parth of ukrayne come one men are people in europe Tht they know hows the life în ușa its a shitty place ușa thts IT fu.k offf
I am so ignorant that I didn’t even know this country existed 😢
Wendover clone
(still subscribed much love)
4:43 incorrect info - they justified it by a “reunification” of Bessarabia with soviet controlled part of “MOLDOVIAN nation” - a Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (modern territory of unrecognised “transnistria” mostly) , Established 12 October 1924 on territory and under administration of puppet-Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
According to 1926 census, MASSR had mixed population: 48.5% of Ukrainians and 30.1% of Romanians (Moldavians in soviet interpretation).
The Soviet Union "justified" the invazion and annexation of Bassarabia in 1940 by LYING that the majority population is ukrainian when it fact it was 80% romanian.
Every time I look at Moldova on the map, I can’t get over what a weird shape that country is and think that it should genuinely be part of Romania. Am I weird? I can’t put my finger on why I feel this way. There are far stranger country shapes in the world, yet Moldova’s borders and its placement in Europe just bug me for some reason.
You're not weird, and looking at a map and saying a country just "looks" like it should belong to another country is a thing many people do.
That's not to say that's not an invalid position to take. What decides the Moldovan borders are more or less arbitrary than the borders of Germany, or straight line borders, or any other border? They are all arbitrary, and they stay fixed because that way minimizes conflict, not because of any form of naturalness.
It would look a lot weirder on a map if they joined Romania.
@@domca4617 how so?
Romania's shape on the map looks like a piranha, and Moldova kind of looks like a parasitic xenomorph attached to it.
Because it is half of the historical region of moldova (moldavia). Soviets cut off bassarabia and part of northern bukovina and then cut it again and gave the southern part of bassarabia to ukraine.
Majority of the historical region of moldova (moldavia) is in Romania.
I used to think i had a decent knowledge of geography as i knew where most countries where and even an approximate location of there capitals.
And yet feel like i didint even know of Moldovas existence until i was randomly looking at he world map because of a random interest in the black sea.
Wait..this isn't a video about Albania?
Moldova should just join Romania. They are both extremely similar, if not the same, culturally. Moldova could also benefit from it economically and military, as Romania is a member of both EU and NATO.
The Moldovan population's minds have been poisoned for decades. Besides the similarities, there is a resent of Romania that is very palpable. Every since independence, they waited for someone to save them. Either Russia or Romania/Europe. You can constantly hear "What has Romania done for us?", despite the amount of aid Romania has sent over to Moldova throughout the years. It is hidden because the media is controlled by people with Russian affinities.
Unification would bring Romania a lot of unwanted problems that it cannot deal with. That would outweigh the benefits of population/land increase in the minds of the people.
Same? Not even close. Similar? A little bit. Still, not many Moldavians wish for unification, and none of us feel “Romanian” by blood.
@@lordium1848delusional take. They are 95% the same with the 5% difference being the changes the Russians forced on Moldova.
Australia should join Uk both are extremely similar
They are not as similar as you think
I'm sensing a trend. You, Wendover, and RealLifeLore all released a video today. Is there something special about the algorithm on Tuesdays? 👀
Idk Moldova is a pretty popular vacation destination in my country, not as much as the US or Thailand, but well beating half of Western Europe.
I know this is just a game, but the quote that the character says in it couldn't be more true.
"You get people desperate enough, they'll do just about anything." - Joel - The Last of Us Series
My country Argentina seems to be heading in the same direction. We are saved for now because there are poorer countries around us, but once pur government runs put of money to maintain infrastructure (they are barely investikg that now) and the brain drain and capital flight continue since it's impossible setting up a new business without being drowned in taxes or having to pay corrupt officials we may find outselves selling organs in a few decades as well
Hi, me too I'm Argentinian. I'm 50 y.o. Tell us, please, if the Argentinian economy is really sooooooo bad, then how the flying f ù c k there were 20,000 Argentinians making parties in Qatar 2022 for 2 months during the Football World Cup, how recently there have been 10,000 Argentinians that came to France for 2 months to make parties during the Rugby World Cup, how come just yesterday there were 70,000 Argentinians filling up the River Plate Football Stadium in Buenos Aires to assist to a concert by Taylor Swift, and so on and so on and so on? for God's sake, it would seem that literally EVERYONE in Argentina, including yourself and your family and your friends and their families are ALL stealing and avoiding taxes; yet y'all people are forever saying super dumb shit like "it is the Peronists who rob everything!" or "It's Macri who robbed everything!" or "It's the Junta who robbed everything!", but never admitting that WE, normal people, are a FUNDAMENTAL PART AND CAUSE of the problem??!!
@@x2y3a1j5 there's rich people everywhere. Specially in a country with over 40 million people saying 20,000 travelled to a world cup as a sign of the country doing OK is short sighted.
Te la tiro es castellano salamin. No te acordas cuando una empresa literalmente X (porque nadie jamas supo quien era) vino hace poco a hacer escaneo de retinas a cambio de 50 USD? Te acordas las colas que se armaron?
El cheto promedio de Recoleta, Neuquen capital, Santa fe o Córdoba nunca van a vender sus organos. Ellos ya estan hechos y van a ver Taylor Swfit o a boquita. O de ultima rifan la play como el pibito que salió en la tele y se fue a ver a boquita (estas hablando hoy una play 5 vale un millón de pesos nueva, suficiente para flor de viaje a Brasil).
Los que van a terminar vendiendo organos acá son los del norte, cada vez más pobres pero que pese a todo siguen votando peroncho. México esta bastante estable y tiene Gran Premio de F1 y organiza un mundial y tiene un mercado de organos tremendo. No hace falta que toda tu población sea pobre, en Moldavia tampoco lo son todos. Solo hace falta dejar a un porcentaje suficientemente desesperado y sin recursos para que te armes un lindo mercado de esto. Y encima el candidato no peronista del ballotage ya habla de regularizar el mercado de organos. En 20 añitos estamos como en el video acordate, solo que vos y yo probablemente jamas nos enteremos xq tenemos la educación suficiente para andar viendo videos en inglés de crisis económicas en Europa del Este.
Y por cierto yo renuncie a los subsidios de luz y gas y pago mis impuestos como monotributista. Jamas pago en efectivo x descuentos xq me manejo x billeteras virtuales y pido factura de todo lo que pago (culpa de mi novia abogada mas que nada). Asi que si te metes en la bolsa de chorritos y evasores negreadores metete a vos y no a todos. Si todo el mundo fuera tan chorro como el político promedio hace décadas que seriamos Zimbabwe. Pero hay gente en Argentina que hace las cosas según las pedorras leyes que tenemos, por increíble que te parezca, solo que cada vez somos menos.