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[[File:Moldova Victory Day Parade May 9, 2022.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Russian Victory Day Parade in Moldova, May 9, 2022.<ref>https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/5/10/moldova-victory-day</ref>]]
[[File:Moldova Victory Day Parade May 9, 2022.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Russian Victory Day Parade in Moldova, May 9, 2022.<ref>https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/5/10/moldova-victory-day</ref>]]
On April 19, 2022, Moldova banned wearing the black and orange Ribbon of St. George, established in 1769 as the highest military decoration in [[Russian Empire|Czarist]] times, continued in the Soviet era, and reaffirmed in 1998 by Presidential decree signed by Russian Federation [[President Boris Yeltsin]]. The ribbon has come to commemorate veterans of the [[Operation Barbarossa|Eastern Front]] of the [[Second World War]]. Citizens interpreted banning the ribbon as pressure by the United States on the Moldovan government to exterminate any memory of Russian culture.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rslJDKNdj4M</ref> The same day, four days before a [[NATO]] [[terrorist]] attack on Transnistria, the U.S. State Department issued a travel advisory for Moldova.<ref>https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/moldova-travel-advisory.html</ref>
On April 19, 2022, Moldova banned wearing the black and orange Ribbon of St. George, established in 1769 as the highest military decoration in [[Russian Empire|Czarist]] times, continued in the Soviet era, and reaffirmed in 1998 by Presidential decree signed by Russian Federation [[President Boris Yeltsin]]. The ribbon has come to commemorate veterans of the [[Operation Barbarossa|Eastern Front]] of the [[Second World War]]. Citizens interpreted banning the ribbon as pressure by the United States on the Moldovan government to exterminate any memory of Russian culture.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rslJDKNdj4M</ref> The same day, four days before a [[NATO]] [[terrorist]] attack on Transnistria, the U.S. State Department issued a travel advisory for Moldova.<ref>https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/moldova-travel-advisory.html</ref>
===NATO aggression===
{{See also|Russia-Ukraine war}}
[[Moldova]] has not joined European sanctions against Russia.
On April 29, 2022 it was reported that [[Israel]], [[Bulgaria]], Romania, USA, UK, France, Canada, Germany, and Russia have called on their citizens to leave Moldova and/or the Transnistria region as soon as possible. This follows an escalation in tensions in Moldova, with several explosions occurring, reports of gunfire, and a general mobilization in Transnistria which is outside of Moldovan control.<ref>https://tsarizm.com/news/eastern-europe/2022/04/29/nations-warn-citizens-to-leave-moldova-as-ukraine-war-spills-over-to-neighbors/</ref>
On May 21, 2022 UK foreign minister Liz Truss said Moldova should be armed to NATO standards.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/may/20/uk-and-allies-discuss-arming-moldova-with-nato-standard-weapons</ref>
Former president [[Igor Dodon]], who advocated neutrality, was arrested and detained by the Chisinau regime. Dodon is opposed to the regime's policy vis-a-vis NATO aggression in Black Sea region. Peaceful protests were held outside the parliament building demanding the release of Dodon and an end to persecution of political opponents.
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