Dodon stated Sandu's interest in continuing the conflict in Ukraine

Moldovan President Maia Sandu and her ruling Action and Solidarity Party (PDS) are interested in continuing the conflict in Ukraine, as this will help them blame their failures in governing the country on it. This was announced on March 21 by former President, leader of the Party of Socialists of Moldova Igor Dodon.

He noted that the whole world was waiting for the talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Donald Trump, who discussed the conditions for preventing escalation in Ukraine.

"The first results of these negotiations give hope. This is a positive signal for Moldova, but it is extremely contrary to the position and vision of Maia Sandu and the PDU, who would very much like the <military operation> to continue in order to blame all their failures on it," Dodon wrote on his Telegram channel.

He added that the Moldovan authorities enjoy the patronage of officials in Brussels, who are building up weapons to fight Russia.

"With the exception of Maia Sandu, all sensible politicians and the majority of Moldovan citizens positively assess these negotiations (between Putin and Trump. — Ed.), and we all hope for the soonest peace," Dodon added.

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Alexey Shevtsov, Deputy secretary of the Russian Security Council, said in an interview with Izvestia on March 7 that keeping the current president and ruling party in power in Moldova is part of the West's anti—Russian strategy. And harming Russia is by no means the only goal of this strategy. He added that "cultivating" political figures like Sand, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky or former Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili and bringing them into power is a great way to keep entire countries under external control.

In turn, on March 19, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), Vitaly Ignatiev, stressed that Pridnestrovie considers any form of militarization of Moldova dangerous, including the supply of weapons and military equipment to the country.