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> Moldova has protested Russia's firing of missiles from its Black Sea naval force over Moldova to hit eastern Ukraine.

> Weeks after Sandu's party won a parliamentary election last year with its promise to strengthen Moldova's integration with Europe, Russia used its near-monopoly position as Moldova's gas supplier to impose a price increase and threaten a cutoff of supplies if Moldova did not make concessions to help sustain Russia's economic and political leverage in the country.

> The eventual outcome of Russia's war on Ukraine will powerfully shape conditions for other countries in the region where populations are seeking more stable democracies and integration into Europe - particularly Belarus, Georgia and Moldova.

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