How a Moldovan Fraudster Leveraged Tensions Over Ukraine War

24/09/2023 18:29 New York Times

The war in Ukraine is intensifying longstanding frictions in a region of Moldova called Gagauzia. A Moldovan convicted of plundering his country’s banking system sees an opportunity.

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