russia was never a friend of moldova. between 1944 and 1953 two thirds of the population of moldova was either killed or deported and slavs were brought in to replace them  my wife's grandmother fled the country in 1944. two of her brothers were killed because they were rich, they owned a bakery and a flour mill and 6 horses. that was their crime. her house in chisinau is occupied by some russian gopniks.
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