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To: LindyBill who wrote (102968)	3/2/2005 8:46:00 AM
From: LindyBill	of 793926

You can tell how much things have changed that we now concern ourselves with how things are going in Moldovia. I used to think that was a fictional country. It looks like more former Communist states are goi... thepaytons.org By Doug - Considerettes It looks like more former Communist states are going to go the way of Ukraine. UKRAINE’S pro-democracy ‘Orange Revolution’ may be about to sweep eastwards as three more former communist states hold elections in the coming days. Opposition parties in Moldova, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are cloaking themselves in orange, hoping to "do a Ukraine" and remove unpopular governments in parliamentary elections. Like Ukrainians, opponents in these states complain of living under the yoke of tyrannical governments little changed from the days when they were part of the Soviet Union. They are optimistic that the elections will see the old guard swept from power. Regarding Moldova in particular, the news is this: Best placed to see change is Moldova, which goes to the polls on March 6. It is sandwiched between Ukraine and Romania, and controlled by Europe’s last ruling Communist party. The reason I mention Moldova specifically is that I forwarded this news article to my "Considerettes" Russian Correspondent and got this reply; I'm not sure what to expect from Moldova. I saw the yellow ribbons there tied to telephone polls. But some folks there said that it was all slogans and no real organization yet. It is a communist government but one that was actually voted into power four years ago. We'll see soon enough on March 6th. In a separate E-mail (when I noted I thought this would be good info for the blog), I received this: Just add that the Communist government of Moldova was voted into power in a rather deceptive way. Times were hard for the newly liberated Soviet Republic. The transition to a free market and democratic principles was not without bumps in the road and those bumps were devastating to many.... A Moldovan civil war at that time certainly didn't help things economically either. When the first elections came the Communists bought out the local bakeries for several days before the elections and passed the bread out free saying, "This is what it will be like if you vote for us." They won. Since then things have improved somewhat in the capital city of Chisinau (KI-shin-ev). The lack of political unrest and the passage of time itself with entrepreneurs on the loose helped a lot. Also the communism they have now is not nearly the same brand that they had under the Soviets in terms of oppression and the 'bumps' in the road have seemed to become less severe. However, the villages are still very poor. The village I spent a night in had no running water for over a year. The Communist government has 'stepped in it' several times internationally in their attempt to once again centralize everything. They burned the UN once by absorbing an electricity company and had some major funding cut which hurt. They did something similar with the airlines and now lost some connections with Europe. Typical short-sighted stuff for near-sighted communist priorities. Yes, folks are getting a bit frustrated, but after spending last week there I saw nothing that leads me to believe they are at the boiling point yet. There has been enough change in terms of economic stability for the common (city) person to hold off a real power struggle for now. But tension is building. Stay tuned.

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