In a Failure for President Biden, Among Others, Russia Rebuilds Its Empire, One Country at a Time

In Georgia and Moldova, countries where opinion polls routinely register pro-European majorities, large numbers of voters are being frightened into voting for pro-Russian candidates.

AP/Zurab Tsertsvadze
A demonstrator holding EU and Georgian national flags at Tbilisi, October 28, 2024. AP/Zurab Tsertsvadze

After sowing war in Ukraine over the last two years, the Kremlin now harvests a bonus crop in the neighborhood. In Georgia and Moldova, countries where opinion polls routinely register pro-European majorities, large numbers of voters are being frightened into voting for pro-Russian candidates. Of the 15 former republics of the Soviet Union, only the three Baltics are members of the European Union. Moscow wants to keep it that way.

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