Relaţiile Republicii Moldova cu Rusia în primii ani de după obţinerea Independenţei (1991–1996)
Moldova’s relations with Russia in the first years of independence (1991–1996)

Summary/Abstract: he rapid changes within the Soviet Union, during the Gorbachev era, allowed Moldova, like other republics, to break away from Soviet tutelage and go on their own way. The euphoria that engulfed Moldova after the declaration of independence (August 27, 1991) was short‑lived, because the internal and external problems it faced were complex. Both the problem of the separatist republics of Gagauzia and Transnistria, as well as the question of union with Romania, prevented the Republic of Moldova from stabilizing as a state and being able to choose a European path. This fact allowed Russia to intervene in its favor in order to keep Moldova under its sphere of influence. Thus,Russia’s intervention in Moldova’s politics was constant throughout the first years of independence through various methods. The result of the Russian intervention at certain key moments in the post‑Soviet history of Moldova was the complete integration of Moldova into the CIS (Community of Independent States), the active involvement of Russia in the war in Transnistria (1992) and in the post‑conflict stabilization, the influence of Moldovan internal politics through the promotion of some pro‑Russian politicians and the implementation of a series of bilateral agreements mostly favorable to Moscow.

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