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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 435

Moldova

Ilan Shor at a press conference February 25, 2019, following national elections in Moldova. (Facebook: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 22, 2024, 12:35 am
Israeli-born oligarch said to be behind Russian interference in Moldovan EU vote
Authorities claim Tel Aviv-born Ilan Shor tried to bribe 130,000 people to vote ‘no’ in EU referendum; Shor denies interfering, Russia says vote was ‘unfree’
By Reuters
Danil Kimenfeld (Facebook).
March 13, 2024, 9:53 pm
Danil Kimenfeld, 64: Doting grandfather, ‘anchor of the family’
Killed by Hamas terrorists while on a fishing trip at the Zikim beach on October 7
By ToI Staff
People chant slogans during a protest in Chisinau, Moldova, Nov. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Aurel Obreja)
March 5, 2024, 3:05 pm
Poll on antisemitism in Moldova shows much hostility alongside widespread affection
Nearly half of respondents in Eastern European country say they don’t like Jews but 40% indicate they ‘really like’ them
By Canaan Lidor
Ilan Shor meets with supporters during a campaign event in the city of Comrat on February 15, 2019. (Daniel Mihailescu/AFP)
June 21, 2023, 6:05 pm
Moldova outlaws pro-Russia party led by oligarch living in Israel
Chisinau’s pro-European government has accused Ilan Shor, who fled the country in 2019 and is under US sanctions for alleged corruption, of trying to overthrow it
By AFP
Ilan Shor at a press conference February 25, 2019, following national elections in Moldova. (Facebook: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 5, 2023, 11:19 pm
US sanctions Russian-backed operatives linked to Israeli-Moldovan oligarch
7 individuals connected to pro-Russia politician Ilan Shor, currently in exile in Israel, designated by US Treasury for allegedly attempting to destabilize Moldova’s government
By FATIMA HUSSEIN
This combination of photos shows Shas MK Yinon Azoulay (L) and Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman. (Olivier Fitoussi and Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 1, 2023, 11:01 pm
After Shas MK mocks Liberman’s Moldovan origin, envoy protests ‘ignoramus’ remark
Ambassador responds with ‘extreme dismay’ to Yinon Azoulay’s mention of his country ‘in a negative connotation’ while feuding with Yisrael Beytenu leader
By Alexander Fulbright
Russian speakers perform havdala, a ceremony that marks the end of Shabbat, in Israel. (Shishi Shabbat Yisraeli)
May 25, 2023, 3:01 pm
Russian speakers relish a user-friendly Shavuot, and its pro-conversion message
An organization that helps build communities of newcomers from former Soviet countries has adapted the Jewish holiday’s all-night study tradition
By Canaan Lidor
Ilan Shor, then-mayor of the town of Orhei, Moldova, arrives to meet with supporters during a campaign event in the city of Comrat on February 15, 2019. (Daniel MIHAILESCU/AFP)
April 20, 2023, 2:41 am
A wanted Moldovan oligarch backs Russian interests at home from a haven in Israel
Convicted in absentia for stealing $1 billion from Moldova’s banking system, businessman-turned-opposition leader Ilan Shor is leading pro-Moscow protests in the country
By Jacob Judah
Moldova's then parliamentary candidate Ilan Shor, mayor of the town of Orhei, arrives to meet with supporters during a campaign event in the city of Comrat on February 15, 2019. (Daniel MIHAILESCU/AFP)
April 15, 2023, 5:16 pm
Israeli-born Moldovan oligarch sentenced in absentia to 15 years over $1b bank theft
Ilan Shor, who fled to Israel in 2019, is convicted of fraud and money laundering in 2014; unclear if Moldova has requested extradition, or if Israel will comply
By AP
US President Joe Biden delivers a speech marking the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at the Royal Castle Gardens in Warsaw, February 21, 2023. (Evan Vucci/AP)
February 22, 2023, 6:45 pm
Biden: Putin’s suspension of arms control treaty ‘big mistake’
In Poland, US president reassures eastern flank NATO allies that the US will remain by their side, vows that military alliance’s mutual-defense pact is ‘sacred’
By AAMER MADHANI
Israeli-born Moldovan Ilan Shor in 2016. (Wikipedia/Privesc.Eu Moldoval; CC BY-SA 3.0)
February 17, 2023, 2:42 pm
Facebook ran ads in Moldova for Israeli-born oligarch sanctioned by US Treasury
Social media giant allowed promotion of convicted fraudster Ilan Shor, implicated in $1 billion theft from Moldovan banks in 2014 and accused by Washington of working for Moscow
By David Klepper and STEPHEN McGRATH
Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita announces her resignation during a news conference in Chisinau, Moldova, February 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Aurel Obreja)
February 10, 2023, 3:29 pm
Pro-Western Moldovan prime minister resigns, government collapses
PM Gavrilita blames crises stemming from ‘Russian aggression in Ukraine’; country’s president will conduct consultations and appoint new PM candidate
By CRISTIAN JARDAN and STEPHEN McGRATH
File: Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion of their country are seen at the border in Palanca, Moldova, on March 14, 2022. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
December 24, 2022, 3:46 am
In Moldova, a tiny Jewish community struggles to stay warm as war rages next door
Skyrocketing fuel costs, inflation make situation dire for already cash-strapped Chisinau, as Ukraine war also brings refugees in
By Judah Ari Gross
A view of the damaged building of the Ministry of State Security, in Tiraspol, the capital of the breakaway region of Transnistria, a disputed territory unrecognized by the international community, in Moldova, April 25, 2022. (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Transnistria via AP)
December 19, 2022, 11:47 pm
Moldova warns Russia may launch offensive to form corridor to breakaway region
Country’s intelligence chief says Putin could seek ‘land corridor’ through south Ukraine to Moscow-backed Transnistria; his agency clarifies that remarks are only an ‘analysis’
By CRISTIAN JARDAN and STEPHEN McGRATH
Ilan Shor at a press conference February 25, 2019, following national elections in Moldova. (Facebook: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 9, 2022, 7:37 pm
Israeli-Moldovan one of two oligarchs sanctioned by UK for corruption
Ilan Shor and Vladimir Plahotniuc fled Moldova in 2019 after being implicated in a $1bn bank fraud and other illicit schemes; Shor living in Israel
By STEPHEN McGRATH and CRISTIAN JARDAN
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