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Joining us now is the Ambassador to the U.S. from Moldova, Vile Kolmeninski. Ambassador, welcome. Thank you very much for the invitation, Brian.
So Ambassador, a lot of people are looking in Eastern European Europe these days, and they're watching Russia incur in the space of Romania, of Poland, of Belgium, Uh of um The Baltics, we saw Estonia. And then they're trying to infiltrate by almost all reports your election. But tell everyone what happened with your election in Moldova as you aspire to join the EU.
So essentially, Russia tried to keep the Republic of Moldova within its orbit. And in order to do that, it interfered massively in the recent parliamentary elections in the country. And Russia was backing a coalition of communists, socialists, and antifa against center-right governing party.
So that's what essentially happened. But you could have seen this played all over again and again in Warsaw-Pact countries during the Cold War when Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria wanted to. Make the voice of their people heard, but the Soviet Union was trying to keep them in their orbit all the time. The same story is now being played over with countries around the former Soviet Union.
So, in that election, Moldova, through a fair and democratic vote, sent a very clear message that it is a sovereign, independent country and that it is the people of Moldova who will decide their own destiny, and that Russia is not really welcome. What is it like living under Soviet slash Russian occupation and influence?
Well, it's something that you know that is impossible to describe. It means that your people can essentially be taken over. You know, at night, uh, taken up and shipped literally to Siberia. It means, you know, constant fear, it means constant reprisal. And, you know, in this election, as expected, Russia tried to do everything: bribery, money, threats, hoax, subterfuge, intimidation, propaganda, the entire toolbox.
But it actually had the opposite effect because Moldova, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, has tasted freedom, has tasted democracy. And I think that after this election, when Moldova sent a very clear message that it is going to decide its own destiny, Russia lost this country for a very long time, if not forever, just as it lost Ukraine. You can't really buy away people's freedom, can you?
So you're not a member of NATO, you're a small country on your own. Do you fear Russia just flat out invading like they did Georgia, like they're trying to do in Ukraine, like they did in Ukraine, being pushed back? No, because we have very strong allies, including the United States. And the United States has been very helpful in strengthening Moldovan institutions and Moldova's ability to resist. And I would like to remind you that the first administration of President Trump was very helpful in preventing destabilization in Moldova.
So essentially, it played a role of a mediator, making sure that political processes in Moldova go peacefully and that Moldova plays a role of regional stabilizer. Today, a very important point is that the foreign policy of this administration essentially keeps Russia at bay because before invading any other countries, Russia is really thinking what Washington is going to say.
So this deterrence is crucial to us.
So I love the President Change's stance. He was giving Bhutan a shot, trying to start fresh, just trying to get everybody to stop fighting and get some type of deal done. Can't happen. Vladimir Putin seems to look at all that outstretched hands as weakness.
Now what do you think of the President's new posture when he's considering giving them tomahawks and allowing them to go inside Russia's border with our attack'em long distance rocket missiles? I think that the President is absolutely right in pushing for peace in Ukraine. It is really time for Russia to talk peace seriously, as the President has emphasized many, many times. And you know, essentially, Russia is stalled and it's not making any meaningful strategic gains. We're looking at wanton destruction and we're looking at death.
Ukraine is holding firm and it will hold firm. And so that war needs to stop. And the efforts of the United States to stop that war are really, really welcome. And I think they're great. And nobody, of course, would benefit more from peace than the Republic of Moldova.
And, you know, Finally, blessed is the peacemaker. And what we are trying to do right now, we are trying to establish a very strong partnership. We've already had a very strong partnership with the United States of America. You know, we've become independent in terms of energy supplies. We no longer buy energy, gas, or electricity from Russia, and we're opening up opportunities for U.S.
companies in our markets. We have a 750-mile-long border with Ukraine, and in terms of Ukraine reconstructions, we can play a very important role in that.
So it's not a charity. It's a partnership that we want to continue. This week on the Fox True Crime podcast, I'm joined by retired FBI Special Agent Stacey Perkins as she discusses the Bureau's Innocent Images initiative and the many child predators she has helped to bring down. Listen and follow now at foxtruecrime.com. This is Jason Chaffetz from the Jason in the House podcast.
Join me every Monday to dive deeper into the latest political headlines and chat with remarkable guests. Listen and follow now at FoxnewsPodcast.com or wherever you download podcasts. The Ambassador of Moldova is joining us now. Ambassador, for people. And the President said this in the past, and I thought he was wrong, and I'm not sure he really believes it.
But he says, Look, this is not our war. This is Europe's war. What should the American people know? About the Ukraine conflict that was started by Russia that really does affect our national policy and security. Those wars tend to spill over, and then they draw in a lot of other countries, and they create a geopolitical imbroglio which becomes very difficult to address.
So, it is much easier to do that before it actually spreads. And I think that the president is trying to do just that. And his efforts have been very successful in a lot of other instances. Look, for example, at Armenia-Azerbajan. That was a brilliant peace deal which was achieved by President Trump.
And that, after hundreds of years, to do that is really impressive. And we can cite a lot of other peace deals that have been achieved, but I think that is a really, really good example. Why does Vladimir Putin not see the downside to invading these countries? Why is he so determined instead of building up his country to invade other countries? Brian, it's probably going to take us about two weeks to really discuss that question, you know, because that's a question that bedevils a lot of countries around Russia.
You know, it probably has to do with domestic reasons that, you know, Vladimir Putin cannot stop because, you know, he will not face a very content public domestically. You know, because then how are you going to explain to your people back home that you know you've launched this massive efforts that there was so much death and destruction for what? Because Russia, let's look at it, it hasn't really made any meaningful strategic gains in Ukraine.
So those wars tend to become self-perpetuating. And the sooner Russia understands that there are no more strategic gains to be made, the sooner the war will stop.
So we know that the right people won the election. Do you worry about any type of infiltration when it comes to the election, the electronic, any type of cyber attack that could affect the results? Oh, that has already happened.
So, you know, there has been massive cyber attack, intimidation, propaganda, and sort of, you know, but the election was still won by the center-right governing party. And I think it really helped that Russia was backing up this coalition of communists and socialists and Antifa. And sort of, you know, that was not really much of a credible alternative. And you cannot really buy people's votes.
So institutions have become a lot stronger. And that has happened to a great extent thanks to the support from the United States of America.
So, you know, I think Moldova will continue to resist. And Moldova has resisted. It is, for all intents and purposes, our second independence day. Ambassador Komeninsky, thanks so much. He's the ambassador to.
Moldova. He's right here in the U.S. Thanks so much, Ambassador. Glad the good guys won. This is Jimmy Fala, inviting you to join me for Fox Across America, where we'll discuss every single one of the Democrats' dumb ideas.
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