MOLDOVAN President Igor Dodon is refusing to sign an “unconstitutional” ban on “foreign propaganda” into law.
Moldova’s governing Democrats have pushed the law through parliament, but it is seen by critics as a one-sided attack on Russian media.
Democrat Party chairman Vladimir Plahotniuc has attacked “media manipulation” which spreads “defamation” of “our country but also our development partners in the EU and US.”
Trump threatens war and punitive tariffs to recapture Iranian resources – just as in 1953, when the CIA overthrew Mossadegh and US corporations immediately seized 40% of the oil, says SEVIM DAGDELEN
Western nations’ increasingly aggressive stance is not prompted by any increase in security threats against these countries — rather, it is caused by a desire to bring about regime changes against governments that pose a threat to the hegemony of imperialism, writes PRABHAT PATNAIK



