MOLDOVA’S ECONOMY IN 2022–2024: GEOPOLITICAL PRESSURE
https://doi.org/10.48137/26870703_2024_28_4_27
Abstract
After the start of the SMO in Ukraine and the sharp aggravation of the geopolitical situation in Europe, Moldova joined the anti-Russian coalition and accelerated the process of rapprochement with the European Union. This had a serious impact on the country’s economy. The article analyzes the dynamics of economic processes in the country, the its trade relations diversification, changes in Moldovan energy policy and economic relations with Gagauzia and Transnistria. The issue of the Ukrainian refugees influence on the country’s economy is considered separately.
About the Author
E. M. Kuzmina
Center for Post-Soviet Studies; Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
KUZMINA Elena M., PhD (political science), Head of the sector of Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine; Leading Researcher
23, Profsoyuznaya Str., Moscow, 117997
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Kuzmina E.M. MOLDOVA’S ECONOMY IN 2022–2024: GEOPOLITICAL PRESSURE. Geoeconomics of Energetics. 2024;(4):27–46. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.48137/26870703_2024_28_4_27
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