Riots in Moldava: Revolution?

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The communist party was just re-elected in the former Soviet Republic of Moldava and student protesters have rioted in Chişinău. Liberal students claim that the election was rigged, though chances are the Communists would have won a majority in Parliament anyways since there are three different liberal parties vying for seats.

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Protesters setting fire to Parliament

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Protesters fighting with police

Twitter news from Chişinău

Digital communications are down all over Moldova and protesters are forced to release statements through Twitter.

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Images from Chişinău

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Whose side are the army on?

That tends to be the deciding factor in these things.

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This looks like a nice Sunday ManU vs. Liverpool match riot.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by METAPOD

Whose side are the army on?

That tends to be the deciding factor in these things.

Well Communists control the government so...

There were reports that the army had opened fire on the protesters, but right now they're listening to statements from parliament.

Scratch that, now they're rioting again.

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holy shit the cops are forming testudo

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they are getting their asses kicked

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This apparently is the majority of the Twitter stuff going around.

Some people are saying they're agreeing to manually re-count the votes.

I was speaking idiomatically.

State internet providers have all stopped functioning. Only private providers are offering service, and for a while only cell phone services had internet access.

Now that things are dark in Moldova, the cops have started attacking protesters.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by METAPOD

Some people are saying they're agreeing to manually re-count the votes.

Haha, so they didn't count them manually in the first place? I mean, it's fucking Moldavia, not Montana.

FELIPE NO

The question about manual recounting is "Who are the "they" that are recounting?" If it's the communists in charge of it and they DID rig it, then it's really not going to change things. Riots just keep a'comin.

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The region of Moldavia in Romania/Czech/Slovakia or the country of Moldova, former USSR nation? Or the river Moldau?

From what I take from this confusion, this is happening in the country of Moldova, between Ukraine and Romania. Anyway. Kind of reminds me of the events that led to the Warsaw Union. Hopefully it won't be as bloody.

EDIT (for Brady): Just snorting at your typo, nothing more.

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Yeah what region could I possibly be talking about concerning riots in Chişinău? It is a mystery.

more footage from today:

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Police have fired blanks to disperse the protesters. They've all gone home for the night, we'll have to see what happens tomorrow.



Parliament on fire

There's nowhere I can't reach.

They're shipping out foreign journalists by the looks of things so one would imagine the troops are gearing up for a bloodbath, should the protests resume.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Bradylama

Haha, this picture is priceless, I didn't know they had ties in Moldova.

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Cum voteaz? mor?ii în Republica Moldova - Cotidianul

I know you can't read Romanian, but there are reports that thousands of dead people voted Communist.

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Originally Posted by Bradylama

Cum voteaz? mor?ii în Republica Moldova - Cotidianul

I know you can't read Romanian, but there are reports that thousands of dead people voted Communist.

Ah, the old ones are the best eh?

Apparently the Russians are saying that the riots were planned by a rogue group who want the country to become part of Romania and as such, the protesters are enemies of sovreignty. It'll be interesting to see how far Russia will support the communists if it turns out they rigged the election. It's one thing for an African country to ignore th UN telling them to hold a fair election but Moldova are going to fuck any future membership of the EU if they cheat this one.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Where are the comrades taking arms against these hooligans?

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by RABicle

Where are the comrades taking arms against these hooligans?

It seems like the comrades were the ones encouraging them to arms in the first place. There's evidence of police breaking up stone walls for protesters to throw at the other police protecting government buildings, and plain clothes agitators were being isolated and rejected by protesters the day after the riots.

Of course, there were also groups of plain clothes cops singling out protesters, beating them, and hauling them off for arrest.

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A lot of dumbasses (Western Media) are calling this a "Twitter Revolution" when really they were using Twitter to release news on the protests because there was literally nothing else.

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Don't blame them, Brady. Old people think Twitter is a kind of e-lectronic drug that motivates teens to drop out of school and send naked pictures of themselves to pedophiles.

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Originally Posted by a lurker

Don't blame them, Brady. Old people think Twitter is a kind of e-lectronic drug that motivates teens to drop out of school and send naked pictures of themselves to pedophiles.

Don't forget Animal Crossing as well.

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Today is Wednesday, so Crazy Redd will be restocking his heavy munitions supply. Watch out for fakes, rioters!

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I know this takes the bold assumption that Moldavan youth are like American youth politically, but seeing as how the term "re-elected" was used I'm assuming there was a vote, and from there I'm wondering how many of those students bothered to get up and vote?
Of course then there's as they said in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, "Democracy only works in your favor if your side wins. Otherwise you might as well live in some totalitarian state."

Although I should let my pessimistic side down long to enough to acknowledge those students probably are just smarter than the majority and recognize that a communist state will never be as powerful or prosperous as a free market will. Communism works in developing countries, but once a stable economy has been established free market allows for stronger growth.

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As far as I'm aware, the driving force behind the protests were a group who want the country to become part of Romania which would mean further distance from Russia and the benefits of getting into the EU (Is Romania in the EU? I can never remember who is or not). A Communist government would be considered closer to Russia, despite their democratic government and breaking away via a change in government is likely to result in far less danger of having the Russian army stroll in to keep them "Local".

At least that's how I understand it but that's a mix of sketchy information and speculation on my part.

I was speaking idiomatically.

We are full of surprises from time to time,this was just a part of it btw I live in Romania and things get shitty from time to time thats why all of us wanted out from here which is true.

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