Moldova: Red Bloc leader jailed for 30 days

Graphic: SouthFront September 8: The Rascani Sector Court in Chisinau ordered 30 days detention for former parliamentary deputy and honorable member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Grigory Petrenko. The decision was made on Tuesday, September 8. The judge complied with the prosecutor’s request. “The Court did not explain its decision. We will […]

Letter to Spanish officials: No to Ukrainian fascist congress in Madrid!

International Action Center147 W. 24 St. Suite 2, New York, NY 10011, U.S.A.212.633.6646 ▪ IACenter.org September 8, 2015 To: Prime Minister Mariano RajoyComplejo de la Monicloa, Madrid, Spain Director Victor Garcia de la ConchaInstituto Cervantes, Madrid Ambassador D. Ramon Gil-CasaresEmbassy of Spain to the United States, Washington, D.C. Permanent Rep. of Spain to the UN […]

Maryana Naumova in Alchevsk: ‘Helping peers is my duty as young communist’

By Alexander Alexeyev, Recent News of Donbass On September 1, 2015, at 17:00, in the Victory Park of Culture and Rest, a Russian bench press tournament was held for the militia fighters and everyone else in Alchevsk [Lugansk People’s Republic]. Judging the competitions was Maryana Naumova – the strongest girl in Russia, world-class athlete in […]

Victor Shapinov: ‘Unlike Ukraine, Moldovan protests have a left wing’

Moldova weary of oligarchs (Excerpts) By Dmitry Rodionov, Free Press September 7: On Sunday in Chisinau, the biggest protest in the existence of independent Moldova took place. According to the protesters, it attracted about 100,000 people. The rally was attended by not only residents of the capital, but also visitors from remote areas of the […]

‘Plahotniuc can’t break us’: Moldovan communist leader after arrest

First statement by former Deputy Petrenko after arrest: Plahotniuc can’t break us! Former MP and honorary member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Grigory Petrenko*, who was arrested during an anti-oligarchy protest in Chisinau on Sunday, September 6, made his first statement to the press. The politician described his detention as “a […]

Protest leader Grigory Petrenko illegally detained in Moldova

Former MP, honorary member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, leader of the team conducting protests against the Plahotniuc and the oligarchs who’ve captured the state, Grigory Petrenko, was pulled out from the heart of the protest on Sunday, September 6th. Red Bloc leader Grigory Petrenko It happened in front of the […]

Moldova: Two separate protests, two different agendas!

By Greg Butterfield September 6: There is serious confusion about the protests in Chisinau, Moldova, today. There were two different protests — one well financed, by groups waving EU flags; another, completely separate, by genuine antifascist forces led by the communist Red Bloc. The second protest was attacked by police and several leading comrades were […]

Riot police attack anti-austerity protesters in Chișinău, Moldova

September 6: The police provoked a scuffle in front of the Prosecutor General’s Office in Chișinău, the capital of Moldova, in which several people were hospitalized. When hundreds of protesters came to the building of the Prosecutor General’s Office to demand the resignation of public prosecutor Cornelia Gurin, puppet of the oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc, they were […]

Urgent appeal: Protest Ukrainian fascist congress in Madrid

Dear comrades! We appeal to you to organize widespread protests against the neo-fascist Ukrainian World Congress to be held in Madrid, Spain. According to our information, on September 11-13, 2015, in Madrid, Spain, a neo-fascist, pro-Bandera rally will be organized by the Ukrainian World Congress. Within a few days in the Spanish capital, the international […]

Transnistria celebrates 25th anniversary of the republic

By Ekaterina Bogataya On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the republic of Transnistria, a grand parade was held in Tiraspol with the participation of all branches of the armed forces and security agencies, as well as military equipment. The parade was the largest ever in the quarter-century history of Transnistria. In addition to […]