Children of Moldova’s ‘Twitter Revolution’ Feel Betrayed

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Children of Moldova’s ‘Twitter Revolution’ Feel Betrayed
Moldovan demontrators clash with riot police during an anti-communist rally in Chisinau, Moldova, April 7, 2009, Chisinau. Photo: Doru Dumitru
Madalin Necsutu     Chisinau     BIRN    April 5, 2019

A decade after the overthrow of the communist regime in Moldova, the former supporters of the revolution feel their country has degraded into a corrupt oligarchy – with even worse politicians than it had before.

“Some communist thieves were replaced by younger, far cleverer ones – with a bigger hunger to get rich by making easy money, especially from the state budget,” Vlad says bitterly, remembering the so-called Twitter Revolution of April 7, 2009, which overthrew Moldova’s Communist government a decade ago.

Vlad is now a 28-year-old researcher and PhD candidate in agricultural studies, living in the capital, Chisinau.

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