Slideshow: Moldova’s miniature Maidan?
All photos by Filip Warwick. Hear/read his audio report.
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- Protesters erected about 200 tents in front of the Moldovan parliament. (Photo Credit: Filip Warwick)
- Alexander (left) a Georgian national believes the change in government can be achieved peacefully. (Photo Credit: Filip Warwick)
- The kitchen tent provides food for the protesters. (Photo Credit: Filip Warwick)
- A first aid tent which provides assistance for people in the tent city situated outside the Moldovan parliament. A doctor checks a woman’s pulse and blood pressure. (Photo Credit: Filip Warwick)
- A man wrapped in a Moldovan flag crouches whilst watching the evening news on a large screen. Considered to be one the poorest European nations and seeking closer integration with Europe the fraud highlights the deep-rooted issues of corruption in the ex-soviet republic. (Photo Credit: Filip Warwick)
- An oligarch board of shame. Demonstrators throw darts at faces of individuals blamed for the country’s woes. Clockwise from top left: Vladimir Filat – former Moldovan Prime Minsiter, Ilan Schor – Moldovan oligarch, Dorin Drăguţanu – ex-head of the National Bank of Moldova, Vladimir Plahotniuc – Moldovan oligarch and politician. (Photo Credit: Filip Warwick)
- Dan, an eight-year-old schoolboy, throws darts a pro-western oligarch board of shame. (Photo Credit: Filip Warwick)
- Chisinau university students sit around a Peace sign and sign to traditional Moldovan and Romanian folks songs. (Photo Credit: Filip Warwick)
- A protester hangs a new slogan on one of the larger tents. The protest is peaceful and is situated in between the Moldovan parliament and one of Chisinau’s main streets. Car drivers passing by the tent city use car horns as a sign of solidarity. (Photo Credit: Filip Warwick)
- Under the watch of a policeman hundreds of people are camping out in front of Moldova’s parliament. The protesters are calling for the resignation of the current pro-western government in power for the past 6 years. (Photo Credit: Filip Warwick)
- Protesters demand the resignation of the pro-Western government however some believe the new authorities could turn to be pro-EU as well as pro-Russian. Moldovan parliament provides backdrop for the Moldovan and EU flags. (Photo Credit: Filip Warwick)
- A group of protesters demonstrating for unification with Romania. (Photo Credit: Filip Warwick)
- A protester facing the Moldovan parliament. (Photo Credit: Filip Warwick)
- Soldier with Moldovan army tag and Moldovan Ribbon. (Photo Credit: Filip Warwick)