A Russian ban on the import of Moldovan wine has pushed the country to promote its wares, with increasing success, elsewhere.
Craig Turp-Balazs
Craig Turp-Balazs is the editor of Emerging Europe.
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Anamaria Dutceac Segesten is a political scientist and director of Central and Eastern European Studies at Lund University. A specialist in the political use of social...
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