Alexandru Eftode is director of RFE/RL's Moldovan Service.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy made a recent visit to a munitions factory in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The trip turned out to be a divisive one, as U.S. Republican leaders accused Zelenskiy of siding with the Democratic Party in the upcoming presidential election.
Moldova's embattled ruling coalition says it will soon call for a referendum on direct presidential elections, a moderate concession to demonstrators who have held several large antigovernment protests over the past week.
