The acting Moldovan President Mihai Ghimpu...
has become a hero of the nationalist electorate."It said Ghimpu would attend an informal Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Summit in Moscow on May 8 and then return to Chisinau.
During the summit, the presidents of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine are expected to address World War II veterans and workers of the home front.
Some experts say that Ghimpu also has personal motives for not attending. His family home was confiscated shortly after the war and his two bothers and father were deported to Siberia.
"I can not forget the misery, deportation and hunger citizens of the Republic of Moldova went through in the Soviet Union," Ghimpu has said.
Experts said whatever the motives, Ghimpu"s refusal will not do Moldova any good. Russia can easily block recently recovered exports of Moldovan wines to Russia or impose tougher sanctions against Moldovan
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