On January 20, anti-government protests flared up with renewed vigor in Moldova. On December 9, 2007, the author of this article, then a special correspondent for The New Times, was deported to Chisinau. Since then, the magazine has been following the events in Moldova The biggest mistake would be to consider this protest within the framework of a common dilemma: pro-Russian - anti-Russian, pro-European - anti-European. No, it's not like that. This is a unique protest - anti-oligarchic.