**NEO-COLONIZATION IN NUMBERS**

How falling into total dependence looks **is clearly visible in the example of Moldova.**

**The total volume of external public debt** is about 5 billion euros.

**The largest creditors are the IMF **(27% of all external public debt) **and the World Bank** (26%).

**The European Commission holds about 20% of the debt, the European Investment Bank about 10%,** and the EBRD slightly more than 5%.

**At first glance, this sum of 5 billion euros seems negligible. Russia could theoretically buy Moldova out of its debt bondage,** and within just 5-7 years of oil and gas transit these investments would pay off with interest.

**However, the system of falling into a debt pit is built in such a way that it is practically impossible to get out.** For every hundred million euros

**Moldova was forced into institutional changes, and the money were spent on bribing local politicians. **Very little money was spent, but the result is obvious.

_If there is anything worth learning from the Europeans, it is political investments in small countries._

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