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Wizz Air suspends all flights to European country over fears it will be Vladimir Putin’s next target
BUDGET airline Wizz Air will suspend all its flights to and from Moldova next month due to security concerns linked to growing tensions with Russia.
The Hungarian airline became the first to announce a suspension of flights from the UK to the country, which borders Ukraine on its north, east and south.
Wizz Air will halt all flights bound for Moldova from March 14[/caption]
Wizz Air fly to the Moldovan capital Chișinău from Luton Airport[/caption]
The airline have cited escalating tensions between the country and Russia in its decision[/caption]
In a statement, the airline said: “Due to recent developments and the high, though not imminent, risk in the country’s airspace, Wizz Air has taken the difficult but responsible decision to suspend all its flights to Chișinău as of March 14.”
Wizz Air fly to the Moldovan capital Chișinău from Luton Airport.
Moldova’s infrastructure ministry said it regretted Wizz Air’s decision, assuring in a statement that flights “which respect a number of procedures, could be carried out safely”.
The move follows on from Moldovan president Maiai Sandu accusing Russia of plotting to overthrow the country’s pro-European leadership with individuals masquerading as anti-government protesters.
The plan involved citizens of Russia, Montenegro, Belarus and Serbia entering Moldova to try to spark protests in an attempt to “change the legitimate government to an illegal government controlled by the Russian Federation”, Sandu said.
Meanwhile, Russia’s defence ministry has alleged that Ukrainian saboteurs dressed as Russian troops would attack from Transnistria, to provide a pretext for a Ukrainian invasion.
Transnistria, also known as Pridnestrovia, is a small breakaway region in the former Soviet republic of Moldova where pro-Russian separatists have been armed and backed by Moscow.
The area have adopted a policy of supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shortly after war broke out last year and has allowed Russian troops to be stationed in its borders.
The statement from Moldova’s president came just weeks before Russia told western countries that it would view any actions that threatened Russian peacekeepers in Transnistria as a direct attack on Russia.
While Moldova, which has a population of around 2.6 million, has tried to avoid involvement in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, its proximity to the war has had significant consequences to its people.
The country has been caught in the crossfire of the Russia-Ukraine conflict over the past year.
It has intermittently been forced to shut down its airspace, and has suffered crippling energy blackouts as a result of debilitating Russian airstrikes on Ukrainian infrastructure.
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Twitter Suspends Account Encouraging Others to Join Mastodon – CNET
Twitter suspends accounts of Mastodon and several journalists
Twitter accounts that track private planes have been suspended, along with the accounts of Mastodon and a host of tech reporters.
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Twitter Suddenly Suspends Half-Dozen Journalists’ Accounts – CNET
Twitter suspends journalists who cover the social network and Elon Musk
Several journalists across various publications have found themselves unable to access their Twitter accounts tonight. They’ve been suspended on the website, and according to NBC News Senior Reporter Ben Collins, one thing they had in common was that they covered the social network and Elon Musk, who once described himself as a “free speech absolutist.” Collins listed the suspended journalists’ accounts on a Twitter thread, including CNN’sDonie O’Sullivan whose last tweets included his interview with Jack Sweeney, the college student who ran the @ElonJet account.
The Washington Post’s Drew Harwell lost his account following a tweet about how Twitter suspended Mastodon, its rival social network that’s been gaining popularity since Musk took over, after it posted a link to the account that tracked Musk’s private jet. The New York Times’Ryan Mac lost access to his account after talking about Sweeney and Twitter’s policy changes following @ElonJet’s suspension. Mashable’sMatt Binder also found himself suspended after retweeting a post doubting Musk’s claim that he and his son were followed by a “crazy stalker” and another about how Twitter’s new head of trust and safety invited a QAnon-adjacent group to discuss a partnership.
Next in the list is Micah Flee from The Intercept who recently tweeted: “So much more arbitrary censorship on Twitter since @elonmusk took over.” Sports and political commentator Keith Olbermann was suspended while one of Engadget’s editors was reading a thread on his account. Olbermann’s last tweets also included criticisms of Musk’s announcement that he’s taking legal action against Sweeney and Twitter’s policy changes after the suspension of the Musk’s stalker incident. Aaron Rupar, an independent journalist who was also suspended, posted a response on Substack and said he tweeted that the “@ElonJet account that was suspended from Twitter was still active on Facebook, with a link to the Facebook page.”
Journalists who cover Elon Musk have been suspended on Twitter tonight: @Donie O’Sullivan from CNN, Aaron Rupar and the Washington Post’s @drewharwell.
Rupar tells me he has “no idea” why it happened.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) December 16, 2022
As you can see, most of the banned accounts talked about Sweeney or linked to @ElonJet in some way. Before the account got permanently suspended, it tracked flights of Musk’s private jet using publicly available data. Musk announced a policy change for Twitter after the account’s suspension that prohibit’s the doxxing of real-time location info. In a response to that announcement, he said the car carrying his child was followed by a stalker. He also said that he is taking legal action against Sweeney and organizations “who supported harm to [his] family.”
We reached out to Twitter for a statement, and we’ll update this post when we hear back. But replying to a user saying they’ve confirmed that the suspended accounts linked to @ElonJet, Musk insinuated that they were booted off the website due to its new doxxing rules. He also said in a separate tweet that criticizing him “all day long is totally fine, but doxxing [his] real-time location and endangering [his] family is not.”
Same doxxing rules apply to “journalists” as to everyone else
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 16, 2022