I believe you Max. This is unfortunately very usual in East Europe. A newspaper dreams up a story about a neighbor country. They publish it, if anyone stands up against it in the country of the newspaper he is called unpatriotic, if he is from the attacked country he is called a liar. By the time justice could be served everyone forgets about the story because there are new lies in the media. That is what you get for having newspapers that actually talk about issues. Every now ant then there is a very bad egg in the basket.
You know someone will say O-Zone sooner or later. You can not start a thread about music and Moldavia without someone saying O-Zone. Expecting in a thread like this nobody to say O-Zone would be like second guessing ineffability.
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It is a good find. Especially with your comment on it. You wouldn't have ever said what you said without the story posted. I recommend you upvote it too.