The Ministry of Culture of Moldova called the Soviet occupation the liberation of the republic from the Nazis in 1944. This is stated in the statement published on the department page on Facebook
The Ministry of Culture of the Republic said that in 1940 the USSR “annexed Bessarabia and the Northern Bukovina”, which were by then the territory of the Romanian state, and accused the Soviet authorities of establishing a totalitarian communist regime there, alien identity and Romanian identity.
At the same time, the department noted that the Russification of these regions was aimed at the pursuit of the intelligentsia, as well as the elimination of traditions and values that define Moldavians as a nation.