You say want a Twitter Revolution

Sandwiched between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the east is the poorest nation in eastern Europe, the wine-producing country that is Moldova. Demonstrators used Twitter to organize in the wake of the announcement of election results showing that the Communists were returned to power. In what has been described as a spontaneous uprising in the capital, Chisinau, included the storming of the parliament and president's offices. While a host of historical issues are at play in this recent upheavel, the gaps appear to be both generational and regional. The protests were led by youthful demonstrators. But while the capital's population leans to the EU, Romania and the West, the rest of the nation remains pro-Russian. In the wake of the sack of the parliament building, President Vladimir Voronin is running the Romanian ambassador out of town, blaming his government for recent events. With Moldova going through its painful transition from communist caterpillar to EU butterfly, it's going to take a lot of wine to wash this spasm down.