"One giant leap, needs two steps back"
Currently serving as a volunteer in the Republic of Moldova
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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
On TV, Natalia Morari wears severe spectacles and her hair pulled back into a bun, as though she were trying to look older. Every weekday, this 27 year-old journalist hosts a 90-minute debate on Publika, the Moldovan private TV channel. And everyone is able to speak out freely, which is quite a feat in Moldova.
In April 2009, Morari was a figurehead in the “Twitter revolution”, a revolt by Moldovan youth in protest against the communist stranglehold on power. The social networks played a decisive role, thanks to Twitter and Odnoklassniki, the Russian equivalent of Facebook.
Activist credited with the 2009 Twitter revolution among the critics as ex-Soviet state struggles to find a new identity http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/03/moldova-struggle-since-russia-revoltMoldova’s stuck in search for unity
