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Most recently, on Wednesday, a “congress of deputies of all levels” convened in Tiraspol, Transnistria’s nominal capital, and passed a resolution to ask Russia for protection in the face of “increasing pressure” and the “economic war” unleashed by Moldova.
The majority of Moldovans are pro-Europe, many hold Romanian — and therefore EU — passports, and hundreds of thousands work in EU countries.
But Pro-Russian parties, which are financed among others by the Israel-based pro-Russian oligarch Ilan Shor, are waging bitter campaigns against pro-EU President Maia Sandu and the pro-Western government of Prime Minister Dorin Recean. Social media there are also awash with pro-Russian propaganda and disinformation.
A presidential election and a referendum on the country’s accession to the EU are due to be held this fall. According to Moldovan Foreign Minister Mihai Popsoi, the authorities are “already seeing attempts to destabilize the situation” in the country.
How would Russia supply their forces in Transnistria? They would need a stable foothold in Western Ukraine for it.
This is a propaganda move to try to scare Moldovans into electing someone they can control.
If trump wins and Europe falters, russia could sack Kyiv. Putin is trying to engineer that outcome.
I think Europe is discovering, more and more, that they can do it without help from the US. It’s more a matter of, do they have enough time to get spun up before Russia’s next move?
More to the point, they’ve come to the realization they may not have a choice.
Russian foreign minister Lavrov threatens “Moldovan regime” over Transnistria. He compares Moldova with Ukraine and says that “the situation is identical.”
If Putin’s pattern follows it goes like this:
- Invade a neighbor Ukraine
- Make threats to other neighbors.
- Other neighbors join NATO.
Does this mean that these new threat might specifically mean:
- Invade a neighbor Ukraine.
- Make threats to other Moldova.
- Moldova reunifies with Romania, making what was Moldova part of NATO.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Outwardly, Transnistria is like a gigantic Soviet outdoor museum, with monuments to Lenin, red flags and hammer-and-sickle symbols galore.
Under the guise of Sheriff, a huge holding company, they run money laundering and smuggling operations and practically control all economic activity in the region.
Whenever these operations are threatened, the region’s powerless parliament, the Supreme Council of Transnistria, or other forums come together and ask Moscow for help, protection or accession to the Russian Federation.
Most recently, on Wednesday, a “congress of deputies of all levels” convened in Tiraspol, Transnistria’s nominal capital, and passed a resolution to ask Russia for protection in the face of “increasing pressure” and the “economic war” unleashed by Moldova.
Ahead of Putin’s address, Moldovan politicians and media alike spoke of a “feint” and a “propaganda bluff” on the part of Transnistria that should not be taken seriously.
Moldova’s pro-Western head of state, Maia Sandu, who was a civil rights, anti-corruption activist before being elected president, has made every effort since coming to power in 2020 to stop illegal economic dealings with Transnistria.
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yep. once they finalize what theyre doin in ukraine, theyll just move on to the next non-nato neighbor and take that.
russia has nukes, and theres apparently nothing we can do to stop it.
All it would take to stop this is for republicans to betray their motherland, russia.
I don’t think Putin will invade anyone else. The people of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus all started in Kyiv. Loosing Ukraine to NATO is a huge blow to his regime. But ain’t nobody caring about Moldova.
Putin is very explicitly trying to reconstitute the USSR, perhaps with the exclusion of the Baltic states. Moldova is just another piece of the Russian Empire to putin.
