Russia’s latest focus is Transnistria, an unrecognised breakaway republic on Moldova’s south-western border with Ukraine
leaders mention “oppressed Russian-speaking populations”, many former Soviet countries swallow hard. President Vladimir Putin uses that spurious claim to justify his war in Ukraine. Russia’s latest focus is Transnistria, an unrecognised breakaway republic on Moldova’s south-eastern border with Ukraine. On Monday the region’s state-security ministry in Tiraspol, its self-proclaimed capital, was shelled. Two explosions on Tuesday wrecked antennas for Russian radio in the village of Maiac.
Transnistria, which has a bigger industrial base than Moldova itself, also benefits from having quietly joined Moldova’s trade agreement with the EU. Local barons have profited from life on the international sidelines and from proximity to the port of Odessa in Ukraine. The last thing they want is to be “liberated” by the Russians. But Transnistria may not have much choice.
The war in Ukraine has brought Transnistria into the spotlight. On April 22nd Rustam Minnekayev, a Russian general, said that a successful military thrust through the south of Ukraine would give his army access to Transnistria. That would cut Ukraine off from the Black Sea, dealing a significant blow to. It would also create a land corridor, allowing Russian forces to attack Ukraine from the west and penetrate deeper further north. Moldova, a country of about 2.
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