Moldova votes for EU

[BootinUp]

[elleng]

1. Great!

[HereonAddict]

2. Musk in Moldova?

How many Pennsylvania voters will be asking the same question?

[niyad]

3. Interesting that the voter who is shown is wearing Ukraine's colours.

[Beastly Boy]

4. This is a big effin deal.

Russia always considered Moldova to be within its sphere of influence, and a big part of Russia's invasion of Ukraine was to link Russia and Moldova by land captured from Ukraine.

Once Moldova gains EU membership, the tiny sliver of land with ethnic majority Russian population which calls itself Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and claims independence from Moldova, will become irrelevant in the long term.

This is a huge, and unexpected, blow to Putin's coveted ambition to resurrect the Grand Russian Empire.

[niyad]

5. Thank you for that background information!

[Lulu KC]

7. I learn something new every day

Sometimes 10 things. Thanks for background. I had no idea this was a completely missing puzzle piece in the jigsaw called my brain.

[2naSalit]

6. YAY!!

A poke in the eye for pooptin.