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Moldova votes for EU (Original Post) BootinUp Oct 2024 OP
Great! elleng Oct 2024 #1
Musk in Moldova? HereonAddict Oct 2024 #2
Interesting that the voter who is shown is wearing Ukraine's colours. niyad Oct 2024 #3
This is a big effin deal. Beastly Boy Oct 2024 #4
Thank you for that background information! niyad Oct 2024 #5
I learn something new every day Lulu KC Oct 2024 #7
YAY!! 2naSalit Oct 2024 #6

Beastly Boy

(12,284 posts)
4. This is a big effin deal.
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 12:30 PM
Oct 2024

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.

Lulu KC

(8,107 posts)
7. I learn something new every day
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 12:50 PM
Oct 2024

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

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