Fear of Moldova Being Next on Russia's Hit List

PeopleOther ♦ Published: June 30, 2022; 19:18 ♦ (Vindobona)

The Russian Invasion of Ukraine is also frightening for other Eastern-European countries. One of them has its own troubles, with the gone rogue territory of Transnistria, highly influenced by the Kremlin, namely Moldova.

Moldova has its own version of a gone rogue republic with close ties to Russia in the east of its territory, namely Transnistria. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Clay Gilliland / CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)

Since Russia attacked Ukraine, new security policy issues have opened for many countries in Europe, especially in Eastern Europe. For Moldova, the Russian Invasion of Ukraine is not just frightening, it is threatening since Moldova has its own version of a gone rogue republic in the east of its territory, namely Transnistria.

The country does not belong to either NATO or the EU,…