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Moldovan breakaway region appeals to Russia as a spat with the pro-Western government worsens
ABC News ^ | Feb 28, 2024 | STEPHEN MCGRATH Associated Press and AUREL OBREJA Associated Press

Posted on 02/28/2024 8:47:11 AM PST by McGruff

Officials in Moldova’s Russia-backed breakaway region of Transnistria appealed to Moscow for protection Wednesday, as tensions escalate with the pro-Western government.

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On Wednesday, members of the Transnistrian congress used a rare meeting in the regional capital, Tiraspol, to ask the Russian Duma to “implement measures for defending Transnistria amid increasing pressure from Moldova, given the fact that more than 220,000 Russian citizens reside in Transnistria."

A short war in the early 1990s led pro-Russian forces in Transnistria to declare a breakaway state. To this day, Russia stations about 1,500 troops in the region as so-called peacekeepers, who guard huge Soviet-era weapons and ammunition stockpiles.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: americanpravda; associatedpravda; associatedpress; aurelobreja; chaddeusmaximus; fishmaximus; moldova; noobiemaximus; psychomaximus; russkiymir; ruzzia; ruzzians; seeshillagain; stephenmcgrath; transnistria; ussr
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1 posted on 02/28/2024 8:47:11 AM PST by McGruff
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To: McGruff

“...more than 220,000 Russian citizens reside in Transnistria.”

They need to be rounded up and deported back to Ruzzia as an existential threat to Moldovan national and territorial security. By force if necessary.


2 posted on 02/28/2024 8:51:49 AM PST by MeganC (Ruzzians aren't people. )
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To: McGruff

Need someone to go out on the street with video camera, and ask Americans - “where is Moldova?”

The replies would be hilarious.


3 posted on 02/28/2024 8:52:44 AM PST by PGR88
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To: MeganC

You’re free to get your candy ass of your couch and go do so.


4 posted on 02/28/2024 8:53:07 AM PST by EEGator
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To: McGruff
220,000 Russian citizens That does not come close to the number of Mexican, Honduran, Guatemalan, Venezuelan, etc. citizens now have migrated to the American Southwest. I wonder when they will demand status as a breakaway state. Whom would the UN Security support?
5 posted on 02/28/2024 8:53:50 AM PST by epluribus_2
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To: McGruff

Another Russian proxy “special military” adventure.


6 posted on 02/28/2024 8:54:46 AM PST by linMcHlp
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To: PGR88

Maybe they’ve seen Red 2…


7 posted on 02/28/2024 8:55:45 AM PST by EEGator
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To: epluribus_2

The non whites.


8 posted on 02/28/2024 8:56:24 AM PST by EEGator
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To: McGruff

Criminal gangs, as one might expect, run the sliver of a country - the only thing going for it are the huge Soviet-era ammo dumps, close to thr border with Ukraine.


9 posted on 02/28/2024 8:56:31 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: epluribus_2

They have been a “breakaway” state for decades. They were part of Moldova originally.


10 posted on 02/28/2024 8:57:49 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: everyone
For reference.


11 posted on 02/28/2024 8:58:08 AM PST by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: MeganC
"They need to be rounded up and deported back to Ruzzia as an existential threat to Moldovan national and territorial security. By force if necessary."

How unsurprising that a neocon globalists would advocate for ethnic cleansing and genocide.

GFY

12 posted on 02/28/2024 8:58:32 AM PST by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: epluribus_2

There are several on FR that would support it.


13 posted on 02/28/2024 9:13:22 AM PST by VeniVidiVici (Guns don't kill people, Democrats do. )
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To: PGR88

It’s the country where the opening sequences of “Borat” were filmed. Just about says it all.


14 posted on 02/28/2024 9:15:38 AM PST by katana
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To: McGruff

“...more than 220,000 Russian citizens reside in Transnistria.”


If they’re citizens of Russia, then they’re not citizens of Moldova, and should have no say in Moldovan government whatsoever.

Are you an advocate for illegal aliens voting in American elections? Hmmm, well, maybe so.....

And what the actual x are Moscow’s troops doing there? That used to be called invasion.

By that token we could land a division of Marines in Venezuela.


15 posted on 02/28/2024 9:21:48 AM PST by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: McGruff

There’s not much the Russian Federation can easily do to help them.

Therefore, they should try to simmer down and hope for the best.


16 posted on 02/28/2024 9:22:59 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: McGruff
"Muh democracy" and all that.

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, etc. would approve of what the Russian residents are doing there, for sure. :-O

17 posted on 02/28/2024 9:27:43 AM PST by Alberta's Child (If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
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To: Alberta's Child

The British probably still think those 13 colonies are breakaway regions.


18 posted on 02/28/2024 9:30:12 AM PST by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: PGR88

How many even know that Moldova was a part of Romania before WW2 and was called Bessarabia?


19 posted on 02/28/2024 9:38:35 AM PST by rfreedom4u ("You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas")
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To: MeganC

How did FR become a hangout of vax fanatics (vunts) and fascist?


20 posted on 02/28/2024 9:49:33 AM PST by zek157 ( )
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