Russia has very limited interest for Transnistria as such. It doesn’t really care for the 140k or so Russian ethnics there, who were never subject to the multiple levels aggression Russians experienced in Ukraine after the Maidan coup. The strategic and practical interest Russia may have about Transnistria relates to Odessa only and in strict correlation with what Russia intends to do about Odessa, first militarily then politically.
The Transnistrian pill
The Transnistrian pill
The Transnistrian pill
Russia has very limited interest for Transnistria as such. It doesn’t really care for the 140k or so Russian ethnics there, who were never subject to the multiple levels aggression Russians experienced in Ukraine after the Maidan coup. The strategic and practical interest Russia may have about Transnistria relates to Odessa only and in strict correlation with what Russia intends to do about Odessa, first militarily then politically.