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Moldova votes for EU (Original Post)
BootinUp
Oct 21
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elleng
(135,843 posts)1. Great!
HereonAddict
(1 post)2. Musk in Moldova?
How many Pennsylvania voters will be asking the same question?
niyad
(119,632 posts)3. Interesting that the voter who is shown is wearing Ukraine's colours.
Beastly Boy
(11,086 posts)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
(119,632 posts)5. Thank you for that background information!
Lulu KC
(4,144 posts)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
(92,449 posts)6. YAY!!
A poke in the eye for pooptin.