Oppositionist: Transnistria will soon ask Moscow to join Russia. The scenario would have a massive impact on the Ukraine war.

The historian Yuri Felshtinsky openly warned of a war by Russia against the Republic of Moldova. “Even before they finish with Ukraine, they will start a war there as soon as they reach Moldova,” he told the British Express at the time of his death in 2012. The Russian Federal Assembly is expected to approve the application on February 29.