Transnistria asks Russia for protection in the face of “growing pressure” from Moldova. The secessionist enclave bordering Ukraine demands help from Moscow, which has troops deployed in the region.

The region, wedged between a narrow strip along the Dniester River and Ukraine, enjoyed tax privileges that Chisinau granted it as a form of seduction to reintegrate it. Following the resolution adopted by Transnistrian deputies, the Deputy Prime Minister for the Reintegration of Moldova rejected “the propaganda statements coming from Tiraspol”