Transnistria, officially known as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) and locally as Pridnestrovie,[d] is a landlocked breakaway state internationally recognised as part of Moldova.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transnistria

[–] AnchoriteMagus@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The government of Moldova very recently took steps to eject the breakaway Russian-backed Transnistrian govt from the country in order to try and fortify the country against a possible Russian aggressive move.

I'm sure this is entirely coincidental and unrelated. /s

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

The people who actually apply for Russian citizenship basically deport themselves for free once the puppet government and the Sheriff's oligarch owner are thrown out. It'll be difficult if there's going to be a law that states that Transnistrian citizens will be converted to proper Moldovan citizens but those who are just Russians can be ordered to leave.

[–] wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago

Can someone explain how can Russia control that puppet state physically? It neighbours Ukraine, so at least at this point there’s no free passage. Except money, I guess they have some way to pour money onto them, to keep the puppet state alive. But the occupied Ukrainian territories, as much as, say, Belarus, are neighbouring Russia, so it’s somewhat trivial to bring forces, weapons, and other means there. What’s about this region? It’s really difficult to grasp. Perhaps I missed something important, some obvious historical event or something. I did not really read a lot on this, but I’m not sure I know where to begin with. I did read the Wikipedia article (not right now, some time ago), but I’m not sure I extracted much from it. I might give it some refresh, but would really appreciate someone giving it an ELI5-like (well, not really five, obviously) kind of reply.