Leaders from France, Germany and Poland are headed to Moldova Wednesday on the eve of the campaign for next month’s high-stakes parliamentary election. Moldova’s pro-EU President Maia Sandu described the European leaders’ visit as a “show of support” for the former Soviet republic in the face of what the government has denounced as Russian interference.
Transnistria is a Russian-backed breakaway region of Moldova. It is not NATO- or EU-aligned, it is Russia-aligned. It buying gas from Russia is not a surprise.