re: #278 Killgore Trout

It’s not just supplies. Putin wants permanent trade routes in and out of Transnistria without pesky duties, taxes and customs fees paid to other countries.

Putin: “The people of Transnistria should be allowed to decide their fate themselves”

Did you even bother to read the FIRST link you provided? Because the way I read it, it’s a win/win for everybody except Russia and smugglers

It should be noted that the registration process for Transnistrian businesses in Chisinau is free of charge and that all import / export duties are paid to the Transnistrian administration.

This I think is the real reason this shit is going down.

Moldova has been able to achieve the partial economic reintegration of Transnistria.

And this is something Putin doesn’t want to happen.

* Edited for clarity