The ongoing war next door has put the landlocked country of Moldova, a former Soviet republic and one of Europe’s poorest nations, in a precarious position.
In hopes of mitigating Moldova's fragility, the country submitted a questionnaire required for European Union membership last week. The application process comes as Russian officials hint that the Kremlin's war may have the potential to expand beyond Ukraine.
Minnekayev explained that capturing this swath of the country would allow the Kremlin to create a"land corridor" from Russia in the east to Transnistria to Crimea, a peninsula on the Black Sea that Russia forcefully annexed from Ukraine in 2014. Adding to Moldova's vulnerability on Eastern Europe's frontlines is its complete reliance on Russian gas supplies.
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