Breakaway region in Europe asks Russia for protection

Pro-Russian rebels in Transnistria, a separatist sliver of Moldova, have asked President Vladimir Putin to protect their region from what they claim are threats from Moldova’s government.

Transnistria, which illegally split from Moldova as the Soviet Union crumbled, has remained firmly within the Kremlin’s orbit while Moldova, which borders Ukraine, is bidding to join the European Union.

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