Correction. Dragos wasn't a founder of Moldavian state. Bogdan Voevod or Bogdan 1 was. 1365 is considered a year of getting independence and creating Moldova
@@ce8042 Dragos was a vassal of the Kingdom of Hungary is debated if he was Vlach or Hungarian but it is believed he was a Vlach, and yes in Romania he is not credited as the founder of Moldavia that one being Bogdan from Cuhea (Maramures). After mongol invasion Dragon was sent by the king of Hungary to create a defensive line against the mongols over the Carpathians, by the legend say he was following while he hunt a bull that now is extinct and his loyal dog died near a river during the chase, he named that river after her as Molda, and that bull you can found it on the Moldavia coat of arms and the name come from that dog/river (Molda). After Dragos death his descendants become Magyar as their name are no longer Vlach sounding as Sas and Balc (Son and Nephew of Dragos). In Transylvania at the same time with those two was Bogdan a local ruler of Maramures, he wanted to riot against the Hungarian rule but his brother betray him and spoil the plan to the king of Hungary, who gather the army against him, because of this he gather his loyalist and cross the mountain in the future Moldavia, there he hear the local Vlach population are rioting against the 'Hungarins" rule of those descendants, and he use the unrest to overturn those two, this plan succeed and he found Principality of Moldavia soon after. The former two Sas and Balc run in Transylvania where the king of Hungary lament the betrayal of Bogdan and repay those two with his former feud or a par from them.
I would just like to thank Politics with Paint for providing this objective and educational video. I hope to see this channel grow in the future, and I think it has serious potential.
You forgot to mention that the gas that the russian federation provides to the transnistria is not cheap, but it's free, and with that gas transnistria sells electricity back to moldova, 80% of which comes from that region. If russia were to cut off the gas, there will be no electricity for most of moldova. And this is the reason why moldova can't really abandon the plans of reintegration.
@@cosdache I can't blame the moldovan politicians, i can blame the ussr by doing a great job at making sure Moldova can't quit Russian sphere of influence. Just like most of the post Soviet republics.
@@cosdache for most of those decades, moldova was governed by parties like the communist party that were like: russia is a friend, lets not worry and enjoy life. it ended up with many fleeing towards romania and eu, and a diy uprising which brought to power pro eu integration parties that turned up even more corrupt and status quo. people mostly disillusioned in politics overall, started voting back the socialist party that was formed by gone outs from communist party. more corruption and status quo, until promising pro eu and pro decency politicians started showing up and eventually gained power both presidential and parlamentary. now they're heading towards eu as much as it's possible for them under those circumstances, relaying mostly on help from their close ties to romania.
@@Marian87 Yes, this is the fallback plan, but the catch is that most of the high value infrastructure that allows Moldova to distribute the power to the rest of the country is near the power plant in Transnistria.
One very ironic detail you missed: the Transnistrian side was not only supported by the Russian 14th Guard Army but also by a sizable number of volunteers from the Ukrainian nationalist group UNA-UNSO (which over time merged into Right Sector). How times have changed.
What are talking about - give plz you source of information?! Una Unso couldn't participate in Transnistrian conflict ideologically and de facto they didn't.
nothing can ever be fully unbiased. there is no such thing as n objective, unbiased, factual truth. this doesn't mean I disagree with the video, simply that the way you phrased your praise of it implies an underlying basis of thought, that is simply wrong
@@peytongonavy Impossible is more powerful than saying unpossible, and I don't think it's grammatically correct, idk English is my 2nd language. Edit: changed unpowerful to unpossible.
One mistake. Vassal state doesn't mean it was occupied or ruled by Turks. And when the Russian empire started war against the Ottoman empire, Moldova didn't fight against Russians, they from the start took the side of Russian Empire and fought side by side against Ottomans. But in result, as russian "respect", Russian empire occupied Bessarabia.
@@OsnoloVrach and how do you explain western Europe, Japan and how well Afghanistan was doing before Biden retreated? The fact is the biggest problem with our United States happen when Progressives (lovers of Soviet and other Communist systems along with other elites) are in power in our United States of America.
@@OsnoloVrach so you write a derogatory statement while it's implication is false and you don't want to be called on it. Does that make you part of the crowd who wants to limit free speech? If not explain how? Try using free speech while you have it before the "department of misinformation" decides you should be silenced.
Thanks for the in-depth review! Very well-researched and factual! Although I'm surprised you didn't dwell on Romanian-Moldovan relations post-independence or the Transnistrian economic system.
Thanks! The script originally had sections on these issues as well, but I decided to cut them in the end, because they are not essential for understanding the basic political issue in Transnistria. Maybe I'll make a follow-up video at some point.
@@TomorrowWeLive i googled some. And found that the word 'prince' can also mean a king of a small country. So, the ruler of a principality is not necessary a son of a king.
@@PoliticswithPaint Transnistria military doesn’t exist. They’re just rusian troops. Transnistria allways was part of the Moldova but rusia still do the scheme: divide and conquer. Russia should stop creating separatist regions. Transnistria doesn’t exist. Is Moldova
I can see you are putting a lot of work in making , creating and editing each image of this video. Sir , I salute you and your craft. I wish you succes with your channel.
Oh boy you had me burst out laughing at 1 am But yes, the PMR’s government is really a dumbass that Moldova has to deal with (as someone from both countries)
Transnistria makes no sense as part of Moldova. The Soviets artificially created a separate Moldovan Transnistria to try to expand into the Balkans, but the territory of Transnistria was never part of Moldova before then. The Moldovans were always a minority there.
Exactly, it’s just these times that now our republic’s population is just made up of Moldovans, Russians, Ukrainians, Romanians and Bulgarians(???), plus Sheriff’s soccer team is just even more multicultural than the PMR’s population itself.
@@999mi999 that's how it is to you, but, I said that keeping in mind that Moldovans are those who come from Moldova and Romanians come from Romania. it's still 2 separate countries right now
@@paulaedwards8937 Ethnicity and nationality are different. Yeah, there's a moldovan nationality just like there's an austrian, swiss, belgian, etc. nationality, but those aren't ethnicities.
I am from The Republic of Moldova and everything that you waid is right. When the war in ukraine started, everyone was freaking out and a lot of people left the country to Romania to escape being the next county involved in a war. Great vid.
@@9_9876 Funny how this is the exact same words, People in Donetsk say ;) They say, under Russia they will not get invaded again by Ukraine (as in 2015) And that's the main reason they ask for joining Russia (They say) Pretty funny as i said. Nothing bad tho
@@alexreasa8815 it's funny when your worldview is so skewed that such made up lie makes sense. But reality is that Ukraine never invaded donbas. Obviously. Idk how you guys can pull up this kind of stuff
@@9_9876 it's funny when your worldview is so skewed that such made up lie makes sense. You know, usually u dont send Planes to BOMB cities OF YOUR OWN COUNTRY. For comparison. Why, for example, when Catalonia, in 2017, held a referendum on the independence from Spain. Why Spain, did NOT send bomber planes to BOMB Barcelona? Think about why Spain did not do this. Ukraine on the other hand started to send FIGHTER PLANES and BOMB its own TERRITORIES, it's own peaceful cities. (Yes, they were separatists SAME AS Catalonia) IMAGINE THIS. And then, tell me WHY, WHY, You CAN drop bombs on people in Luhanks, but CANT drop bomb on people in Barcelona?? Is it fair? Or maybe you think THAT SPAIN SHOULD BOMB ALL SEPARATISTS IN BARCELONA? If so, we cant talk with you anymore, you are a monster.
Romanian here. Great summary! The sooner Moldova gives up trying to hold Transnistria, the better. It was never romanian/moldovan territory. It was created by russians to mess things up. The logical thing to do is give Transnistria's independence (with russian army leaving the area), and Moldova to join EU or (if they want) unite with Romania. A decision has to be taken by Moldova. No decision means being stuck in this state between Russia and EU. No man's land. No investments. No life. There is no such thing as "neutral" country for Moldova. Moldova is not Switzerland. You are either a buffer zone (like Moldova is now) - and nobody invests in a buffer - or "join" one side. Moldova was a buffer for 30 years. Look how it ended up, the poorest country in Europe :( There is no other option.
Up until now Moldova had close ties to Russia, so an independent Transnistria was not allowed from Moscow. It would be like Moscow removing their Trojan Horse. But could the current government from Moldova just recognize Transnistrian independence overnight ? Do they need to hold a referendum in Moldova too ? I don't know what the procedures are and what's stopping them.
@@scratchy996 yes, they need a referendum normally, though I am not sure what Moldova constitution say about this. And about close ties to Russia, it is not true. 70% of Moldova’s trade is with EU, and a lot of it with Romania. “Ties” were only political and in the propaganda that Moscow does in Moldovan media. But in terms of economic support and investments, Russia does nothing. Russia wants political control, but with EU and Romania’s money. It does not work like this. EU is not stupid…
@@scratchy996 Then yes. Those were close ties :) Until now, political class in Moldova tried to have it both ways, with EU for money, and with Russia out of fear, old times or whatever. We call this in Romania to "suck on two tits" , or "have your butt in two boats ":) This cannot work long term, when as a country you are not in position to offer advantages for your "neutrality", like Switzerland does (everybody is keeping the money there for instance).
@@scratchy996 A Trojan horse?.. Do you know how "many" Russian troops are in Transnistria? About 1500, which is very little, given that Russia has no land and sea access to this 'country'.
This is all complicated by the fact that Moldova and Romania consider themselves essentially one people, and majorities of both countries agree in principle that they should be one state as well; this is much easier said than done, but if Moldova successfully accedes to the EU it will have effectively cleared the path for domestic economic and cultural integration even if the two peoples maintain technically-separate state structures.
Lived in Romania for a year , and had to stay in Moldova for just over a month to sort out an extended Visa for Romania (you can't stay in Romania to do that you have to leave the country and then apply). Also have a Romanian wife (I'm Australian). While it sounds great for Romania and Moldova to merge together.. it is unlikely to happen any time soon. the large Russian speaking population in Moldova won't give up it's right to govern itself and be in control of what happens there, and Romania doesn't want to absorb the poverty and debts of the Moldovan economy. Effectively Moldova becoming part of Romania would severely drag down the Romanian economy and take them years to sort out. I'm not an economist or anything, but I've spoken to enough Romanians about why doesn't Moldova join Romania and most of them want it to happen but say it will not happen because Moldova is so poor and they are concerned what that would do to their country (who's economy isn't that great to start with). Romania would have to pour tons of money into the Moldova area to improve infrastructure and quality of life just to bring it up to the rest of Romania's standard. Please don't beat me up in the reply's if I'm wrong but that's just how it seemed to me when I lived there as an outsider looking in
@@Darksoull. This is my understanding as well, though I've never been to either country. Which is why joining the EU, if such a thing were possible, would be a back door into bringing them even closer together without putting the whole cost of modernising Moldova onto Romania's shoulders. But Russia might also use such an accession as yet another provocation, so it isn't terribly likely either at the moment.
@@Tovalokodonci live in moldova and what he is saying is right, i suggest that you read about Ion Inculeț and The Democratic Republic of Moldova on wikipedia if you don't believe what i said.
@@greenlamped2842it is always a question of a POV, according to Russian POV Crimea voluntarily joined Russia, according to some other ones - not so much. Annexation in this context just means that the territory was included into Romania, and under which conditions it was done is an arguable subject
Hi everyone, I am a Moldovan, I live in Transnistria, I liked the way you described our story, quite plausibly. I love my country and neighbors, I don't want any fighting. Peace!🤗♥️
@@bes1k19 Ești prost, Ucraina e un stat format după Uniunea Sovietica ( puppet state ), Basarabia era doar o regiune din România Mare, de-a lungul istoriei Basarabia/Moldova a avut propria istorie alături de valahia ( România) timp de mii de ani, Ucraina pana la războiul mondial nu a existst, iar Bucovina de Nord si Basarabia de Sud au fost cedate Ucrainei de Moldova după ce s-a destrămat Uniunea Sovietica, deoarece dacă Basarabia pastra sudul si Bucovina de nord după destrămare se dezvolta mai mult si România avea interes mai mare sa se unească cu Basarabia, ceea ce russia nu a vrut niciodată! Asa ca nu mai vorbi căcat
@@bes1k19 Ucraina nu a deținut in instoria ei Basarabia , iar Bucovina de nord, Basarabia de sud si insula serpilor sunt teritorii 100% românești, ocupate de rusi si cedate voua după ce s-a destrămat Uniunea Sovietica
Great video, just one small mistake I noticed: at 4:20 and 6:30 the maps of Moldavia and Romania only contain the southern part of Bukovina, even though the region wasn't split until 1940 when the Soviet Union demanded it along with Bessarabia. Other than that the video was very enjoyable.
@@ce8042 North Bukovina was part of Moldavia since it's founding by Dragoș until 1775 when all of Bukovina was annexed by the Austrians and given it's modern name (before it was known as Țara de Sus, roughly translating to the Highlands/The Upper Country).
@@vranceanknight4212 The name first appears in a document issued by the Voivode of Moldavia Roman I Mușat, on March 30, 1392, by which he gives to Ionaș Viteazul three villages, located near the Siret river.
@@easytiger6570 The Bukovina from Roman I Mușat document refers to one of the two beech tree forests from northern Moldavia(they were known as Bucovina Mică (Lesser/Small/Little Bukovina - not on the document) and Bucovina Mare (Greater/Big Bukovina - on the document)), while the modern name for the region came from the Austrians (The name Bukovina came into official use in 1775 with the region's annexation from the Principality of Moldavia to the possessions of the Habsburg monarchy, which became the Austrian Empire in 1804, and Austria-Hungary in 1867.).
Nice report, pretty accurate. Need to make one small correction 1365 date of foundation of old Moldova by Bogdan Voevod, not by Dragos. I am from Pridnestrovie
Both of you are right, while Dragoș is the official founder of Moldavia his state was small (roughly modern day Bukovina (North and South)) and was a march of the Kingdom of Hungary. Bogdan is the founder of the Principality of Moldavia which was independent of Hungary and larger, encompassing most of the future territory of that we now associate with the Principality of Moldavia.
3:50 you added wrongly on the map the people who settled budjack, in that time on the territory where you put the gagauz and ukrainian country balls, the settlements were vlachian as well, the gagauz arrived in the 19th century in Budjack after the Tatars were expelled, and in the tsarist census from 1817, the Ruthenians lived only in the north part of Basarabia, but it's a great video anyways
the OSCE and EU, can build on the technical and economic agreements they have helped facilitate in the last few years. Thus far these agreements have not meant much to large parts of Transdniestrian society, which still exists in semi-isolation. Most Transdniestrians would benefit from a greater international presence on the ground, in particular to work on reforming the local economy.
7:15 it should be mentioned that this administrative "swap" was done intentionally to sow disunity between the different socialist republic. As long as Ukrainians and Moldovians can't agree on a border, they can't unite against the USSR - a classic divide and conquer strategy that was also employed by other imperialist countries, such as the British Empire and France in Africa and the Middle East.
Transnistria military doesn’t exist. They’re just rusian troops. Transnistria allways was part of the Moldova but rusia still do the scheme: divide and conquer. One day Romania and Moldova will be again together broathers 🇷🇴🇲🇩❤️
lol! horse manure, excuse my french! That is THE exact thing "assh0l3s" on BOTH sides of the "political specter" keep psycho-babbling about the Soviet Union being "an empire". The hell it was! No sucking sh*t off of the overseas colonies. Only the CULTURAL expansion. Peace-building. Education. Science. Kindergartens, schools, universities... And... nurturing the local "elite"... mean, haughty, and stupid as fск
Without going in to deep, I don’t know if it’s a double standard. Kosovo; we’re there many Serbians living there anymore? The impression that much of the world community has is that the tiny Serbian population had greatly aged and the Kosovar population was made up of manly young people. Serbs in 1991 made up 10% of the population. Serbs occupied certain districts where they form 80-90% of a hand ful of places. Before the war the Serbs in Kosovo formed a majority in a few districts that lived in the North. The Serbs were highly represented in the police force and paramilitary forces. When ethnic conflict broke out the Serbian, Yugoslav forces attacked the Kosovar community driving large numbers of Kosovar Albanians out of the country. Basically a drive of ethnic cleansing. A conflict that went just over a year had 10,000 casualties and 900,000 refugees. After the war ended 230,000 Serbs became refugees so no matter what people suffered. Donbas is totally different, the border is meant to be sacrosanct with Russia’s agreement in 1991 and the population is not ethnically divided. Donbas is linguistically divided more so. Ukrainian language was suppressed by Soviet officials. The use of Russian gives a false impression of ethnicity and demographics of the populous throughout Ukraine. The larger question regarding Donbas is that the majority didn’t want to break away from Kyiv. That has become more so over the most recent years. Russia is meddling in other countries political outcomes. Nobody from NATO tried to alter the political system in Kosovo.
@@mikhailv67tv It's a illegal secession like Algeria from France but instead of paying the required 1 mil deaths it got out with around 10000 because it was helped . Same is with Donbass , got the required 14000 deaths then it was ok for Russia to step in as not europe not UN got interested in what happened to the people there , things like Tornado , Aidar , Azov , Right sector, C14 . There is a interesting document at OSCE describing about 200 victims of torture and all the assorted stuff in 2014 and early 2015 but afterwards nobody bothered to count more , Yes , strategic interests are more important than anything and russians are not mad without reason . Anyway hunting separatists and torturing them for 8 years would not be something that we would do in Transnistria , we are a bit more sane , do you think so ?
@@ketelin4285 I’m amazed at the non equivalent examples that you can come up with. Algeria was a colonial space and though France had settled it and claimed it as France set up all these legal boundaries it was still foreign land with a people that had called in there’s for centuries. Ukraine has legal borders and those borders are the borders that need be honoured by Russia and Europe
@@ketelin4285 The fact that Ukraine has built a proper army now and is not relying on militias from right wing groups is apparent. The Azov Battalion is the only group that remains and it is under the chain of command now.
Sounds like the most rational solution, maybe Moldova and Ukraine could redraw their official border along the river, and then Ukraine can occupy it as part of its war with Russia
As a moldavian myself I have to thank you for creating this masterpiece 🇲🇩🇲🇩 Moldovians just like the ukrainians🇺🇦 and georgians🇬🇪 want to be free 🕊 and left alone
Hopefully soon you guys manage to push the Russians out of temporary occupied Moldovian territory. Hell even ask Ukraine for assistance, I'm sure they'd love to get more Russian POWs, equipment and military intel.
The Russians are the equivalent to, breaking into someone’s house, kicking the people living there, and declare with your friends that you own this house.
Would it help if Moldova united with Romania now? The moment the ink dried, the Moldovans would be under the umbrella of both the EU and NATO, without having to crawl on their bellies for years to get it. Russia's objections wouldn't matter, because they already played that card with Ukraine, which freed up Finland & Sweden to join NATO (and because if Russia is acting on a desire to enlarge themselves on the geopolitical map, then they'd have to anchor themselves in places like these as well.) Since Transdnistria is not acknowledged as an official state by anyone (not even Russia) then it's nominally still Moldova's to do with what they please; they only hadn't before because they lacked the force to do so, but now the tables have turned. At the same time as they rejoin Romania, they (or the Romanians) could set the border with Ukraine back at the Dniester. This would give the Ukrainians both a territorial and strategic victory, and allow the Ukrainians to ship goods easily down the Dniester. It would also improve the lives of the Transdniestrians as well, because their livelihoods would improve and they'd be living under fellow Slavs.
Воу , классный получился ролик :) Спасибо что рассказали подробную историю про ПМР ! Теперь я побольше узнала о своей родине . .Хотела ещё добавить кое что . Так как приднестровье возле Украины , к нам пришли много беженцев из Украины . Многим пытаемся помочь , но есть и немного наглые люди . Беженцы заминировали много зданий ( недавно заминировали и нашу школу , и все перешли на дистанционку , сижу смотрю ваши видео дома с чяёчком uwu ) , издеваються над нашими людьми . И из за них теперь страшно выходить на улицу , а некоторые и вовсе уехали от греха подальше. Но всё же , переживём . Удачи автору ;) Wow, great video :) Thank you for sharing your detailed story about PMR! Now I know more about my homeland. .I wanted to add something else. Since Transnistria is located next to Ukraine, many refugees from Ukraine came to us. We try to help a lot of people, but there are also a little arrogant people. Refugees have mined many buildings (recently they also mined our school, and everyone switched to remote control, I sit watching your videos at home with tea uwu), mocking our people. And because of them, it is now scary to go out into the street, and some have completely gone away from sin. But we'll still survive. Good luck to the author ;)
@@iliepetcan1736 We were brothers until 2014, I am sorry that the war has begun, but both sides and Russia and Ukraine are to blame for this. And yes, I am Russian, with the blood of Ukrainians, so for me personally this situation is generally terrible.
Do you believe that refugees will "mine" schools and all that pseudo-news that are hard to belive? You must also be believing that moldovan police shot at schools and bus with workers. Good luck with that naive perception
Long time watcher, but first time commenter here; anyway, really interesting video as always and, like plenty of other people have said, it definitely would be interesting to see another video about Abkhazia and South Ossetia!
Thanks for giving us any attention, but not every attention is good. Some of the assumptions you just made have no foundation whatsoever. For example, Moldova would never get involved in a military conflict. Even if attacked, most probably, we would give up shortly. We do not have an army that could step up or anything that can be used. And the thing that you just assumed that we would be interested in taking Transnistria by force is just absurdity at its peak. Please get a bit more informed, in the future, before making such statements.
So the modern Republic of Moldova is just the eastern portion of what was the Principality of Moldovia. The reason that Moldova was never part of the modern state of Romania (except for a brief period) was because at the time when Moldovia and Wallachian united to form the modern state, the eastern half of Moldovia had already been taken by the Russians, had that not happened, modern moldova would most likely be part of modern Romania...Is this about right?
The Transnistrian war was pretty lame As a moldovian, they teach us how it all happened. In 1992, transnistria really wanted to start a war with moldova... well, the russians wanted to, not moldovan-transnistrians, but they didnt really have a reason to and they didn't want to be considered terrorists. After literally a bar fight one night on MOLDOVA'S territory, the authorities stopped it snd brought the suspects (both transnistrians and moldovans) to the police station. Soon after, the transnistrian forces found this as a perfect reason to send in russian troops to kill everyone and destroy the police station... so uh yeah this started a fucking war. On the front lines you had volunteers, Russian troops with heavy artillery and weaponry.. and moldovan police officers... yeah we didn't even have an army back then.
oh ye, I've heard about those scuffles as well but only when I started reading more stuff from other sources; pretty odd how this was what started off the war officially, but ye, Russia trying to pull the strings does make sense other than that we were always taught that Moldova was the aggressor there was also some massacre that happened on September 1st in a Transnistrian school that I couldn't find any info of
@@MrValBar2 we never wanted a war, but one thing for sure is that transnistria started shooting artillery at moldovan villages on the river bank of the dnister
@@MrValBar2 yeah so basically the 14th unit of the red army (or whatever it was called) was stationed in transnistria, meaning that they were doing all the shooting. But worse, they called in a special uh "army" from somewhere in Kazakhstan that robbed, killed, beat up and raped people so yeah that sucks
@@MrValBar2 also the reason why they WANTED an independence war is because they didn't like the fact that we chose to speak romanian with the latin alphabet (they wanted russian, even tho most of us are Romanians)
Hey, I don’t live there, but I am from there and still have many relatives and family friends there. I got informed that due to the “high risk of terroristic attacks” the 9th may parade was cancelled, and that due to the same reason, school in its cities is going to be online. Pridniestrovie really is preparing in case of hostilities, and just like in Russia, it has the same propaganda. And the problem is that because of this propaganda, my relatives aren’t planning to leave at all, since they think they’re just going to be annexed and live happily as Russians. But even if Russia actually would be planning to annex it peacefully, it’d still take along with them nationalists, bandits and terrorists. I’m really worried and frightened if the idea of not returning home, of not sleeping in my childhood bed in my small but comfortable room, but I’m worried for my relatives as much too. Plus, in the country I’m living there’s growing hate towards Russian people, even me who’s not Russian, just fluent in Russian. At least, we’ve planned that in case something breaks out in Pridniestrovie, one of us is going to the Romanian border and take the kids, who are actually willing to leave. I’m sorry if I added unnecessary information, but I just wanted to inform you, as someone who has ties there and is getting news from there daily. Peace for everyone
Good luck! Tbh, as a Romanian - I *really* wish the Russian forces won't get past the Ukrainian cities & make it to Transnistria, otherwise I think it's going to be bad. I think Chisinau *should* ask for help & Bucharest *would* (and should) have to respond. And there will be tension & troops on both sides of the Nistru river... again. With Romania being a NATO state, things would be *dangerously* close to a full-on confruntation between Russia & NATO, which could go *really* bad for the entire planet.. So, let's hope the Russian troops never reach the region.
@@dyawr in case it goes bad, it would mean an ukrainian total collapse in the region. in that case moldova better stay as neutral as possible, as they've been doing until now. in case russia enters transnistria and annexes it and stops there, well... maybe some changes in constitution and territorial redrawing could end it. but we all know russia uses the existance of such separatist regions for further influence and gains. in case they push further into moldova, then it might be best to capitulate or for the government to flee into eu. in case ukraine stands as they do, and maybe even pushes or at least stops the russian advances, moldova could ask for help from ukraine firs of all and romania second, to help with transnistria or put pressure for peaceful solutions. situation is very tricky. transnistrians should flee to moldova, then romania in worst case.
Yeah, the propaganda here is so awful, that many people think that *Romanians* with Moldovan help did those terroristic attacks. And that if Russia comes, Transnistria will instantly become rich. Which isn’t true at any instance
5:43, i as a moldovan would not say annexed, but framed into Kingdom of Romania. Before Bassarabia to be part of Greater Romania, it was formed the "Democratic Moldavian Republic" (the moldavians could unite in 1918 but they didn't like the fact that Romania has gone for Transylvania but not for Bassarabia, but because of bolshevik threat, the moldavian deputies requested help from Romania thus turning to unite). Although, great video.
Well, in order for everyone to understand, Bessarabia (without Transnistria), Bukovina, Dobrogea to the Red Fortress (Cetatea Roșie) and the Golden Quadrilateral must return to the mother country (ie Romania), but Russia
@@iliepetcan1736 salut, uite care-i treaba, noi românii nu-i vom mai permite Rusiei să ne refure teritoriile,asta incluzând și Ucraina, și da, se va putea vorbi în viitor pentru recrearea Daciei. Și apropo Rusia încă are de înapoiat tezaurul României furat în primul război mondial, și mai au cei peste 200 milioane de dolari, și cele peste 14 tone de aur furate prin 1986, care trebuiau să ajungă în Ucraina pentru a forma o nouă bancă.
Transnistria was only part of Moldova between 1940, when Bessarabia, the current republic of Moldova, but also parts that are now in Ukraine, were torn from Romania by the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact, and 1991, when it was within the borders of the USSR. The current borders of Moldova were drawn by Stalin who was walking with scissors and pencil across the borders. The Bolsheviks led by Stalin drew the borders between the Soviet republics as he wanted, to make it difficult for them to leave the USSR. And this is seen in the current situation in Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, even in the Muslim states of Central Asia, ex-Soviet. In order to stop having problems with Russia, Moldova must give up Transnistria, which is a region inhabited by the vast majority of Russians and Russophones. Pragmatism must prevail. Transnistria, in fact, is totally separated from Moldova, and Moldova is obliged to pay its debts.
Solution to the Transnistria Problem 1. Moldova gets United to the Moldovan Republic 2. Russian and Romanian are the official language 3. Moldova becomes friends with EU and Russia but doesn’t join NATO 4. Transnistrian will get human rights 5 . Moldovan and Transnistrian should not fight against eachother
And I also know that the Ukrainian government offered to help the Moldovan government to return Transnistria, but they did not want to, because they were still dependent on Russia
And I also know that the Ukrainian government supported Ukrainian paramilitary troops, who fought against the Moldovan and Romanian army... This land is Romanian, because Moldovans are - except the minorities - ethnical Romanians, but the russian/soviet propaganda tried to tell them the lie, that they are something else, but that is a lie, they are Romanians and therefor they want to reunite with Romania. Ukraine took the real Transnistria from Romania in 1941, this is now todays region of Odessa. Moldova and Transnistria are Romanian land and they will reunite soon🇲🇩🤝🏻🇷🇴
I'm from Romania and I think that my country should help Moldova financially without waiting anything in return. Transnistria is Ukrainian land, I would say that it's Ukraine's western Donbass. off topic : I don't even understand why the French and German leaders don't speak about Russia's illegality in Donbas and Transnistria every time they meet Putin. "Espèce de menteur, qu'est-ce que tu magouille au Donbass, pourquoi tu mentiens des mafiotes au pouvoir en Transnistrie ?"
Now about I think, Odessa, Donetsk, Lugansk, Cimeria, Krasnodar and Kursk : Russian-Ukrainian national teritorias, not only Russian or Ukrainian Transnistria: Russian-Ukrainian territory
Don't forget about Romania, a NATO member that is very protective and influencial when it comes to Moldova. Only some bullets fired in Moldovan teritory and boom... Romania would jump in diplomaticly if not with the army
Regarding the 7:12, all we know is that Southern Basarabia was mainly habituated by the Vlachs till the Ottoman conquest of that region, after that there settle many Bulgarians that live along side with the Vlachs. Till1940 that region was mainly habitated by Bulgarians and Romanians and there was not a big community of Ukrainians, they settle that region in big numbers after 1940 after USSR deported Romanians from those regions (Bucovina and Southern Basarabia). If you wonder why in the chase of Souther Basarabia, well it was because Russia wanted to hold the mouths of Danube under it's control as it was an import trade route. During Romania Mare Romanins where almost half of the population there, now they are barely a few. Gagauz and Tatars where also bring along Ukrainians by Stalin to destabilize the region, this is why they give Transnistria also to Moldavia as Romanians-Moldovans to not make a solid block of power. If you wonder why Bulgaria was not affected by this deportation thinking is Romania propaganda, Bulgaria was not regarded as an enemy and was saw also as Slav brother, Russia had the dream to build a big Slav state under them but Romania and Hungary where cutting of the South Slavs from the rest, after Soviet occupation we had history changed to make us believe we are Slavs and where tricked to switch to Latin.
The best video on transnistria. I am from romania and until recently i didn’t know anything about transnistria because it was never s part of Romania. But in the last week I hear russian media says that Romania wants to go to transnistria to help romanians there. There are a few speaking romanian there I suppose but they call thmselves moldavians. Anyway, while we would like a unification with Moldova, we would not want to include transnistria because they are pro russians.
Hey, in ‘Transnistria’ part of the population is indeed Moldovan, but (weirdly) there’s a smaller part of the population that is Romanian. I’m both from Moldova and Pridniestrovie, and I like your idea of not including Pridniestrovie in the unification, since Putin and Pridniestrovians (most of them, I think) wouldn’t be happy with that at all and wouldn’t leave it like that. But there’s one issue with the unification, I just find it unfair that if our countries unite there would be no more Moldova, and no matter how much respect I have towards Romanian people, I just would never be able to call myself Romanian, plus, Moldova still started existing before Romania, so I thought maybe doing something with the ipunited country’s name? I know it’s probably not the most logical solution, but I’d like to hear what you think about that. Peace for everyone
@@paulaedwards8937 I see, so the loss of identity would be a problem for ppl in Moldova... Well, that's the thing - the unification is supposed to be so that all *romanians* would be united under 1 nation again. România was the name chosen for the country, bc the *ethnicity* of the Vlach people (the way they called themselves) was "rumâni", in all of the regions. A variation of the ancient Roman(s) namesake. In Romania, the people of Moldova, Muntenia & Transilvania, don't identify with those names more than *regionally.* That is, "I am român from Moldova/Bukovina/Dobrogea/Ardeal/Banat etc..." - but, we're all "români" bc that is our shared *ethnicity.* The same ethnicity with the people from Basarabia... That is why our language is called 'Romanian' as well (incl in RM). So, the Romanians in Romania think of the people in RM as: "Fratii nostri de peste Prut" - bc they consider you *Romanians* also! And truth be told, we don't have different ethnicities... (our language is same, culture & customs are same, religion, holidays, DNA, folklor & national ports, etc). So, it would be quite strange for you all to keep a *separate* identity & *not* consider yourselves Romanians... which is our shared ethnicity that transcends individual regions. It wouldn't really feel like 1 country, with a unified sense of self - but a coalition of principalities again. (which will prob lead to increased divisions in other regions as well, like Transylvania - which sees itself as more developed & there is a current of thought there, about going autonomous). So, it's quite a delicate situation. But completely understandable that we can't merge as 1 *immediately.* But honestly, if unification does happen, I would think it is very important to be & see ourselves as *1 people* after 1-2 generations. Otherwise, we can't really work together towards the same goals for long... and ppl will always look for differences between them (incl who is better & who is lower). And things just wouldn't work/would deteriorate socially.. You know, Eminescu fought to unite our identity as Romanians, both politically & through his literary works. He didn't see himself as "Moldavian" - as something separate or above himself as 'Romanian'... 🙂
@@paulaedwards8937 Я с тех краёв, когда моя область была частью Румынии(Черновицкая), но я не хочу ни в Румынию, ни в Россию. Я вырос в Украине и ёё традициями во прекрасном крае, где говорят и на украинском, и на румынском, и на русском и т.д. Не знаю, хотят ли наши в Россию, но я не хочу от ёё угнетений, если Россия пойдет на Черновцы...
13:50 as long as Mykolaiv stays in Ukraine hands, it wont, as Russia don't have enough forces there to stand against an Ukrainian attack. Also, Moldova would of self interest attack from west
Remember there are, those named South Ossetia and Abhasia in Georgia, also freezed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Same time taliban in Afghanistan can try one's ago start war in Central Asia.
I once saw a video about a guy visiting Transnistria and another video of him visiting chisnau, moldova. Transnistria seemed far more prosporous then Chisnau and the people in Chisnau said that the reason for their mass poverty is the corrupt Government. I am not praising the situation in Transnistria as it did seem very poor and not comparable with poland, ukraine or romania but they seemed far richer and happier then moldova which could be due to their far more industrialised territory. I think that them joining the russsian federation tho is a mistake due to the dictatorship of Putin but reunification with moldova is also not the most wise decision due to the moldovan corruption and poverty, even if they unify with romania do i think them following a romanian path is a mistake. I think the wisest decision is to somehow come to an agreement with moldova which does seem unlikely and open up to the world inorder to not be isolated or join ukraine due to their ethnical and lingual similarities which still seems unlikely expect if russia installs a pro-ukranian puppet, but then i won't support that decision beacuse i dont want putins influence over europe to rise even further. The situation in Transnistria is not headed to a bright future. Best case scenario is that a pro-western government is somehow managed to be installed in the kremlin and for the 2 nations to unite, but for now indepenedence seems the best decision.
Moldova being more corrupt than Transnistria, what a great sense of humor you have 🤣🤣🤣 Also, recently there was an increase in the number of transnistrian residents asking for moldovan passports, so I don't buy into the alleged prosperity of Transnistria
Transnistria is a Russian occupied territory not an independent republic. But as the Russian army is being destroyed by Ukraine it will probably be liberated by the Moldovan and Ukrainian people soon. Moldova can join NATO once that conflict has ended, the whole reason for the Russian invasion of Georgia, Donbass and Transnistria they are familiar with the rules about territorial disputes in NATO.
@@SpnX-kb3st the Russian Federation can't even take my grannies handbag at the moment. The Russian economy and banking system is collapsing as we speak. There is a complete generation of Russian workers and leaders being wiped out in the Ukrainian war. That means Russia is on the verge of collapse and won't be able to deal with internal conflict let alone another war. Even if they stopped the war today it would take Russia two decades to rebuild a viable army and four decades of continuous peace to be able to produce any relevant weapons and equipment again. They are now down to untrained conscripts and mobics in sixties equipment. They are even getting the T-55 and 34 from storage. Their guns are out of barrels and soon out of ammo as the Ukrainian army is blowing it up faster than Putin can buy it from North Korea.
@@jacksonteller1337 sorry bro but everything what you said is (also according to the german media) completely wrong so I will nothing believe from what you said
@@SpnX-kb3st no it is according to all free media. Only Russia is still denying everything even though there is a run on the banks and the economy shrunk by 27%. There no longer is a viable Russian economy. They are unable to substitute anything that was sourced from the west. I see German, Dutch, French, English, Australian, Spanish, South American and South African media and they are all saying that. So either you are genuinely believing Russian media or you are a payed Copium Squad member.
@@jacksonteller1337 no sorry dude its not. Here in germany we hear since october that the sanctions failed... russias economy had only a minus of 2,5% but they promised us 30%. Please don't talk to me again
В Молдове сейчас тотальная румынизация и народ с этим борется по своему , а Приднестровье это некий островок с хреновой экономикой , с монополистом чуть ли не до диктаторства скоро дойдет , но все же народ многонациональный и пророссийский , точнее даже просто никто не хочет быть частью румынии .
@@РостикГончар-и5ж с экономикой проблемы есть у всех , с розней нет , Молдавия превращается в подобие Латвии где культивируют русофобию , в целом страна не плохая , да есть свои нюансы в плане дорог ,работы , и дураков , но в нынешней ситуации с прорумынским праавительстве , атм творится пиздец , каждый день там митинги и протесты .
@@9_9876 This is not a Romanian country! This is Moldova, learn history, Romanization involves the exclusion of all Russians, schools and the rest, this is already called the genocide of the Russian-speaking population, this already happened in 1992 in Transnistria, but it didn’t work out, with the help of Russia it was possible to stop the Romanians
@@victorsklif1049 why is this not a Romanian country? They speak Romanian. I am from wallachia and I can understand everything they say. Why do 35% of Moldovans want to unite with us (it wss 17% in 2016, it grew under IGOR DODON!)? My grandgrandfather was from near Cahul, and I wouldn't have had any problems to understand him. He could speak with any problems with my dad when he visited him. Why do you speak of nations you know NOTHING about? Why don't you mind your own business? Do you seriously resort to accuse us of doing anything against ruzzians in moldova to justify Moldovan statehood? Deep down you are a disgusting imperialist and you know it. You don't care about these countries. You only want to rule over them. Not for saying we haven't done anything against them. Ruzzians can learn their ruzzian language in moldova AND Romania without any problems
The leaders of the USSR did this to so many of its republics, to the point where I don't think it's coincidental. They fractured their republics so that if their respective nationalist movements were to ever gain traction, they would ultimately fail or be easier to crush because of ethnic and political tension between different peoples and interests that would inevitably arise (see Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine). There are substantial ethnic Russian minorities in the Baltic countries, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Moldova and for this reason alone these countries will most likely have to face the imperialistic impulses and forced influence of Russia to varying degrees in one way or another.
A few things I’ve learned from this conflict. 1. Whataboutism has been fully weaponized making any legit counter argument seem Sus and in bad faith. 2. It doesn’t matter what part of the world you’re from for some reason Humans are more than cruel enough to cheer on other peoples suffering and oppression (especially outta spite) 3. Kids who just learned about the Donabas and breaks away regions this year are suddenly VERY “patriotic”for said regions because contrarianism is so hip right now. 4. The people of Europe seem to forget this happened all before. 5. Facism/neocolonialism/Genocide is ok apparently as long as you don’t call a war a war and claim you’re actually fighting those things. 6. KaiserReich and Hearts of Iron IV and the consequences from the games have been a disaster for the human race.
Oh man, there’s so much truth in this comment, I’m happy I’m not the only one being so damn disappointed in the human race, these people now in real life are bullying me for being from Pridniestrovie (aka Transnistria) and hating Russians and shouting to me Slava Ukraini just to put sticks under my wheels as if I had some deal with Ukraine and as if I was supporting the war, it’s even more ridiculous when you realise that people in this country I’m in literally didn’t know anything about Ukraine just a few months ago.
@@paulaedwards8937 We don’t have any record of how people curse reacted to the Nazis internationally or maybe we do but I imagine it sounded a lot like pro-Russian talking points. The internet is forever, case and point Ukraine security forces have recently arrested a man for how pro-Russian post on Facebook he’s now in jail with others like him. (Can’t say I blame ukraine for taking action) that’s gonna be common soon especially in Europe when the war spreads.
