Surprise in Transnistria

[Third Party]

Note that "Transnistria" is the Romanian name for Pridnestrovie. The country's official name is: Приднестровская Молдавская Республика ('Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic' in English). During Tsarist times, half of my ancestors lived in what is now Pridnestrovie and the Ukraine's Odessa Oblast, so the election is a matter of interest to me. I think Pridnestrovie should ultimately become a member of the Union State of Russia and Belarus (along with the Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia).

[Third Party]

Why Ukraine and Kazakhstan?

Most people living in southern and eastern Ukraine speak Russian language. In fact, most of the area was originally called Novorossiya (‘New Russia’) after Catherine the Great brought the territory into the Russian Empire. As for Kazakhstan, I have ethnic kin there and their government is interested in joining.

It's also the English name.

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