Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kufanana neUkraine, Moldova yakava nenharo dzomukati pakati pevaya vanoda kuva noukama hwepedyo neWest (kusanganisira kubatana neEuropean Union) nevaya vanoda kuva noukama hwepedyo neRussia (kusanganisira kubatana neEurasian Union inotsigirwa neRussia). Kufananawo neUkraine, Moldova yaiva chikamu cheSoviet Union; kunyange zvazvo Moldova yaiva chikamu cheRomania Hondo Yenyika II isati yatanga, yakanga iri
yakabatanidzwa muSoviet Union muna 1940. Muna May 2014, Moldova yakasaina chibvumirano chikuru chezvokutengeserana neEuropean Union, zvichiita kuti Russia iise dzvinyiriro paupfumi hweMoldova, hunovimba zvikuru nemari inotumirwa kubva kuRussia. Sarudzo dzeparamende dzemuMoldova dza2014 dzakaona kukunda kwechibvumirano chemapato anotsigira kubatana kweWestern. Moldova inogarawo munharaunda yakazvimiririra, inozivikanwa seTransnistria, iyo inoumba Community for Democracy and Rights of Nations pamwe chete neAbkhazia, South Ossetia, uye Nagorno-Karabakh. Muna 2014, Transnistria yakaita referendamu umo yakavhotera kuti ipinde muEurasia Economic Union, uye Russia ine simba rakasimba mudunhu iri. Kuunganidzwa kwemauto eRussia pamuganhu weUkraine neRussia kwakaita kuti mutungamiriri weNATO Philip Breedlove afungidzire kuti Russian Federation ingangoedza kurwisa Moldova ndokutora Transnistria.