Nenzira yakafanana neUkraine, Moldova yakasangana nemakakatanwa emukati pakati pevaya vanoda hukama hwepedyo neWest (kusanganisira kubatana neEuropean Union) uye avo vanoda hukama hwepedyo neRussia (kusanganisira kubatana neRussia-inotsigirwa neEurasia Union). Kufananawo neUkraine, Moldova yakanga iri rutivi rweSoviet Union; kunyange zvazvo Moldova yakanga iri rutivi rweRomania pamberi peHondo Yenyika II, 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.