https://www.rbc.ru/newspaper/2017/11/29/5a1c08df9a7947677f065b96
https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3481286
http://www.rosbalt.ru/world/2017/11/28/1664188.html
http://www.finanz.ru/novosti/birzhevyye-tovary/soyuz-rossii-i-opek-zatreshchal-po-shvam-1009787758
If you want to a glimpse into the future of Moscow’s proxy statelets in eastern Ukraine, come to Bender, a so-called “demilitarized” city on the border between the Republic of Moldova and the breakaway entity of Transnistria.
https://jamestown.org/program/new-railway-route-china-europe-russia-bluff-tactical-ploy/
http://expert.ru/ural/2017/48/novaya-tselina/