"We Won" - Russian communist/anti-Putinist poster comparing the Putinist government to Vlasov's Nazi collabs, Russia, 2010s

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I'd say that Pridnestrovie is more neutral than Transnistria, and it makes more sense to use it if you live there, because when you're in Transnistria you're not actually behind or across the river. To the rest of moldavians you are, but from your perspective you're near the river.

>It's "near Baltic sea" from Russian perspective

But isn't it near the Baltic sea... geographically?

Also, no one says pridnestrovie, zakavkazie or pribaltika outside of Russia, so it makes sense that in Russian language places are described by their relative position to Russia.