It’s funny how so many people posting here seem to care A LOT about what Putin likes and how that needs to be respected, but nobody seems to care about the people of Ukraine. Those people, Ukrainian- or Russian-speaking, want to live in a country that’s free and non-corrupt, in other words anything like Russia. You want to know how good life is in a Russian-manufactured separatist enclave? Leave aside your preconceived ideas - this isn’t Scotland or Canada - and find out how life is in Transnistria.