The key US stock market indices - Dow Jones, NASDAQ, and S&P 500 - ended Monday with growth, after several days of falling. However, this growth, by and large, does not mean anything. Stock indices have been correcting over the past few months, and continue to do so, and will continue to do so in 2022. Therefore, there is no point in trying to catch these small movements - you should trade based on the general trend.
Meanwhile, in the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, or rather in its capital Tiraspol, several explosions were heard yesterday. They sounded in the building of the Ministry of State Security. Everything would be fine if the tubes from grenade launchers were not found nearby, and a few days before that active discussions of the annexation of Moldova by Russia and the annexation of the PMR by Romania did not begin. For example, the former defense minister of the so-called DPR Igor Strelkov said that Romania is secretly preparing for military operations in the PMR. According to him, a large number of Romanian soldiers and officers have already been introduced into Moldova under the guise of Moldovan servicemen. It should be noted that Romania takes the side of Ukraine in the Ukrainian-Russian conflict and also supplies it with weapons. Just yesterday, information was received that the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Denis Kuleba, announced the need to open a second front around Transnistria, hinting at a possible attack by Moldova from Russia. It should also be noted that the 14th army of the Russian Federation is located in Transnistria, which theoretically can help with the seizure of Odessa, and can participate in the annexation of new lands of Moldova.
Official Chisinau adheres to the course of European integration and does not support Moscow. Thus, in the near future, no less a strong fight may break out around Transnistria than in Ukraine. However, most experts believe that Russia will not be able to help its military in Transnistria in any way, since all forces have already been thrown to the East of Ukraine. So far, it is quite difficult to say how much all the above information is true, however, as they say, "there is no smoke without fire." If such conversations are going on, then something is happening somewhere. We have repeatedly noted that in the last two months there have been at least three new points where hostilities, annexation attempts, or new "special operations", as it is fashionable to say now, may begin in 2022. First, for the first time in 20 years, Japan called the Kuril Islands "illegally annexed territory." Secondly, Finland and Sweden will apply for NATO membership in May. Thirdly, Transnistria, which acts as a small enclave of the Russian army, around unfriendly Ukraine, Romania and Moldova. And these are only those points in which NATO is unlikely to take part directly. What will happen if Poland, which is one of the most fiercely helping Ukraine countries, is inadvertently or "absent-mindedly" drawn into the conflict?