German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock believes recent developments in Moldova mirror those at the beginning of the Ukraine-Russia conflict several years ago when Moscow illegally annexed the Crimean peninsula. Her comments came after the pro-Russian rulers of the breakaway region of Transnistria in Moldova asked Russia for “protection,” according to media reports. A congress of the internationally unrecognized separatist region, which borders on Ukraine, voted in favour of a resolution to this effect on Wednesday, Moldovan media reported. According to the resolution, Transnistria wants to …