A Brit, a Bike, and a Breakaway State – Transnistria (AKA Pridnestrovie/the PMR) VIDEO [Article Below] Summary: Pridnestrovie (AKA Transnistria, or the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic [PMR]) is a breakaway state sandwiched between Moldova and Ukraine. A relic of the USSR, statues of busts and Lenin still dot it’s streets, Russian peacekeepers man the border with Moldova, and UN restrictions mean there are no chain franchises here. After cycling through Moldova in winter, I travelled to Tiraspol, the capital of the PMR, to find out what’s it like to live in “the country that doesn’t exist”.  Thoughts From the Road   The road is quiet. The last vehicle I saw was…