Transnistria contains most of Moldova's industrial infrastructure, but its economic potential is limited by its international isolation. It has its own currency, constitution, parliament, flag and ...

Transnistria’s energy crisis highlights the region’s vulnerability. The enclave, which split from Moldova in the 1990s, relies on Russian military and economic support.

In the capital of Transnistria, a Kremlin-backed microstate sandwiched between Moldova and Ukraine, the festive New Year’s lights have gone dark ahead of schedule. This separatist sliver of ...

Pro-Russian rebels in a separatist sliver of Moldova have asked President Vladimir Putin to protect their region from what they claim are threats from Moldova’s pro-Western government.

A separatist war broke out in 1990 in Transnistria — a strip of land with about 470,000 residents that borders Ukraine. As part of a cease-fire in 1992, a contingent of Russian troops remains ...

Transnistria has cut off heating and hot water to households after Russia suspended gas transit through Ukraine, leaving the region facing a humanitarian crisis. Type your search and press Enter.

TIRASPOL, Transnistria — The hammer-and-sickle still flutters proudly over the park-lined thoroughfares in this capital of a country that doesn’t exist. The top of City Hall bears the Soviet ...

Transnistria’s call for unspecified help from Moscow risks an escalation of the previously frozen conflict with the pro-European Union government of President Maia Sandu, while giving Russia an ...

When there was no mention of Transnistria — Moldova's Russia-led breakaway republic — in Vladimir Putin's speech on Feb. 29, Moldovans sighed with relief. A day prior, the leaders of the ...

The unrecognized Transnistria has rejected EUR 60 million in aid from the European Union, although it is still in an energy crisis. Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean has announced this. "In the ...

The separatist region of Transnistria or Trans-Dniester - a narrow strip of land between the Dniester river and the Ukrainian border - broke away from Moldova in 1990. The international community ...