Russia has accused Moldova of plotting a military operation in Transnistria, a Russian-backed secessionist region, setting off concerns among some analysts that Moscow might be a “false flag ...

Moldova dismissed an accusation by Russia's defence ministry on Thursday that Ukraine planned to invade the breakaway Moldovan region of Transdniestria after staging a false flag operation, and ...

Moldova President Maia Sandu at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, on November 12. Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service has said Sandu is planning a military operation in the ...

Reuters. FILE PHOTO: EU and Moldova flags are seen in this illustration taken, June 23, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustrations/File Photo ...

You won’t find Transnistria labeled on a lot of maps. In the eyes of almost the entire world, it’s not a real country; it’s just a rogue region of Moldova that has acted independently since ...

Moldova, an eastern European country of some 2.5 million people sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine, has veered between pro-Western and pro-Russian courses since the end of the Cold War.