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.

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 ...

Transnistria, a breakaway region ... 50-100 are Russian soldiers dispatched from Russia, said Thomas de Waal, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Europe think tank.

The think tank said the Kremlin considered Transnistria as a tool to execute hybrid war operations against Moldova and Ukraine, as well as to destabilize NATO.

The region of Transnistria in Moldova may hold a ballot on joining Russia, ... While the Washington, D.C., think tank said such a possibility was unlikely in the short term, ...

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, which calls itself the “Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic” (PMR), has started equipping the T-64BV main battle tanks (MBT) of its grandiosely named First Independent Guards Motorized ...

Tanks on the border When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022 , the Ukrainian authorities gave orders for the Transnistrian section of the Moldova–Ukraine border to be closed and secured ...

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.

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 ...

Transnistria, which calls itself the “Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic” (PMR), has started equipping the T-64BV main battle tanks (MBT) of its grandiosely named First Independent Guards Motorized ...