Transnistria, an unrecognized ... This "country" does not appear on the world map. TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Feb 21, 2025, 11:48 IST. Share. AA ... with its own flag, military, and governing institutions.

They may have been false-flag attacks. ... Transnistria, home to 450,000 people by its own estimates, ... There is no hard border with Moldova (see map).

A series of unexplained explosions have occurred in parts of Transnistria, a breakaway territory within Moldova that has housed Russian troops for decades, sparking fears that Moscow’s war could ...

As a result, Transnistria remains a "country that doesn't exist" on official maps, sustained largely by Russian support, and existing in a unique cultural and political gray area.

Russia, whose flag flutters widely elsewhere, helped prise Transnistria from Moldova in the early 1990s. Everyone assumes that its fate depends on whether Ukraine stands or falls. Map: The Economist ...

Transnistria is just one of several gray areas left after the fall of the Soviet Union. You can see some of the others on the map above, which shows other hot spots such as Abkhazia, which broke ...

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 ...

A series of unexplained explosions have occurred in parts of Transnistria, a breakaway territory within Moldova that has housed Russian troops for decades, sparking fears that Moscow’s war could ...