Transnistria, an unrecognized breakaway region between Moldova and Ukraine, operates autonomously with its own government, ...

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.

A map published by the CIA map in 2006 shows the location of Moldova and the separatist-held Transnistria region ... Moldova and the Transnistria region have been affected by the conflict in ...

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’s media outlets, echoing Russian talking points, blame Ukraine, the United States and Moldova’s government for the gas cutoff. Whispers that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia ...

Kyiv says reports of an assassination attempt on the Transnistria leader are a Russian provocation.

In 2014, when Russia invaded Ukraine, only one in six Americans could find Ukraine on a world map. While that percentage has certainly increased since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, ...

Transnistria is a small sliver of land sandwiched between Moldova and Ukraine which is dependent on Russia. Since 1992 it has hosted a contingent of around 1,700 Russian peacekeepers.