On this trip, Eric and Thomas head to a country in Eastern Europe that doesn't exist that calls itself Transnistria..

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

With nearly a third of the region's half-million population being ethnic Ukrainians, Transnistria has received up to 68,000 Ukrainian citizens throughout the neighboring conflict, 20,000 of whom ...

The head of Moldova’s breakaway region Transnistria has urged residents to burn firewood for heating and warned that blackouts cannot be avoided, after Moscow stopped supplying gas via Ukraine.

After Mr. Putin launched his full invasion of Ukraine in 2022, all of Transnistria’s trade has passed through customs and border points under the authority of the Moldovan capital of Chișinău.

Transnistria, formally known as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, is a place that isn’t officially recognised by most countries and, in many ways, exists in a diplomatic limbo.

Transnistria has accused Ukraine of trying to kill its president. The attempted attack on the region's president was allegedly organized by Ukraine's national security service.

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.

Transnistria has been facing widespread heating and power outages since January 1, when Moldova stopped receiving Russian gas due to the expiration of the gas transit agreement between Ukraine and ...

For now, the most acute effects are being felt in a region called Transnistria, on the eastern edge of Moldova. World. Here's what's behind Russia cutting off its last gas line to Europe.