Transnistria exists in a Soviet time warp bubble – it’s filled ... told him that as long as you have a source of income from outside the country, you can live “very well indeed.” ...
Sandwiched between Ukraine and Romania, the tiny republic of Moldova has been easy prey for Russia in the past. Its 2.5 ...
Some countries prepared for this ... After splitting from Moldova in 1990 as the Soviet Union crumbled, Transnistria has relied entirely on Russian gas – delivered through Ukraine’s pipelines ...
Russia has long used its plentiful energy resources as a tool to exert control over the region, where independence from ...
The crisis prompted a question: will the breakaway region, occupied by Russia since 1992, survive without Russian gas? Free-of-charge Russian gas had been the backbone of Transnistria's economy and ...
Transnistria is a pro-Russian entity that split from the rest of Moldova after the Soviet Union collapsed ... a transit deal between the two warring countries. A statement on the energy company ...
Chisinau should come to an agreement with Moscow and gradually resolve the issue with Transnistria. This opinion was ...
Every time planned electrical outages are imposed on his village in southern Moldova, 73-year-old retiree Vasili Donici passes the time by solving crosswords and puzzles in a room he illuminates using ...
Transnistria has generally coexisted peacefully with Moldova since the brief post-Soviet war of 1992 ... russia of using its energy dependence on moscow to destabilize the country. As previously ...
Moscow’s gas cutoff fuels Moldova’s shift toward the EU, as the country seeks energy security and support. Meanwhile, ...
Like Ukraine, its eastern neighbor and fellow former Soviet republic ... year.” Transnistria, which broke away after a short war in 1992 and is not recognized by most countries, also declared ...
Moldova's breakaway region of Transnistria has ... a runoff vote in the country's presidential election. The ballot was seen as a further step on the former Soviet republic's road to integration ...