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 government. Transnistria, which ...

US think tank warns of rising tensions in Moldova’s breakaway region, echoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. The American Institute ...

After a short war in the early 1990s, Transnistria declared independence from Moldova, where today’s pro-Western government has firmly opposed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war with Ukraine.

Then on Thursday, Russia’s Ministry of Defense accused Ukraine of “preparing an armed provocation” against Moldova’s pro-Russian separatist region of Transnistria “in the near future ...

The mention of Moldova in the framework of the Kremlin's new demands for non-expansion of NATO to the east cannot be ...

Moldova's Foreign Minister Mihai Popsoi also accused Russia of testing its destabilization tactics in Moldova before ...

This page is no longer being updated. It was last updated on 25 October 2024 The separatist region of Transnistria or Trans-Dniester - a narrow strip of land between the Dniester river and the ...

Free-of-charge Russian gas had been the backbone of Transnistria's economy and ensured the preservation of the breakaway region and its de facto independence from Moldova. Some argue that the gas ...

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...

State security services in Moldova’s Russia-backed breakaway region of Transnistria said Friday that a drone attacked a military unit close to the border with Ukraine, causing minor damage to a ...

Since Russia invaded Ukraine two years ago, fears have risen in neighboring Moldova that it could also be in Moscow’s crosshairs. Like Ukraine, Moldova is a former Soviet republic that has ...