PUTIN'S PLAYGROUND Apr 11, 2009
So the KGB and its successors armed and guided a separatist movement in eastern Moldova, on the left bank of the strategic Dniester River. "Transnistria" would serve as a future Russian bridgehead (and a goldmine of corruption in the interim). (New York Post -- Opinions)
Moldova burning Apr 9, 2009
This densely populated and industrialised sliver of land on the eastern bank of the Dniester river has maintained an unrecognised independence since a brief civil war that finished with Russian intervention in 1992. Western attempts to resolve that debilitating impasse have got nowhere, whereas Russia has kept up a stream of initiatives. (The Economist)
Letter from Moldova Dec 12, 2007
But to the former Soviet republic of Moldova, where it is situated, the eel-shaped sliver of land with 550,000 people is just the "left bank" of the Dniester River. The Russian-speaking area, which fought a bloody battle for independence from Romanian-speaking Moldovans in 1992, is now a pawn in a new, tense game of East-West diplomacy. (International Herald Tribune)
Russia's opposition tells Condi to back off on Kosovo May 16, 2007
Pridnestrovie or Transnistria is the name for the left bank of the Moldavian Dniester River / Dniestr River, or Dnestr (Nistru). which is independent although Moldavia considers it part of Moldova and a Moldovan breakaway region or separatist republic of Moldova. (Tiraspol Times & Weekly Review)
Kosovo independence this month, says US May 13, 2007
Ethnic conflict played a role in independence struggles on both sides of the Dniester river ... Pridnestrovie or Transnistria is the name for the left bank of the Moldavian Dniester River / Dniestr River, or Dnestr (Nistru). (Tiraspol Times & Weekly Review)
