How to stop Russian aggression in post-Soviet states? | 30 Years of Freedom, p.4
Moldova Unlike most of Moldova, which was part of Romania in the interwar period, Transnistria was an autonomous…
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Weak response to Russian Duma elections in Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia
From the standpoint of international law, these territories belong to Moldova, Georgia, and Ukraine, respectively; and their residents…
Vitaly Portnikov: Putin as “peacemaker” in Karabakh is a warning signal for Ukraine
Thus, Putin is once again a “peacemaker”. It is not at all difficult to remember what happened in…
Conflict conservation in Ukraine’s east follows the Transnistria model
Freeze, moreover, implies a natural or spontaneous process; whereas the post-hostilities situation in Transnistria, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia—and…
Bessarabia’s ‘ethnographic Harlequin’ in a regional perspective
Ukraine’s ethnic-Bulgarian minority is concentrated in the southwestern part of Ukraine’s Odesa province, an area often if somewhat…
Bulgaria takes issue with Ukraine over minority in Odesa province
The parliament of Bulgaria has adopted a declaration criticizing Ukraine’s policy toward the Bulgarian minority in Odesa province…
Russian-occupied enclaves risk becoming COVID-19 time bombs for Ukraine
The amount of daily registered cases of COVID-19 passed their peak and this figure wasn’t growing up in…
Troop disengagements with Russia work only after capitulation to Russia: lessons from Georgia and Moldova
The disengagements of troops in Moldova and Georgia took place under interstate agreements on a ceasefire signed between…
Gagauzia – object lesson for Ukraine on how a ‘reintegrated’ region gives Moscow leverage
Many Ukrainian commentators have focused on Transdniestria as an example of the way in which Moscow uses a…
Moscow’s ‘little green men’ stage provocation in Moldova, republic’s Defense Minister says
Moldovan Defense Minister Eugen Sturza says that Russian forces, without identifying markers, have carried out massive maneuvers involving…
Traps of the Transnistrian conflict
Whenever the connection of Russian military personnel to events in Transnistria, the separatist-controlled territory of Moldova, or in…
EU sanctions keep Putin’s associate from entering Moldova
The turning back of the plane carrying the Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin is being compared ironically…
Ukraine helps Moldova regain control over border in Transnistrian region
The breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria is not recognized by any country as an independent state. Even Russia,…
Russian Airborne Colonel Gratov detained in Ukraine
On 10 July at a briefing in the Ukrainian Crisis Media Center, the ATO spokesperson Col. Andriy Lysenko said…
Even direct costs of Putin’s aggression unsustainable, Pashkov says
The indirect costs of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and annexation of Crimea as well as his military…
Transnistria. Why Russia should leave the occupied territories
“Two provocateurs” is how one of the most odious Kremlin “hawks,” Russia’s deputy prime minister and indisputable chauvinist…
European Court of Human Rights ruled Russia responsible for actions of Transnistria
In three verdicts published on 31 May 2017, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) recognized Russia guilty…
Hybrid warfare: stages of Russian occupation in frozen conflicts in a nutshell
The frozen conflicts Russia controls in the territory of the neighboring states are: Transnistrian conflict in Moldova (also…
Russian troops unconstitutionally occupy Moldovan territory – Constitutional Court
On 2 May 2017, the Constitutional Court of Moldova delivered the judgment on the interpretation of an article…
Policy shift shows Russia preparing to recognize its puppet republics in Donbas
On February 18, President of Russia Vladimir Putin signed a decree on recognition of “passports” issued by so-called…