"Located between Ukraine and the EU member Romania, Moldova has received increased international media coverage since Russia's full-scale war invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022. In addition to coverage of pro-EU and pro-Russia parties battling for parliamentary control, there has been increased international reporting on the internationally unrecognized Kremlin-aligned Republic of Transnistria in eastern Moldova. Meaning "land beyond the Dniester," the name Transnistria refers to the area along the eastern lower reaches of the Dniester River."
"Josef Stalin created the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic after annexing Bessarabia in 1940 as a result of his nonaggression pact with Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany. The area now known as Transnistria is a strip of land about 200 kilometers (120 miles) long and only a few kilometers wide in places along the left bank of the Dniester River. It makes up about 10% of the territory of Moldova. An estimated 360,000 people live in Transnistria, about 13% of Moldova's total population of 2.8 million."
Moldova, located between Ukraine and EU member Romania, has seen heightened international attention since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The Kremlin-aligned, internationally unrecognized Republic of Transnistria occupies roughly 10% of Moldova along the eastern lower Dniester River as a narrow strip about 200 kilometers long. Approximately 360,000 people live in Transnistria, around 13% of Moldova's population; a 2015 census recorded 29.1% Russian, 28.6% Moldovan and 22.9% Ukrainian identification. Travel is possible but monitored and controlled by illegal border checks carried out by police and Russian soldiers, journalists are not officially allowed to enter, and residents face rigorous surveillance.
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