Transnistria broke away from Moldova during the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, and the region is home to people who are linked almost equally to Russia, Romania and Moldova ...

Transnistria was not recognized internationally, even by Russia, but Moldovan forces left it a de facto breakaway state. That deadlock has left the territory and its estimated 500,000 inhabitants ...

Transnistria – officially called the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic by Moldova – is a narrow strip of land between Moldova and western Ukraine that is home to about 500,000 people.

Transnistria proclaimed independence from Moldova in 1990 and de-facto runs itself independently of Chisinau, the Moldovan capital, but is not internationally recognized.

Transnistria’s trade with western Europe has since continued to grow, as its trade with Russia declines. Today, more than 70% of Transnistria’s exports go to western Europe.

Transnistria, which illegally split from Moldova as the Soviet Union crumbled, has remained firmly within the Kremlin’s orbit while Moldova, which borders Ukraine, is bidding to join the ...

Transnistria, a 249-mile long strip of land at the border with Ukraine inhabited by some 470,000 people, is internationally recognized as part of Moldova but has been under the control of ...

When there was no mention of Transnistria — Moldova's Russia-led breakaway republic — in Vladimir Putin's speech on Feb. 29, Moldovans sighed with relief. A day prior, the leaders of the ...

Transnistria’s population has dropped from 700,000 at the end of the Cold War to 300,000 as the region’s young head to Moldova proper, which is also depopulating, and other parts of western ...

Explosions hit Transnistria, a Russian-allied region of Moldova, amid fears of a new front in the war. No injuries were reported in the area that has a large ethnic Russian population.

TIRASPOL, Transnistria — This might be the only city in Europe where there is no indication that a war is being waged in Ukraine, despite that country only being a 20-minute drive away.

But as Ukraine descends into crisis, Transnistria’s position as a pro-Russian separatist enclave within the boundaries of an aspiring European Union member has seen that label shift.