Moldova's Breakaway Transdniester Urges Moscow To Recognize Independence
Source: Radio Free Europe
Lawmakers in Moldova's breakaway region of Transdniester have urged Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russia's parliament, and the UN and the OSCE to recognize the region's independence.
In the official address, adopted by the members of Transdniester's Supreme Council on April 16, the lawmakers said that their request was based on the results of the referendum held in the separatist region in September 2006.
The official results of the referendum said that 97 percent of the population in Transdniester had voted for the region's independence from Moldova and the right to join the Russian Federation.
Transdniester has ruled itself since breaking away from Moldova in a brief war in 1992.
Read more: http://www.rferl.org/content/moldovas-breakaway-transdniester-urge-moscow-to-recognize-independence/25351540.html
bemildred
(90,061 posts)Igel
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(11,841 posts)Catherina
(35,568 posts)Transdniester declared independence in 1990.
In 2006, Transdniester held a referendum to secede from Ukraine and join Russia and reasserted its demand for independence.
Bad timing for the neolibs and neocons in DC to have done this. Their IMF Austerity package to slave away for the EU isn't enticing enough to change people's minds about which country they want to be linked with.
By Olga Tanas and Andra Timu April 16, 2014
Moldovas breakaway pro-Russian region of Transnistria has appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to recognize its independence after Russias annexation of Crimea.
The appeal by the Parliament of Transnistria, city and district council members and community associations express the aspirations of the people of Transnistria and is based on the results of referendums held in 1991, 1995 and 2006, the parliament of the unrecognized state said on its website.
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Transnistria is a Russian-language land, more than 90 percent of Transnistrians speak and think in Russian, the regions parliament said in its statement.
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http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-04-16/moldova-s-breakaway-region-asks-putin-to-recognize-sovereignty
bemildred
(90,061 posts)pampango
(24,692 posts)since 1990.
Because of the Russian military contingent present in Transnistria, the European Court of Human Rights considers Transnistria "under the effective authority or at least decisive influence of Russia". Transnistria, Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia are post-Soviet "frozen conflict" zones.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transnistria
Xithras
(16,191 posts)Transdneister (or Pridnestrovie, as it would be called if it were actually recognized) declared its independence in 1990 while the entire region was still part of the USSR. Gorbechev voided the declaration, but the people living there didn't listen and have been de facto independent ever since.
Moldova declared itself independent from the USSR in 1991, and claimed Transdneister as part of its territory. This led to a war in 1992 that ended in a stalemate. Both sides eventually asked for Russian peacekeepers to end the conflict, and the Russian have kept peacekeeping forces in the area ever since.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)Oh please, tell me more.
itsrobert
(14,157 posts)LOL
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