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Igor Smirnov (center), Stanislav Chazhejev (left) and Valentin Varennikov (right). Source: www.nr2.ru

Economy

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Pridnestrovie’s future: Liberal economy, Freedom and security

Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublica is going to celebrate its 20 anniversary since it declared independence. The people who created the republic in a nation-wide unity became disappointed by the situation in Pridnestrovie today, after they devolved power on the leaders of the country. Many things happened since 1990. There was a military conflict with Moldova in 1991-1992, a transition to market economy and serious transformations…

Military parade in Tiraspol. Source: www.travelblog.org

Politics

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Quo vadis Pridnestrovie?

In the following lines Iʼm going to deal with a republic which you wonʼt find in any political map of the world, definitely not on such a map which was printed in Chisinau. Iʼm talking about Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic (hereinafter “PMR” or “Pridnestrovie”), which is called by Moldovan nationalists, who don’t know their own history, “Transnistria”, or rather, they name it indefinitely – “eastern provinces”…

Politics

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EU Eastern Partnership as an Inducement for New Member States

Although the concept of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) remains the primary framework regulating policy of the European Union (EU) towards neighbour states, a French initiative of Mediterranian Union and a Polish-Swedish project of Eastern Partnership represent important changes in this concept. The emergence of ENP required enlargement of the EU in 2004, when countries…

Moldovan political analyst Igor Munteanu

Interviews · Politics

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European integration has no alternative. Interview with the political scientist Igor Munteanu

An interview with Moldovan political scientist Igor Munteanu on Moldova´s choice to enter the European Union, Moldovan democracy, Transnistrian conflict and security issues in the Black Sea area. Igor Munteanu works as the Executive Director of Institute for Development and Social Initiative (IDIS) Viitorul.Moldova is very often considered a single consolidated democracy in the Post-Soviet area. Do you agree…

Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin. Source: http://www.postimes.ee

Politics

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Energy (in)security of Moldova

The disintegration of the USSR caused economic collapse in Moldova as well as in other Soviet republics. After 1991, the energy prices reached the world level, which affected also changes in trade relations. Economic crisis even deepened after the separation of Transnistria in 1992, when Moldova lost a large part of its industrial capacity. In the USSR era, Transnistria was considered the most developed region of Moldova…