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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”…

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…