Transnistria asks Russia for protection against Moldovan pressure

This Wednesday, the Congress of the Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic (which shares borders with Moldova and Ukraine) approved a resolution in which it asks Russia to “implement measures to protect Transnistria in the context of increasing pressure from Moldova”, which considers the self-proclaimed republic part of its territory.

This resolution states that the decision taken by the Congress views Russia in a positive way to carry out the mission of maintaining “peace in the Dniester, as well as the status of guarantor and mediator in the negotiation process”.

In addition, other reasons for the approval of this document are that Maldovia implemented an economic war against Transnistria and aspires to destroy the Transnistrian healthcare system by blocking supplies of medicines and medical equipment.”

According to what was published on the RT web portal, the Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic, or Transnistria, declared itself independent after the fall of the USSR, a fact that caused a civil war in 1992. This nation that is still not recognized by the United Nations (UN).