Moldova and Transnistria: the Spectre of Federalization

... the parties to the conflict. The second development, which caused numerous rumours of changes in the Western (rather than the Russian) approach to the Transnistrian settlement, was the appointment of German diplomat and expert on Moldova Claus Neukirch as Head of the OSCE mission to this country. What is particularly remarkable here is that the position ... ... confidence-building measures that were being implemented by the OSCE in 2017 and 2018, at that time under the chairmanship of Austria and Italy, respectively. These measures included the nostrification of Transnistrian university degrees, the opening of a bridge across ...