Ukraine is Intensifying the Transnistria Conflict
... offered easy access for Transnistrian goods on the basis of autonomous trade preferences. Beginning in 2008, TMR exports to the European Union surpassed those to Russia. [17] Today Brussels is insisting that Tiraspol shift its trade towards the format of ... ... expiring on January 1, 2016. [18] As for Moldova, it is trying to exploit the situation in order to impose regulative control over Transnistrian enterprises. [19] The Ukrainian crisis is making the life of Tiraspol much harder. Since consumer demand in Ukraine and Russia is falling, Transnistrian ...