... Transnistria may develop according to one of three scenarios.
1. Integration.
A fundamental agreement between Russia (which is interested in having sanctions eased and restoring relations with the West) and the PMR on one side, and the United States, the European Union, Ukraine and Moldova on the other, would pave the way for the incorporation of Transnistria into a single Moldovan state. However, the following conditions must be observed: the country’s neutrality, non-bloc status and independence from Romania must be preserved; and guarantees of the power and business interests of the present-day ...
... to taint Tiraspol and the very idea of independence. At the same time, attempts for a strategic swap are also possible: the alleviation of pressure on the TMR could be offered to Moscow in exchange for lifting the economic restrictions imposed after Moldova signed the Association Agreement with the European Union. Chisinau has been applying economic pressure on Transnistria with varying success over the past 15 years. Back in 2006, amidst a freeze in relations with Russia, Ukraine shut the border to Transnistrian exports.
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Since that time, local enterprises wanting to enter foreign markets have had to register their goods as Moldovan.
The alleviation of pressure on the TMR could be offered to Moscow in exchange for ...
