... territory is entering the new decade with its status still unrecognized, which complicates economic and social development; it is in a diplomatic dispute with Moldova over the presence of a small Russian peacekeeping force on its soil and its relations with Ukraine have worsened owing to the latter’s contradictions with Russia.
Unlike the other long-standing conflicts, however, the probability of the Transnistria situation escalating into an open confrontation remains extremely small. On the contrary, Moldovan President Igor Dodon’s Socialist Party, which concentrated power in its hands after the grey cardinal Vladimir Plahotniuc was overthrown,...
... enhancing bilateral/multilateral cooperation, it is advantageous for states to operate in a single CIS market. It appears that Ukraine is stepping up economic cooperation within the CIS to offset the losses suffered due to the termination of its cooperation ... ... there are no attempts to force changes, and changes appear to be unlikely in the foreseeable future.
As for the conflict in Transnistria, there are some positive dynamics due to Igor Dodon’s victory in the presidential election. While frequent meetings ...
... the economic and socio-political situation in the unrecognized republic, which can only be mitigated by continued preferential treatment of Transnistrian goods shipped to the European Union
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One sign of the new trend in the relations between Ukraine and Transnistria is the appointment of former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili as Governor of the Odessa Region. The appointment has implications beyond the Transnistria issue. Saakashvili is a symbol of American influence in Ukraine, and his appointment ...
... suspicions about coordinated action.
Recent events do not signal any preparations for a military annexation but rather a new wave of broad pressure on Tiraspol. As matter of fact, Chisinau and Kiev are trying to resolve very different problems. For Ukraine, Transnistria is a point of confrontation with Russia, while Moldova regards it as a honey-pot and a bargaining chip vis-à-vis Moscow. The interests of the two countries line up only in the context of hostility toward Russia and the expansion of ...
... end of 2015. But it is already clear that Brussels and Chișinău will utilize that period to apply pressure on Tiraspol to change its foreign policy line.
On the other hand, the crisis in Ukraine has led to losses on this market: trade flow on the Ukraine–Transnistria border dropped by 43 per cent in the first half of 2014. At the same time, given the renewed political hostilities, Tiraspol can quite rightly expect anything from the Kiev authorities. Time and again, the new leaders in Ukraine choose the ...
Even as Arsen Avakov, Ukraine's interior minister, vows to restore order in the country's east where thousands of protestors wave Russian flags and storm government buildings, a different kind of emergency is rising on Ukraine's south-western border. Transnistria, Moldova's breakaway region, has decided not to attend a meeting of the "5+2" group which has been seeking a diplomatic solution to the 24-year-old conflict along the Dniester. With reference to Crimea, Transnistrian authorities ...
