Ukraine is Intensifying the Transnistria Conflict
... surpassed those to Russia. [17] Today Brussels is insisting that Tiraspol shift its trade towards the format of the emerging deep and comprehensive free trade area with Moldova, with these effective preferences 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 companies are losing their eastern markets. Moreover, in spring 2015, Kiev strengthened its blockade of Transnistrian exports by restricting Ukrainian supplies and the banning delivery of excised items to the ...