Tue, 21-Oct-2025

According to a Ukrainian official, Russia is prepared to use Transnistria for military purposes

Russia is ready to use Transnistria as a bridgehead to transfer soldiers onto Ukrainian territory or the rest of Moldova, according to Ukraine’s deputy defense minister. Local authorities in the Moscow-backed breakaway area reported a number of claimed attacks in recent days, prompting Hanna Malyar’s comments. Russia claims to be keeping a close eye on … Read more

In separatist Transnistria, Sheriff calls the shots

In separatist Transnistria, Sheriff calls the shots

TIRASPOL: This year’s Champions League features an improbable upstart: FC Sheriff, a club run by an eponymous company built on murky money in a pro-Russian separatist enclave of Europe’s poorest country, Moldova. The would-be state, which harkens back to its Soviet past with a towering Lenin statue in the center of its administrative hub, Tiraspol, … Read more