A peacekeeper stands guard in Pridnestrovie's buffer zone on an early January morning (file-photo, ©JB)

A peacekeeper stands guard in Pridnestrovie's buffer zone on an early January morning (file-photo, ©JB)

email this page | thumbnail | tiny | small | 180x180sq | original | printer friendly version

This photo is from the following article:

Illegal Moldova roadblock is annexation attempt, says Igor SmirnovMoldovan troops unilaterally established an unauthorized roadblock on the highway connecting Dubossary with Rybnitsa. A tense standoff followed and Pridnestrovie's president called it an attempt at territorial annexation. Intervention by peacekeeping troops defused the situation and prevented fatalities. [more]

<h1>A peacekeeper stands guard in Pridnestrovie's buffer zone on an early January morning (file-photo, ©JB)</h1> Pridnestrovie or Transnistria is the name for the left bank of the Moldavian Dniester River / Dniestr River, or Dnestr (Nistru). <a href="http://www.visitpmr.com/">A peacekeeper stands guard in Pridnestrovie's buffer zone on an early January morning (file-photo, ©JB)</a> which is independent although Moldavia considers it part of Moldova and a Moldovan breakaway region or separatist republic of Moldova. <p> <h2>Tiraspol Times Transnistria news and Transdniester newspaper from PMR Pridnestrovie and Moldova:</h2> It is called Transdniester, Transdniestr or Trans-Dniestria and its breakaway regime in separatist Transnistria became independent from Moldova in 1990 and is today separate de facto state. Large cities and towns include Tiraspol Dubossary Rybnitsa Bender or Bendery with Tighina as well as Grigoriopol, Kamenka / Camenca and Slobozya. The main political leaders are Yevgeny Shevchuk and president Igor Smirnov. <p> <a href=" http://pridnestrovie.net/">Pridnestrovie Transnistria</a> <a href="http://www.pridnestrovie.net/index.html">Transdnistria between Moldova (Moldova Republic or Moldovan republic) and Ukraine</a> <a href="http://www.tiraspoltimes.com/index.php">Tiraspol Transdniestr (or Trans-Dnistria)</a> <a href="http://www.pridnestrovie.net/aboutus.html">About Pridnestrovie breakaway republic</a> <a href="links.html">Links to Transnistria's government</a> <a href="http://www.pridnestrovie.net/image">Photos and images from Transdniestria</a>