Illegal candles? A priest had his car held for 4 days by Transdniestria's customs police after an attempt to smuggle candles

Illegal candles? A priest had his car held for 4 days by Transdniestria's customs police after an attempt to smuggle candles

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Religious congregations report border confiscations, arbitrary abuseAlarm has been raised after several cases of confiscated religious materials at Transdniestria's border with Moldova. According to congregations in both Tiraspol and Bender, Transdniestria's border police is applying arbitrary and heavy-handed methods. In one case, a priest had his car impounded for four days for smuggling church candles. [more]

<h1>Illegal candles? A priest had his car held for 4 days by Transdniestria's customs police after an attempt to smuggle candles</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/">Illegal candles? A priest had his car held for 4 days by Transdniestria's customs police after an attempt to smuggle candles</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>