![]() | WHY NOT HIM? Analysts tipped opposition leader Yevgeny Shevchuk as the man who could beat Smirnov. So why didn't he run for president? Here, he explains. [more] | ![]() | 18 YEARS of 'de facto' independence was celebrated in Pridnestrovie on 2 Sep 2008. The republic declared independence one year before Moldova. [more] | |||





