TRANSNISTRIAN CONFLICT IN THE LIGHT OF CRISIS ON UKRAINE
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27 March 2026
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15 March 2015
Abstract
THIS ARTICLE ANALYSES FROZEN CONFLICT IN TRANSNISTRIA IN LIGHT OF RECENT CRISIS ON UKRAINE. DESPITE STANDING IN THE SHADE OF UKRAINE, THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSNISTRIA HAS BEEN ONCE AGAIN HIGHLIGHTED BY RUSSIAN SUPPORT TO SEPARATIST MOVEMENTS IN POST-SOVIET A REA. HENCE TEXT ALSO ARGUES, THAT BY PRECISE ANALYSIS OF IMPORTANT AGENTS INVOLVED IN TRANSNISTRIAN CONFLICT, SUCH AS RUSSIA, UKRAINE OR ROMANIA, WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND NOT ONLY CURRENT DEVELOPMENT IN THIS „DE -FACTO STATE“, BUT ALSO PUT ANNEXATION OF CRIMEA (OR WAR IN EASTERN UKRAINE) INTO CONTEXT.
Keywords
TRANSNISTRIA
SEPARATISM
WAR IN UKRAINE
RUSSIAN POLITICS
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