Moldova's EU Candidate Status Exacerbates Transnistria Tensions

Today or tomorrow (June 23, 24), Moldova is expected to formally be awarded the status of candidate for membership in the European Union. This outcome will not only emphasize the East European country’s increasing turn away from the Russian Federation and toward the West but will also increase long-standing tensions over the future of Transnistria, the Moscow-backed breakaway republic in …

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