Transnistria
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Transnistria: Tensions rise along the River Dniester
16 April 201321115 Nezavissimaïa Gazeta Moscow -
Transnistria: Stooges’ ballot in Tiraspol
9 December 2011111 România libera Bucharest -
Eastern Europe: Transniestria looks to Russia, not EU
27 January 201173 EUobserver.com Brussels -
Borders: Bucharest and Chisinau make border deal
9 November 2010PresseuropTimpul -
Moldova: How big a slice will Russia get?
15 October 2010PresseuropRomânia libera -
Moldova/Russia: Moscow, an invitation you can't refuse
3 May 2010PresseuropJurnal de Chisinau -
Moldova: Transnistria welcomes Russian missiles
16 February 2010PresseuropJurnal de Chisinau
Moldova is preparing to install check points at the border with its breakaway republic of Transnistria, while Russia and the Ukraine hope to speed up negotiations on settling this 20-year-old conflict. The European Union may find itself dragged into a diplomatic standoff. 
The secessionist region of Moldova is to hold presidential elections on 11 December — a vote that will be marked by a strange bargain between its Russian protector and Germany, which aims to resolve a conflict that has been deadlocked for 20 years. 
The 350,000-or-so people living in the separatist Transniestria region want to integrate with Russia despite a new wave of euro-optimism on the other side of its unofficial border with Moldova. But their views are shaped by decades of repression.