Transnistrie
Transnistrie, forby kent as Trans-Dniestr or Transdniestrie is a breakaway territory locatit maistly on a strip o land atween the Dniester River an the eastren Moldovan border tae Ukraine. Since its declaration o unthirldom in 1990, an especially efter the War o Transnistrie in 1992, it is governed de facto as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR, cried "Pridnestrovie" an aa), an unrecognized state which claims the territory tae the east o the river Dniester as well as the ceety o Bender an its surroondin localities locatit on the wast bank. The modren Republic o Moldovae does no recognize the secession an considers territories controlled bi the PMR tae be pairt o Moldovae's autonomous region o Stînga Nistrului ("Left Bank o the Dniester").[6][7][8] Transnistrie's sovereignty is unrecognized bi ony Unitit Naitions member state an it haes nae diplomatic relations wi them.
Pridnestrovian Moldavie Republic | |
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 Emblem | |
Anthem: Мы славим тебя, Приднестровье (Roushie) My slavim tebya, Pridnestrovye (transliteration) We sang the praises o Transnistrie | |
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| Status | Unrecognised state Recognised bi the Unitit Nations as de jure pairt o Moldovae |
| Caipital and largest city | Tiraspol |
| Offeecial leids | |
| Inter-ethnic leid | Roushie[2][3][4] |
| Ethnic groups (2015 census) |
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| Demonym(s) | Transnistrian, Pridnestrovian |
| Govrenment | Unitar semi-presidential republic |
• Preses | Vadim Krasnoselsky |
• Prime Meenister | Aleksandr Martynov |
• Speaker o the Supreme Cooncil | Alexander Shcherba |
| Legislatur | Supreme Cooncil |
| Pairtially recognised state | |
• Unthirldom declared | 2 September 1990 |
• War o Transnistrie | 2 Mairch – 21 Julie 1992 |
• Recogneetion | 3 non-UN membersc |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 4,163 km2 (1,607 sq mi) |
• Water (%) | 2.35 |
| Population | |
• 2015 census | 475,665[5] |
• Density | 114/km2 (295.3/sq mi) |
| Currency | Transnistrie rubled (PRB) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Cawin code | +373e |
| Internet TLD | nonef |
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Efter the dissolution of the Soviet Union, tensions atween the Moldovan government an the breakaway unrecognized state's authorities in Tiraspol escalatit intae a military conflict that stairtit in Mairch 1992 an wis concludit bi a ceasefire in Julie 1992. As pairt o that agreement, a three-pairty (Roushie, Moldovae, Transnistrie) Joint Control Commission supervises the security arrangements in the demilitarized zone, comprisin 20 localities on baith sides o the river. Although the ceasefire haes held, the territory's poleetical status remains unresolved: commonly considered De jure pairt o Moldovae, Transnistrie is a de facto independent state.[9][10][11][12] It is organized as a presidential republic, wi its awn government, parliament, military, polis, postal seestem, an currency. Its authorities hae adoptit a constitution, banner, naitional anthem, an a coat o airms. Housomeivver, follaein a 2005 agreement atween Moldovae an Ukraine, aw Transnistrian companies seekin tae export guids through the Ukrainian border must be registered wi the Moldovan authorities.[13] This agreement wis implementit efter EUBAM stairtit its activity in 2006. Maist Transnistrians are Moldovan citizens,[14] but there are forby mony Transnistrians wi Roushie an Ukrainian citizenship.
Transnistria is sometimes compared wi ither post-Soviet frozen conflict zones such as Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazie, an Sooth Ossetie.[15][16] The latter twae hae recognised Transnistrie as an independent state an hae established diplomatic relations in return for Transnistrie's recognition o them (see Community for Democracy an Richts o Naitions).[17]
