In the capital of Transnistria, a Kremlin-backed microstate sandwiched between Moldova and Ukraine, the festive New Year’s lights have gone dark ahead of schedule. This separatist sliver of ...

The Kremlin used to tread softly when exercising its influence in the countries along its southern border, by expanding the ...

Russia's SVR claims NATO is preparing Moldova for military operations, positioning itself along the eastern front.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Jan. 9 blamed Ukraine and Moldova for Transnistria's gas crisis. Some 1,500 high-rise buildings in Transnistria were without heating and hot water on Jan. 4, ...

Moldova officially began its first gas deliveries to Transnistria on loan. The supplies started on the morning of February 1, reports Radio Free Europe. Vadim Cheban, acting director of Moldovagaz ...

Moldova is hosting its first EU summit in Chisinau on Friday, marking a key moment in the country’s push to join the European ...

Ukrainian men fleeing conscription are being detained and questioned in Transnistria by security forces linked to Russia, ...

On the evening of July 9, US President Donald Trump wrote a letter to Moldovan President Maya Sandu in which he informed ...

Transnistria contains most of Moldova's industrial infrastructure, but its economic potential is limited by its international isolation. It has its own currency, constitution, ...

Transnistria – a pro-Russian breakaway territory on the Ukrainian border – split from the rest of Moldova after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. It had been receiving Russian gas via ...

For now, the most acute effects are being felt in a region called Transnistria, on the eastern edge of Moldova. World. Here's what's behind Russia cutting off its last gas line to Europe.

After splitting from Moldova in 1990 as the Soviet Union crumbled, Transnistria has relied entirely on Russian gas – delivered through Ukraine’s pipelines, mostly free of charge – to keep ...