Transnistria conflict

Conflict between Moldova and Transnistria

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Transnistria conflict

Part of the post-Soviet conflicts

Moldova

Transnistria

| Date| 2 September 1990 – present
(34 years, 10 months, 4 weeks and 2 days)

|

Location|

Moldovan eastern bank of the Dniester, the city of Bender (Tighina) and some villages at the western bank of the Dniester (Chițcani, Cremenciug, Gîsca).

Status|  Ongoing; frozen conflict
Territorial
changes|

* De facto independence of the Moldovan eastern bank of the Dniester as Transnistria
* Transnistria gains control of Tighina (Bender) and some villages at the west bank of the Dniester
* Moldova retains direct control of some villages at the east bank of the Dniester
* Establishment of the autonomous Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester in 2005, encompassing all lands at the eastern bank of the Dniester, but not those at the western bank of it, controlled by Transnistria

Belligerents

Moldova

* Supported by:
* Romania (military and diplomatic support)[1][2]
* Ukraine (diplomatic support)[3][4]

Transnistria

* Supported by:
* / Russia (military and diplomatic support)[5][6][7]
* / Ukraine (only during the Transnistria War)[8]

* v
* t
* e

Conflicts in territory of the former Soviet Union

Caucasus

* Nagorno-Karabakh
* 1st
* 2016
* 2nd
* Border crisis
* 2022 clashes
* 2023 offensive
* Georgia
* South Ossetia
* Abkhazia
* 1st
* 2nd
* Kodori
* North Ossetia
* Chechen–Russian
* 1st
* 2nd
* guerrilla phase
* North Caucasus insurgency
* IS insurgency
* Dagestan
* Ingushetia
* Russo-Georgian

* * *

Central Asia

* Tajikistan
* Uzbekistan
* Batken spillover
* Kyrgyz revolutions
* Tulip
* 2010
* 2020
* South Kyrgyzstan
* Gorno-Badakhshan
* Dungan–Kazakh clashes
* Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes
* 2021
* 2022
* Kazakhstan
* Karakalpakstan

* * *

Eastern Europe

* Transnistria
* 1992
* 1993 Moscow
* Ukraine
* Euromaidan
* Revolution of Dignity
* pro-Russian unrest
* Russo-Ukrainian (outline)
* annexation of Crimea
* Donbas
* Kerch Strait
* 2022 invasion
* prelude

Politics of Transnistria

Constitution

Executive

* President
Vadim Krasnoselsky
* Prime Minister
Aleksandr Rozenberg

Legislature

Supreme Council

Speaker
Alexander Korshunov

* * *

Political parties

Elections

* Recent elections

* Presidential: 2016
* 2021

* Parliamentary: 2015
* 2020

* Referendums

Administrative divisions

* Five Raions
* One Municipality

Foreign relations

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Minister: Vitaly Ignatyev
* Human rights in Transnistria
* Politics of Moldova
* Transnistria conflict
* Transnistria War
* Reintegration of Transnistria into Moldova
* Proposed Russian annexation of Transnistria

* * *

* Passport
* Visa requirements
* Visa policy

* * *

Diplomatic missions of / in Transnistria

* Other countries

* v
* t
* e

The Transnistria conflict (Romanian: Conflictul din Transnistria; Russian: Приднестровский конфликт, romanized: Pridnestrovsky konflikt; Ukrainian: Придністровський конфлікт, romanized: Prydnistrovskyi konflikt) is an ongoing frozen conflict between Moldova and the unrecognized state of Transnistria. Its most active phase was the Transnistria War. There have been several unsuccessful attempts to resolve the conflict.[9][10] The conflict may be considered to have started on 2 September 1990, when Transnistria made a formal sovereignty declaration from Moldova (then part of the Soviet Union).[11]

Transnistria is internationally recognized as a part of Moldova. It has diplomatic recognition only from two Russian-backed separatist states: Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

## Historical status of Transnistria

[edit]

Main article: History of Transnistria

Territorial situation of the conflict Administrative divisions of actual Transnistria

### Until the Second World War

[edit]

The Soviet Union in the 1930s had an autonomous region of Transnistria inside Ukraine, called the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (MASSR), half of whose population were Romanian-speaking people, and with Tiraspol as its capital.[citation needed]

During World War II, when Romania, aided by Nazi Germany, took control of Transnistria, it did not attempt to annex the occupied territory during the war, although it planned do so in the future.[12][13]

### Territorial consequences of the 1992 conflict

[edit]

#### Left bank of the Dniester

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During the War of Transnistria, some villages in the central part of Transnistria (on the eastern bank of the Dniester) rebelled against the new separatist Transnistria (PMR) authorities. They have been under effective Moldovan control as a consequence of their rebellion against the PMR. These localities are: commune Cocieri (including village Vasilievca), commune Molovata Nouă (including village Roghi), commune Corjova (including village Mahala), commune Coșnița (including village Pohrebea), commune Pîrîta, and commune Doroțcaia. The village of Corjova is in fact divided between PMR and Moldovan central government areas of control. Roghi is also controlled by the PMR authorities.[citation needed]

#### Right bank of the Dniester

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At the same time, some areas on the right bank of the Dniester are under PMR control. These areas consist of the city of Bender with its suburb Proteagailovca, the communes Gîsca, Chițcani (including villages Mereneşti and Zahorna), and the commune of Cremenciug, formally[14] in the Căușeni District, situated south of the city of Bender.[15]

The breakaway PMR authorities also claim the communes of Varnița, in the Anenii Noi District, a northern suburb of Bender, and Copanca, in the Căușeni District, south of Chițcani, but these villages remain under Moldovan control.[16]

### Later tensions

[edit]

Several disputes have arisen from these cross-river territories. In 2005, PMR militia entered Vasilievca, which is located over the strategic road linking Tiraspol and Rîbnița, but withdrew after a few days.[17][18] In 2006 there were tensions around Varnița. In 2007 there was a confrontation between Moldovan and PMR forces in the Dubăsari-Cocieri area; however, there were no casualties. On 13 May 2007, the mayor of the village of Corjova, which is under Moldovan control, was arrested by the PMR militsia (police) together with a councilor of Moldovan-controlled part of the Dubăsari district.[19]

### Russian invasion of Ukraine

[edit]

Amid the prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 14 January 2022 Ukrainian military intelligence declared that Russian special services were preparing "provocations" against Russian soldiers stationed in Transnistria at the time to create a casus belli for a Russian invasion of Ukraine.[20]

On 24 February, on the first day of the invasion, there were allegations that some rockets that had hit Ukraine had been launched from Transnistria, although Moldova's Ministry of Defense denied this.[21] On 4 March, Ukraine blew up a railway bridge on its border with Transnistria to prevent the 1,400 Russian troops stationed in the breakaway territory from crossing into Ukraine.[22] Later, on 6 March, there were again claims that attacks that had hit Vinnytsia's airport had been launched from Transnistria, although Moldovan officials again denied this and said that they had been launched from Russian ships in the Black Sea.[23]

Amid rumors that Transnistria would attack Ukraine, Transnistrian President Vadim Krasnoselski declared Transnistria to be a peaceful state which never had any plans to attack its neighbors and that those who spread these allegations were people without control over the situation or provocateurs with malicious intentions. He also made reference to the large ethnically Ukrainian population of Transnistria and how Ukrainian is taught in Transnistrian schools and is one of the official languages of the republic.[24] However, in March, an image of the Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko standing in front of a battle plan map of the invasion of Ukraine was leaked. This map showed a supposed incursion of Russian troops from the Ukrainian city port of Odesa into Transnistria and Moldova, revealing that Transnistria could become involved in the war.[25]

Ukrainian military officials had identified the establishment of a "land corridor" to Transnistria as one of Russia's primary objectives since the first day of the invasion.[26] On 22 April 2022, Russia's Brigadier General Rustam Minnekayev in a defence ministry meeting said that Russia planned to extend its Mykolaiv–Odesa front in the Ukraine war further west to include the Transnistria on the Ukrainian border with Moldova.[27][28] Minnekaev announced that the plan of Russia's military action in Ukraine included taking full control of Southern Ukraine and achieving a land corridor to Transnistria. He also talked about the existence of supposed evidence of "oppression of the Russian-speaking population" of Transnistria, echoing Russia's justifications for the war in Ukraine.[29] The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine described this intention as imperialism, saying that it contradicted previous Russian claims that it did not have territorial ambitions in Ukraine".[27]

On 26 April, Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych said during an interview that Moldova was a close neighbor to Ukraine, that Ukraine was not indifferent to it and that Moldova could turn to Ukraine for help. He also declared that Ukraine was able to solve the problem of Transnistria "in the blink of an eye", but only if Moldovan authorities requested the country's help; and that Romania could also come to Moldova's aid as "they are in fact the same people", with the same language as he continued, even though "there are many Moldovans who would not agree with me".[30] Moldova officially rejected this suggestion from Ukraine, expressing its support only for a peaceful outcome of the conflict.[31]

On 12 September 2024, a Moldovan soldier was killed under unclear circumstances in the demarcation line of Transnistria.[32]

On 29 December 2024, Moldova's Transdniestria region faced gas cuts as a transit deal with Ukraine expired, prompting fears of power shortages. Moldova denies owing debts to Gazprom and is securing alternative supplies from Romania to manage the situation.[33]

## Position of the PMR government advocates

[edit]

According to PMR advocates, the territory to the east of the Dniester River never belonged either to Romania nor to its predecessors, such as the Principality of Moldavia. This territory was split off from the Ukrainian SSR in a political maneuver of the USSR to become a seed of the Moldavian SSR (in a manner similar to the creation of the Karelo-Finnish SSR). In 1990, the Pridnestrovian Moldavian SSR was proclaimed in the region by a number of conservative local Soviet officials opposed to perestroika. This action was immediately declared void by the then General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev.[34]

At the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Moldova became independent. The Moldovan Declaration of Independence denounced the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact and declared the 2 August 1940 "Law of the USSR on the establishment of the Moldavian SSR" null and void. The PMR side argues that, since this law was the only legislative document binding Transnistria to Moldova, there is neither historical nor legal basis for Moldova's claims over the territories on the left bank of the Dniester.[35]

A 2010 study conducted by the University of Colorado Boulder showed that the majority of Transnistria's population supports the country's separation from Moldova. According to the study, more than 80% of ethnic Russians and Ukrainians and 60% of ethnic Moldovans in Transnistria preferred independence or annexation by Russia to reunification with Moldova.[36]

In 2006, officials of the country held a referendum to determine the status of Transnistria. There were two statements on the ballot: the first one was, "Renunciation of independence and potential future integration into Moldova"; the second was, "Independence and potential future integration into Russia". The results of this double referendum were that a large section of the population was against the first statement (96.61%)[37] and in favor of the second one (98.07%).[38]

## Moldovan position

[edit]

Moldova lost de facto control of Transnistria in 1992, in the wake of the War of Transnistria. However, the Republic of Moldova considers itself the rightful successor state to the Moldavian SSR (which was guaranteed the right to secession from the Soviet Union under the last version of the Soviet Constitution). By the principle of territorial integrity, Moldova claims that any form of secession from the state without the consent of the central Moldovan government is illegal.[citation needed] The Moldavian side hence believes that its position is backed by international law.[39] It considers the current Transnistria-based PMR government to be illegitimate and not the rightful representative of the region's population, which has a Moldovan plurality (39.9% as of 1989).[40] The Moldovan side insists that Transnistria cannot exist as an independent political entity and must be reintegrated into Moldova.[citation needed]

According to Moldovan sources, the political climate in Transnistria does not allow the free expression of the will of the people of the region and supporters of reintegration of Transnistria in Moldova are subjected to harassment, arbitrary arrests and other types of intimidation from separatist authorities.[citation needed]

Because of the non-recognition of Transnistria's independence, Moldova believes that all inhabitants of Transnistria are legally citizens of Moldova. However, it is estimated that 60,000 to 80,000 inhabitants of Transnistria have acquired Russian citizenship[41] and around 20,000 have acquired Ukrainian citizenship. As a result, Moldovan authorities have tried to block the installation of a Russian and Ukrainian consulate in Tiraspol.[41]

## International recognition of Transnistria

[edit]

Only two states recognize Transnistria's sovereignty, each itself a largely unrecognized state: Abkhazia and South Ossetia. These two states are members of the Community for Democracy and Rights of Nations.

On 21 February 2023, Russian president Vladimir Putin revoked the foreign policy document that declared Russian commitment to Moldovan sovereignty in the context of the Transnistria conflict.[42][43]

### Positions taken by states

[edit]

State | Notes

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Albania | Along with other states on the Council Common Position 2009/139/CFSP of 16 February 2009, Albania supported "renewing restrictive measures against the leadership of the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova."[44]
Belarus | Officially, Belarus does not recognise Transnistria as independent.[45] De facto, Belarusian corporations and officials treat Transnistria as independent.[46][47][48][49][50][51]
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Along with other states on the Council Common Position 2009/139/CFSP of 16 February 2009, Bosnia supported "renewing restrictive measures against the leadership of the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova."[44]
Croatia | Along with other states on the Council Common Position 2009/139/CFSP of 16 February 2009, Croatia supported "renewing restrictive measures against the leadership of the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova."[44]
Georgia | Along with other states on the Council Common Position 2009/139/CFSP of 16 February 2009, Georgia supported "renewing restrictive measures against the leadership of the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova."[44]
Liechtenstein | Along with other states on the Council Common Position 2009/139/CFSP of 16 February 2009, Liechtenstein supported "renewing restrictive measures against the leadership of the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova."[44]
Moldova | Moldova's Prime Minister Vlad Filat wanted to see the Russian army presence replaced with an international civil mission and hoped for European support.[52] Deputy Prime Minister Victor Osipov said that Moldova was a European problem. When the EU passed the Lisbon Treaty and created the new position of High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy he said "The results of these efforts (to have more powerful tools for an effective foreign policy) will be very important, along with the place that the Transnistrian problem will occupy on the agenda of the EU and its new institution. Our task here is to attract attention to the Transnistrian problem, precisely so that it will occupy a higher place in the foreign and security policy agenda of the EU. We will always seek a solution through peaceful means, but we should never forget that we are talking about a conflict. We are talking about an administration [in the city of Tiraspol] that has and is developing military capabilities and a very fragile situation that could deteriorate and create risky situations in the East of Europe. This affects the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine, Russia and Romania – because Romania is not indifferent to the developments – and other countries from the region. Experiences from other frozen conflicts show that it is not a good idea to wait until a major incident happens."[53]
Montenegro | Along with other states on the Council Common Position 2009/139/CFSP of 16 February 2009, Montenegro supported "renewing restrictive measures against the leadership of the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova."[44]
North Macedonia | Along with other states on the Council Common Position 2009/139/CFSP of 16 February 2009, North Macedonia supported "renewing restrictive measures against the leadership of the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova."[44]
Norway | Along with other states on the Council Common Position 2009/139/CFSP of 16 February 2009, Norway supported "renewing restrictive measures against the leadership of the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova."[44]
Russia |

Main article: Russia–Transnistria relations

During a visit to Kyiv, President Dmitri Medvedev said he supported "special status" for Transnistria and recognised the "important and stabilising" role of the Russian army.[52] There have been calls from Russian figures to recognize the separatist republic.[54] However, to date, Russia officially recognizes Moldovan sovereignty over Transnistria.
Serbia | Initially, Serbia, along with other states on the Council Common Position 2009/139/CFSP of 16 February 2009, supported "renewing restrictive measures against the leadership of the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova."[44] In November 2015 Serbian politicians participated in a conference in Tiraspol. At the end of the conference, those politicians adopted a resolution which proclaimed that the "Transnistrian Moldovan Republic (PMR) and the Republic of Serbia are interested in broadening their multifaceted cooperation with the Russian Federation, including in the military-political sphere."[55]
Turkey | Along with other states on the Council Common Position 2009/139/CFSP of 16 February 2009, Turkey supported "renewing restrictive measures against the leadership of the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova."[44]
Ukraine |

Main article: Transnistria–Ukraine relations

In June 1992, then Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk said that Ukraine would guarantee the independence of Transnistria in case of a Moldovan-Romanian union.[56] Over the following two decades Ukraine had an ambivalent relationship with Transnistria. In 2014, then Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said that Pridnestrovie is not a sovereign state, but rather, the name of a region along the Ukraine–Moldova border.[57] In 2017, Transnistrian president Vadim Krasnoselsky said that Transnistria had "traditionally good relations with (Ukraine), we want to maintain them" and "we must build our relations with Ukraine – this is an objective necessity".[58]

### Positions taken by international organizations

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Organization | Notes

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Commonwealth of Independent States | In June 2015, the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Nikolay Bordyuzha, said that "[there] is no military solution to [the] Transnistria conflict. If a war breaks out in the region it will last for a long time and cause great bloodshed."[59]
European Union | European Union took note of and welcomed "the objectives of Council Common Position 2009/139/CFSP of 16 February 2009, renewing restrictive measures against the leadership of the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova".[44] The EU was asked to restart negotiations for the 5+2 format.[52]

## United Nations Resolution A/72/L.58

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Results of the United Nations General Assembly vote about the withdrawal of foreign soldiers in Transnistria.

In favour

Against

Abstained

Absent when the vote took place

Non-UN member

On 22 June 2018, the Republic of Moldova submitted a UN resolution that calls for "Complete and unconditional withdrawal of foreign military forces from the territory of the Republic of Moldova, including Transnistria." The resolution was adopted by a simple majority.[60]

## See also

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* Four Pillars of Transnistria
* War of Transnistria
* 2006 Transnistrian customs crisis
* International recognition of Transnistria
* Foreign relations of Transnistria
* Moldovan neutrality
* Abkhaz–Georgian conflict
* Gagauzia conflict
* Georgian–Ossetian conflict
* Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

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2. Janusz Bugajski (2002). Toward an Understanding of Russia: New European Perspectives. Council on Foreign Relations Press. p. 102\. ISBN 0-87609-310-1.
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4. James Hughes; Gwendolyn Sasse, eds. (2002). Ethnicity and Territory in the Former Soviet Union: Regions in conflict. Routledge ed. ISBN 0-7146-5226-1.

## External links

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Transnistrian side

* History of creation and development of the Parliament of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR)

Moldovan side

* EuroJournal.org's Transnistria category Archived 9 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
* Trilateral Plan for Solving the Transnistrian Issue (developed by Moldova-Ukraine-Romania expert group)

Others

International organizations

* OSCE Mission to Moldova: Conflict resolution and negotiation category
* Marius Vahl and Michael Emerson, "Moldova and the Transnistrian Conflict" (pdf) in "Europeanization and Conflict Resolution: Case Studies from the European Periphery", JEMIE – Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe, 1/2004, Ghent, Belgium
* Research on the European Union and the conflict in Transnistria
* New York City Bar: Russia’s Activities in Moldova Violate International Law

Ukrainian side

* The Plan for the Transnistrian Conflict Settlement Proposed by Ukraine

Romanian side

* Viroel Dolha. "All About Transnistria (I)". Newsgroup: Soc.culture.romanian. Usenet: 1141583344.188412.245710@t39g2000cwt.googlegroups.com.

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Transnistria conflict

Background|

* First Partition of Poland and Treaty of Iași
* Union of Bessarabia with Romania
* Moldavian ASSR
* Moldovenism
* World War II
* Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina
* Moldavian SSR
* Transnistria Governorate
* The Holocaust in Romania
* Dissolution of the Soviet Union
* Controversy over ethnic and linguistic identity in Moldova
* Moldovan language
* Unification of Moldova and Romania

Transnistria War|

* Timeline
* Battle of Bender
* Ceasefire agreement

Post-war developments|

* Human rights in Transnistria
* Romanian-language schools in Transnistria
* Russian military presence in Transnistria
* Joint Control Commission
* 2006 Transnistrian independence referendum
* 2006 Transnistrian customs crisis
* 2006 Russian ban of Moldovan wines
* 2012 Moldova security zone incident
* 2022 Transnistria attacks
* 2025 Moldovan energy crisis

Resolution attempts|

* 1997 Moscow memorandum
* 1999 Istanbul summit
* 2003 Kozak memorandum
* 2005 Yushchenko Plan
* Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester
* 5+2 format (2005–present; see also Berlin Plus package, 2016–present)

Potential solutions|

* Reintegration into Moldova
* Bureau for Reintegration of the Republic of Moldova
* Annexation by Russia

Participants and figures|

| Pro-Moldova|

* Moldova
* Mircea Snegur
* Petru Lucinschi
* Vladimir Voronin
* Nicolae Timofti
* Igor Dodon
* Maia Sandu
* European Union
* Romania
* United States
* Ukraine

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Pro-Transnistria|

* Transnistria
* Igor Smirnov
* Yevgeny Shevchuk
* Vadim Krasnoselsky
* Russia
* 14th Guards Army
* Operational Group of Russian Forces

Neutral|

* Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

See also|

* Gagauzia conflict
* Gagauz Republic
* Cobasna ammunition depot
* Moldova–Ukraine border

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Geography of the Transnistria conflict

| Moldovan control| Transnistrian control

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| Northern security zone|

* Cocieri (Vasilievca) 1
* Corjova (Mahala) 1
* Molovata Nouă1
* Coșnița (Pohrebea) 1
* Pîrîta1
* Doroțcaia1

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Southern security zone|

* Varnița2
* Copanca3

| Northern security zone|

* Dubăsari5
* Roghi1

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Southern security zone|

* Bender4 (Proteagailovca4)
* Gîsca3
* Chițcani (Merenești • Zahorna) 3
* Cremenciug3

1 belongs to Dubăsari district; 2 belongs to Anenii Noi district; 3 belongs to Căușeni district; 4 also known as Tighina; belongs to Municipality of Bender; 5 belongs to Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester

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History|

* Prehistoric Balkans
* Dacia
* Principality of Moldavia
* Bessarabia
* Moldavian Democratic Republic
* Union with Romania
* Greater Romania
* Moldavian SSR
* Gagauzia conflict
* Gagauz Republic
* Transnistria conflict
* Transnistria
* Transnistria War
* Declaration of independence
* Post-independence
* 2015–2016 protests

Geography|

* Climate
* Earthquakes
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* Birds
* Protected areas
* Rivers
* Danube
* Dniester
* Prut
* Rudi Geodetic Point

Subdivisions|

* Cities and towns
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* Autonomous territories
* Gagauzia
* Left Bank of the Dniester

Politics|

* Cabinet
* Constitution
* Corruption
* Elections
* Foreign relations
* Government
* Human rights
* LGBT rights
* Law enforcement
* Military
* Parliament
* Political parties
* President
* Prime Minister
* Unification with Romania

Economy|

* Agriculture
* Central Bank
* Leu (currency)
* Communications
* Energy
* Poverty
* Tourism
* Transport

Society|

* Crime
* Demographics
* Education
* Health care
* Moldovans
* Languages of Moldova
* Religion

Culture|

* Cinema
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* Holidays
* Literature
* Music
* Controversy over identity
* Moldovan language
* Symbols
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History|

* Before 1792
* World War II
* Moldavian ASSR
* Transnistria Governorate
* Transnistria conflict
* Transnistria War
* Joint Control Commission
* 1997 Moscow memorandum
* Kozak memorandum
* 2025 Moldovan energy crisis

Geography|

* Localities

Politics|

* 2006 customs crisis
* Coat of arms
* Flag
* Foreign relations
* Human rights
* Law enforcement
* Military
* Moldova–Ukraine border
* Parliament
* Political parties
* President
* Prime Minister
* Proposed reintegration into Moldova
* Proposed Russian annexation
* Russian military presence
* Unification of Moldova and Romania

Economy|

* Central bank
* Rubla (currency)
* Moldova Steel Works
* Airports

Society|

* Crime
* Culture
* Media
* Romanian-language schools
* Public holidays
* Anthem

Demographics|

* History
* Poles in Transnistria
* Census in 1989 / 2004 / 2015

Note: Transnistria is a Moldovan breakaway territory and a self-proclaimed republic, unrecognised by any United Nations member state.

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Post–Cold War conflicts in Europe

Eastern Europe|

* Nagorno-Karabakh conflict (1988–2024)
* First War
* 2016 conflict
* Second War
* Gagauzia conflict (1989–1995)
* Transnistria conflict (1990–present)
* Transnistria War (1990–1992)
* Georgian Civil War (1991–1993)
* South Ossetia War (1991–92)
* War in Abkhazia (1992–1993)
* East Prigorodny conflict (1992)
* Russian constitutional crisis (1993)
* First Chechen War (1994–1996)
* War in Abkhazia (1998)
* Second Chechen War (1999–2009)
* Tuzla Island conflict (2003)
* Russo-Georgian War (2008)
* Maidan Uprising (2013)
* Revolution of Dignity (2014)
* Russo-Ukrainian War (2014–present)
* Russian annexation of Crimea (2014)
* War in Donbas
* Russian invasion of Ukraine
* Wagner Group rebellion (2023)
* Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis (2021–present)

Southern Europe|

* Slovenian War of Independence (1991)
* Croatian War of Independence (1991–1995)
* Bosnian War (1992–1995)
* Croat–Bosniak War (1992–1994)
* Albanian Civil War (1997)
* Kosovo War (1998–1999)
* Insurgency in the Preševo Valley (1999–2001)
* Insurgency in Macedonia (2001)

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* European re-armament in the 2020s
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* War on terror

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