Those who do think anything about Moldova (and it's not a big portion) mostly think something like: Moldova is a deeply corrupted state, in principle a private property of the oligarch Plokhotnyuk. read more
I think Transnistria is a territory of Republic of Moldova occupied by russian army and secrete services. It is totally controlled from moscow. It is funded from russian budget. I do not know anything about Transnistrian economics except huge transactions from russian budget. I think Transnistrian people are helpless hostages of russian ambitions. read more
As part of that agreement, a three-party (Russia, Moldova, Transnistria) Joint Control Commission supervises the security arrangements in the demilitarised zone, comprising twenty localities on both sides of the river. read more
Russians in Moldova form the second largest ethnic minority in the country. According to the Moldovan Census (2004) and a separate 2004 Census in Transnistria, about 370,000 persons identified themselves as ethnic Russians in Moldova. read more