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<p>[QUOTE="doug444, post: 2700762, member: 38849"]Here's the basics out of Wikipedia (condensed); interesting case:</p><p><br /></p><p>Transnistria, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, and also called Transdniester, Trans-Dniestr, Transdniestria, or Pridnestrovie, is a landlocked self-proclaimed state situated between the River <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dniester" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dniester" rel="nofollow">Dniester</a> and the border with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" rel="nofollow">Ukraine</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" rel="nofollow">recognized</a> only by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Transnistria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Transnistria" rel="nofollow">three other non-United Nations (UN) states</a>. The region is considered by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN" rel="nofollow">UN</a> to be part of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldova" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldova" rel="nofollow">Moldova</a>. The PMR controls a narrow strip of territory to the east of the River Dniester, and also the city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bender,_Moldova" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bender,_Moldova" rel="nofollow">Bender</a> and its surrounding localities on the west bank, in the historical region of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessarabia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessarabia" rel="nofollow">Bessarabia</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unrecognized by any <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_member_state" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_member_state" rel="nofollow">United Nations member state</a>, Transnistria is designated by the Republic of Moldova as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transnistria_autonomous_territorial_unit_with_special_legal_status" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transnistria_autonomous_territorial_unit_with_special_legal_status" rel="nofollow">Transnistria autonomous territorial unit with special legal status</a></p><p><br /></p><p>After the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_USSR" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_USSR" rel="nofollow">dissolution of the USSR</a>, tensions between Moldova and the breakaway Transnistrian territory <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Transnistria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Transnistria" rel="nofollow">escalated into a military conflict</a> that started in March 1992 and was concluded by a ceasefire in July of the same year. As part of that agreement, a three-party (Russia, Moldova, Transnistria) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Control_Commission" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Control_Commission" rel="nofollow">Joint Control Commission</a> supervises the security arrangements in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demilitarised_zone" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demilitarised_zone" rel="nofollow">demilitarised zone</a>, comprising twenty localities on both sides of the river. Although the ceasefire has held, the territory's political status remains unresolved: Transnistria is an unrecognized but <i>de facto</i> independent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_republic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_republic" rel="nofollow">presidential republic</a> with its own <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Transnistria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Transnistria" rel="nofollow">government</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Transnistria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Transnistria" rel="nofollow">parliament</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_of_Transnistria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_of_Transnistria" rel="nofollow">military</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Transnistria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Transnistria" rel="nofollow">police</a>, postal system, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transnistrian_ruble" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transnistrian_ruble" rel="nofollow">currency</a> and license plates. Its authorities have adopted a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Transnistria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Transnistria" rel="nofollow">constitution</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Transnistria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Transnistria" rel="nofollow">flag</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthem_of_Transnistria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthem_of_Transnistria" rel="nofollow">national anthem</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Transnistria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Transnistria" rel="nofollow">coat of arms</a>. It is the only country still using the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammer_and_sickle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammer_and_sickle" rel="nofollow">hammer and sickle</a> on its flag. [more][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="doug444, post: 2700762, member: 38849"]Here's the basics out of Wikipedia (condensed); interesting case: Transnistria, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, and also called Transdniester, Trans-Dniestr, Transdniestria, or Pridnestrovie, is a landlocked self-proclaimed state situated between the River [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dniester']Dniester[/URL] and the border with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition']recognized[/URL] only by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Transnistria']three other non-United Nations (UN) states[/URL]. The region is considered by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN']UN[/URL] to be part of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldova']Moldova[/URL]. The PMR controls a narrow strip of territory to the east of the River Dniester, and also the city of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bender,_Moldova']Bender[/URL] and its surrounding localities on the west bank, in the historical region of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessarabia']Bessarabia[/URL]. Unrecognized by any [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_member_state']United Nations member state[/URL], Transnistria is designated by the Republic of Moldova as the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transnistria_autonomous_territorial_unit_with_special_legal_status']Transnistria autonomous territorial unit with special legal status[/URL] After the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_USSR']dissolution of the USSR[/URL], tensions between Moldova and the breakaway Transnistrian territory [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Transnistria']escalated into a military conflict[/URL] that started in March 1992 and was concluded by a ceasefire in July of the same year. As part of that agreement, a three-party (Russia, Moldova, Transnistria) [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Control_Commission']Joint Control Commission[/URL] supervises the security arrangements in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demilitarised_zone']demilitarised zone[/URL], comprising twenty localities on both sides of the river. Although the ceasefire has held, the territory's political status remains unresolved: Transnistria is an unrecognized but [I]de facto[/I] independent [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_republic']presidential republic[/URL] with its own [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Transnistria']government[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Transnistria']parliament[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_of_Transnistria']military[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Transnistria']police[/URL], postal system, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transnistrian_ruble']currency[/URL] and license plates. Its authorities have adopted a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Transnistria']constitution[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Transnistria']flag[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthem_of_Transnistria']national anthem[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Transnistria']coat of arms[/URL]. It is the only country still using the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammer_and_sickle']hammer and sickle[/URL] on its flag. [more][/QUOTE]
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