Rapid Fire
Moldova and Transnistria
- 02 Jan 2025
- 2 min read
Recently, Ukraine has stopped the transit of Russian gas through its territory, ending a major supply route to Europe after a prewar transit deal expired in December 2024.
- It led to an energy crisis in Moldova and Transnistria which heavily relies on Russian gas for power supply and heating amid winter.
- Moldova:
- Moldova is a small eastern european landlocked country bordered by Ukraine to the east and Romania to the west.
- Recently, Moldova has inaugurated its embassy in New Delhi.
- India and Moldova established diplomatic relations in 1992 following Moldova's independence after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
- Transnistria:
- It is a Russian-backed breakaway region in Moldova described as a “remnant of the Soviet Union” that split from the rest of Moldova after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
- When Moldovan troops attempted to take over the territory in 1990-1992, Transnistria was able to resist them because of Russian soldiers based in Transnistria. Since then, it has remained free of Moldovan control.
- However, most countries continue to see Transnistria as part of Moldova. It is not recognized as independent even by Russia.
- Most Transnistrians have dual citizenship of Russia and Transnistria or triple citizenship of Moldova, Transnistria, and Russia.
Read More: Russia-Ukraine Conflict, Opening of Moldova's Embassy in India , Transnistria in the Russia-Ukraine War
