The Transdniestria settlement process, known as the 5+2 format, has ground to a halt during the war in Ukraine. Over the last year, Moldova’s pro-Western government has accused Moscow of meddling in its internal affairs, stopped consuming Russian natural gas and applied to join the European Union. Moldova’s ties with Russia are currently badly strained and have deteriorated rapidly over the course of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, which Chisinau has repeatedly condemned. “Transnistria has repeatedly applied for an increase in the number of Russian peacekeepers …Tthere is such an option, and it is justified in terms of the worsening security risks…,” he was quoted as saying.
“As long as Russia’s peacekeeping mission continues, Moldova is constrained in any military plans and preparations against Trandsniestria,” Leonid Manakov, the region’s envoy to Moscow, was cited as saying by RIA. Though Moldova does not allow Russia to deploy new troops in Transdniestria, Russia has had hundreds of peacekeepers in the region since a bloody war between pro-Russian separatists and Moldovan government forces after the 1991 Soviet break-up. CHISINAU (Reuters) – Moldova’s unrecognised breakaway region of Transdniestria said on Monday it wanted Moscow to bulk up its small contingent of peacekeepers because of what it called growing security risks, Russia’s RIA news agency reported.
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