Russia's gas cut-off sparks crisis in Moldova's breakaway region

Russian-backed separatists split from Moldova as the Soviet Union collapsed in the early 1990s, winning de facto independence for the region of some 450,000 people known as Transdniestria

Russia's gas cut-off sparks crisis in Moldova's breakaway region
Russian-backed separatists split from Moldova as the Soviet Union collapsed in the early 1990s, winning de facto independence for the region of some 450,000 people known as Transdniestria