Transnistria is just one of several gray areas left after the fall of the Soviet Union. You can see some of the others on the map above, which shows other hot spots such as Abkhazia, which broke ...

The breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria cut heating and hot water supplies to households on Wednesday after Russia stopped supplying gas via Ukraine. “There is no heating or hot water ...

Transnistria has been under the control of separatist authorities since 1992, and is home to about 470,000 people. Moldovan authorities have dismissed its demand as a propaganda move and ...