On this trip, Eric and Thomas head to a country in Eastern Europe that doesn't exist that calls itself Transnistria..

Cada cierto tiempo, Transnistria vuelve a los focos.Para muchos absolutamente desconocida, esta región ubicada geográficamente dentro de Moldavia poco o nada tiene que ver con el Gobierno moldavo.

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 ...

As a result, Transnistria remains a "country that doesn't exist" on official maps, sustained largely by Russian support, and existing in a unique cultural and political gray area.

Map showing Transnistria. Igor Smirnov, the former president of Transnistria, attends the celebrations on Independence day in Tiraspol, Transnistria on September 2, 2009. Chiara Diomede.

Life in Transnistria, a ‘country’ that is not really a country Despite its political limbo, life in Transnistria carries on.

But security concerns were also voiced in Transnistria, ... A map published by the CIA map in 2006 shows the location of Moldova and the separatist-held Transnistria region in relation to Ukraine ...

Tuesday Map: Don’t cry for me, Transnistria While Kosovo, Chechnya, and Georgia’s breakaway provinces get all the press, you might be wondering if there are any other post-Soviet regional ...

A Transnistria resident who gave only her first name, Yulia, walking on Friday with her infant daughter down an abandoned railway track, said she was sure that Russia would soon come to the rescue.

Mapa de la guerra: Temor ante una ... La población de la región separatista prorrusa de Transnistria, que declaró ilegalmente su independencia en 1990, es de unas 470.000 personas.

Map of Transnistria, the breakaway republic and de facto state sandwiched between Moldova and Ukraine, 2008. cc Serhio. The Transnistrian drive for unification.