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The Bendery border crossing between Transnistria and Moldova - Dieter Zirnig 

When it signs an association agreement with the European Union in November, Moldova is hoping to draw the pro-Russian breakaway province of Transnistria in its wake — a situation that has prompted fears of a fresh outbreak of violence on the banks of the Dniester.

Nicolae Ţibrigan
“Attention! You are leaving the European sector” warn signs posted in Varniţa. Recent troop movements in this border village have revived fears of another conflict on the Dniester. Let’s not forget that Transnistria harbours, in Cobasna to be precise, the largest conventional weapons depot in eastern Europe. Furthermore, the Russian gas pipelines that supply Romania and Bulgaria pass through Transnistria, where they are managed by Tiraspoltransgaz, a company controlled by Gazprom.

In Chişinău there is talk of resolving the conflict with the breakaway province within the framework of Moldova's integration process into the EU. On the west bank of the Dniester, this seems to be an ideal solution – a trajectory that will make Chişinău more attractive to the east bank. What does this attraction entail?"

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