Igor Smirnov
AP: Russian troops to stay in Moldova breakaway region
February 18, 2010By Corneliu Rusnac, AP The leader of a separatist region in Moldova said Moscow has given him assurances that Russian troops will stay in the region until a final solution is reached in an 20-year-old dispute in the former Soviet republic. Trans-Dniester...
Moldova's rebel region leader asks for more Russian peacekeepers, helicopters
February 18, 2010The president of Moldova's breakaway Dniester region, Igor Smirnov, has advocated the consolidation of the military strength of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in the region at a recent meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Deputy...
Adviser to Russian speaker calls for recognition of Moldova's breakaway region
February 18, 2010A statement that could cause a new large international scandal - in his blog today, an adviser to the chairman of the Federation Council of Russia, Aleksandr Chuyev, expressed the opinion that it is time for Russia to recognize the independence of the...
Russia should not react to Transnistria's Iskander missiles offer
February 18, 2010Russia should not react to the proposal made by the president of the unrecognized Dniester Moldovan republic, Igor Smirnov, to station Russian missile systems Iskander on its territory. This opinion was expressed by the deputy director of the USA and...
Moldovan Communists soften stance on US missile shield in Romania
February 17, 2010A top Moldovan Communist Party official has dismissed fears that Romania's intention to host a U.S. antimissile shield would trigger a regional arms race, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. Communist legislator Vasily Sova said that Moldova, which is...
Transnistria: Number of Ukrainian and Russian passports growing rapidly
February 17, 2010‘Already 96 thousand of our citizens have Ukrainian passports’, said the Transnistian leader Igor Smirnov. According to him, the number of citizens with Ukrainian passports is growing rapidly, despite the fact that the Ukrainian consulate...
Transdniester ready to host Russian missiles
February 15, 2010Moldova's rebel region of Transdniester says it is ready to host Russian tactical missiles if Moscow were to ask, Russian news agencies reported, quoting regional leader Igor Smirnov. NATO member Romania, which borders Moldova, this month approved a...
OSCE Chairmanship discusses prospects of Transdniestrian settlement
February 03, 2010The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for protracted conflicts, Ambassador Bolat Nurgaliyev, concluded a three-day visit to Moldova today. During his visit Nurgaliyev discussed next steps in settlement of the Transdniestrian conflict...
Stricter Russian conditions blocking negotiations on Transnistria
January 26, 2010By Vladimir Socor Transnistria Remains the Only Really “Frozen” Conflict In 2008, Russia “unfroze” the conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia through outright war and occupation of these Georgian territories. In the latter...
OSCE denies Moldova seized passports from Dniester residents
December 31, 2009No Russian or Ukrainian passports were confiscated when Moldovan bodies were taking legal actions against Dniester residents having no residence permit in Moldova, the deputy head of the OSCE mission to Moldova, Klaus Neukirch, has said. The Dniester...