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Transnistria is one of numerous European regions where Moscow claims ethnic Russians are under threat.

CHISINAU (Reuters) -Moldova's breakaway region of Transdniestria asked Russia on Wednesday to help its economy from Moldovan "pressure" during a meeting of hundreds of officials that the Chisinau government said was a propaganda stunt to gain headlines. The region, long seen as a potential flashpoint with Russia in Europe, held a rare "congress of deputies of all levels" after Moldova required Transdniestrian firms to pay import duties to the central budget from January. The congress passed a resolution saying it would appeal to both houses of Russia's parliamen...

Pro-Russian rebel officials in Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria appealed to Russia for “protection” on Wednesday, amid fears the territory could become a new flashpoint in Moscow’s conflict with neighbouring Ukraine.

4,000 works of art have been destroyed in a fire as it ran through the National Art Gallery in Abkhazia, Georgia's breakaway region.

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