{"id":443533,"date":"2017-03-02T22:10:40","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T22:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=443533"},"modified":"2017-03-02T22:10:40","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T22:10:40","slug":"25-years-since-start-transnistrian-war-commemorated-moldovas-constitutional-authorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/25-years-since-start-transnistrian-war-commemorated-moldovas-constitutional-authorities\/","title":{"rendered":"25 years since the start of the Transnistrian war, commemorated by Moldova&#8217;s constitutional authorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>On March 2nd, the Republic of Moldova commemorates\u00a0the start of the armed conflict in the Eastern region, the so-called Transnistria. It is an occasion to commemorate those who fought and died in the armed conflict for defending the integrity and the independence of Moldova against the Russia-backed separatist forces.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/p-17.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On March 2, 1992, the first Moldovan President Mircea Snegur authorized the attack on the separatist groups from Transnistria who were backed by the former 14th Soviet Army, taken under the control of Russia at that moment. On the same date, Moldova was admitted in the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/razboi-nistru-transnistria.jpg\" alt=\"razboi-nistru-transnistria\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As Moldova didn\u2019t have armed forces at that time, the legal authorities used the police and volunteers to fight the Transnistrian Guard and cossacks residing in Dub\u0103sari, Bender and Tiraspol.<\/p>\n<p>Around\u00a029000 people participated in the armed conflict and some estimate that 287 died. The war ended on 21 July 1992, when Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Moldovan President Mircea Snegur signed the ceasefire, the so-called agreement on the peaceful settlement of the Transnistrian conflict.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"740\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F34hAgnHT_w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In 2017, the Transnistrian war, often referred as the war for defending the independence and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova, turns 25 years since the beginning. The event was commemorated at Chi\u0219in\u0103u with solemn <a href=\"http:\/\/www.army.md\/?lng=2&amp;action=show&amp;cat=122&amp;obj=4246#.WLhgdzvhDIU\" target=\"_blank\">marches of soldiers and policemen<\/a> holding photos of the deceased independence fighters.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.army.md\/img\/userfiles\/gallery\/4247\/lg\/image-02.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mai.gov.md\/sites\/default\/files\/press-release\/content_img\/dsc_5314.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.army.md\/img\/userfiles\/gallery\/4247\/lg\/image-04.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.army.md\/img\/userfiles\/gallery\/4247\/lg\/image-03.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mai.gov.md\/sites\/default\/files\/press-release\/cover_img\/1_29.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.army.md\/img\/userfiles\/gallery\/4247\/lg\/image-05.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.army.md\/img\/userfiles\/gallery\/4247\/lg\/image-06.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Prime-Minister, Parliament speaker and President went to the memorial monument &#8220;Eternitate&#8221; in Chi\u0219in\u0103u and to the meeting of commemoration in Varni\u021ba, a village bordering the past battlefield. PM Pavel Filip\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gov.md\/ro\/content\/premierul-pavel-filip-catre-veterani-ziua-de-astazi-trebuie-sa-fie-una-uniunii-noastre\" target=\"_blank\">promised<\/a> to raise the compensations for the veterans of the war for independence, while President Dodon <a href=\"http:\/\/presedinte.md\/rom\/comunicate-de-presa\/presedintele-republicii-moldova-igor-dodon-a-propus-crearea-unei-platforme-publice-de-dialog-pentru-conciliere-nationala\" target=\"_blank\">proposed<\/a> a day before a platform of reconciliation with Transnistria.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gov.md\/sites\/default\/files\/content_images\/foto-_j0a2737_1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gov.md\/sites\/default\/files\/content_images\/foto-_mg_0865_1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gov.md\/sites\/default\/files\/content_images\/foto-_j0a2860_0.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/presedinte.md\/img\/media\/1360\/nistru%206.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/presedinte.md\/img\/media\/1360\/nistru%202.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"width: 1610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gov.md\/sites\/default\/files\/content_images\/foto-_mg_0837_0.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moldovan peace-keepers<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 1610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gov.md\/sites\/default\/files\/content_images\/foto-_mg_0715_0.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moldovan peace-keepers<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On the same day, a civil organization &#8220;Honor, Dignity, Motherland&#8221; (ODIP) protested in front of the building of the Russian Embassy with slogans like &#8220;Putin Vova, take your army from Moldova&#8221;, &#8220;Russia, do not forget- Moldova is not yours&#8221; and &#8220;Russian army go home&#8221; and fake blood poured on the pavement, presumably signifying the bloodshed made by Russian troops in the Transnistrian war.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1-zryUH_DjQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kWhCmy78yU0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A political solution to the Transnistrian conflict was never discussed since 1992. The separatist Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic still relies heavily on Russian financial aid, Russian market and natural gas from an economic point of view, and on Russian peace-keepers and the illegally stationed Operative Troops of Russia in terms of security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>On March 2nd, the Republic of Moldova commemorates\u00a0the start of the armed conflict in the Eastern region, the so-called Transnistria. It is an occasion to commemorate those who fought and died in the armed conflict for defending the integrity and the independence of Moldova against the Russia-backed separatist forces. On March 2, 1992, the first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":443536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-443533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-en","category-politics"],"content_social_share":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>On March 2nd, the Republic of Moldova commemorates\u00a0the start of the armed conflict in the Eastern region, the so-called Transnistria. It is an occasion to commemorate those who fought and died in the armed conflict for defending the integrity and the independence of Moldova against the Russia-backed separatist forces.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/p-17.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On March 2, 1992, the first Moldovan President Mircea Snegur authorized the attack on the separatist groups from Transnistria who were backed by the former 14th Soviet Army, taken under the control of Russia at that moment. On the same date, Moldova was admitted in the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/razboi-nistru-transnistria.jpg\" alt=\"razboi-nistru-transnistria\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As Moldova didn\u2019t have armed forces at that time, the legal authorities used the police and volunteers to fight the Transnistrian Guard and cossacks residing in Dub\u0103sari, Bender and Tiraspol.<\/p>\n<p>Around\u00a029000 people participated in the armed conflict and some estimate that 287 died. The war ended on 21 July 1992, when Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Moldovan President Mircea Snegur signed the ceasefire, the so-called agreement on the peaceful settlement of the Transnistrian conflict.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"740\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F34hAgnHT_w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In 2017, the Transnistrian war, often referred as the war for defending the independence and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova, turns 25 years since the beginning. The event was commemorated at Chi\u0219in\u0103u with solemn <a href=\"http:\/\/www.army.md\/?lng=2&amp;action=show&amp;cat=122&amp;obj=4246#.WLhgdzvhDIU\" target=\"_blank\">marches of soldiers and policemen<\/a> holding photos of the deceased independence fighters.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.army.md\/img\/userfiles\/gallery\/4247\/lg\/image-02.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mai.gov.md\/sites\/default\/files\/press-release\/content_img\/dsc_5314.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.army.md\/img\/userfiles\/gallery\/4247\/lg\/image-04.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.army.md\/img\/userfiles\/gallery\/4247\/lg\/image-03.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mai.gov.md\/sites\/default\/files\/press-release\/cover_img\/1_29.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.army.md\/img\/userfiles\/gallery\/4247\/lg\/image-05.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.army.md\/img\/userfiles\/gallery\/4247\/lg\/image-06.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Prime-Minister, Parliament speaker and President went to the memorial monument &#8220;Eternitate&#8221; in Chi\u0219in\u0103u and to the meeting of commemoration in Varni\u021ba, a village bordering the past battlefield. PM Pavel Filip\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gov.md\/ro\/content\/premierul-pavel-filip-catre-veterani-ziua-de-astazi-trebuie-sa-fie-una-uniunii-noastre\" target=\"_blank\">promised<\/a> to raise the compensations for the veterans of the war for independence, while President Dodon <a href=\"http:\/\/presedinte.md\/rom\/comunicate-de-presa\/presedintele-republicii-moldova-igor-dodon-a-propus-crearea-unei-platforme-publice-de-dialog-pentru-conciliere-nationala\" target=\"_blank\">proposed<\/a> a day before a platform of reconciliation with Transnistria.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gov.md\/sites\/default\/files\/content_images\/foto-_j0a2737_1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gov.md\/sites\/default\/files\/content_images\/foto-_mg_0865_1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gov.md\/sites\/default\/files\/content_images\/foto-_j0a2860_0.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/presedinte.md\/img\/media\/1360\/nistru%206.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/presedinte.md\/img\/media\/1360\/nistru%202.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"width: 1610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gov.md\/sites\/default\/files\/content_images\/foto-_mg_0837_0.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moldovan peace-keepers<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 1610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gov.md\/sites\/default\/files\/content_images\/foto-_mg_0715_0.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moldovan peace-keepers<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On the same day, a civil organization &#8220;Honor, Dignity, Motherland&#8221; (ODIP) protested in front of the building of the Russian Embassy with slogans like &#8220;Putin Vova, take your army from Moldova&#8221;, &#8220;Russia, do not forget- Moldova is not yours&#8221; and &#8220;Russian army go home&#8221; and fake blood poured on the pavement, presumably signifying the bloodshed made by Russian troops in the Transnistrian war.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1-zryUH_DjQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kWhCmy78yU0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A political solution to the Transnistrian conflict was never discussed since 1992. 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