ANYONE who has spent any elongated period of time in Cyprus will be aware of the spectre of living in or adjacent to an unrecognised country, and the diplomatic, economic, and social consequences ...

Transnistria broke away from the Republic of Moldova in 1992, aided by Russian intervention. Although declaring itself a "state," it is not recognized by any other country. Insider traveled there to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vadim Krasnoselsky, the head of the Russia-led breakaway Transnistria region in Moldova, urged residents on Jan. 3 to heat their ...

NOVOKATOVSK, Transnistria — In this tiny, hardscrabble village that could easily be mistaken for the fictional Anatevka in “Fiddler on the Roof,” farmer Or Cohen, 35, lives with his wife, Anya, and ...

Between 2006 and 2010, Mahon visited Abkhazia, Northern Cyprus, Transnistria, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Somaliland, looking for a sense of “identity and isolation” in places full of patriotism, yet ...

Transnistria is a country that doesn’t exist. It’s a breakaway republic, backed by Russia, recognized by no major nation, and I was able to make a rare visit earlier this month. Here’s what I saw → ...

Unmarked synagogues, statues of Stalin and abject poverty are some of the distinct characteristics of a land that feels like an open-air museum of communism. TIRASPOL, Transnistria (JTA) — Officially, ...

The head of Moldova’s breakaway region Transnistria has urged residents to burn firewood for heating and warned that blackouts cannot be avoided, after Moscow stopped supplying gas via Ukraine. Vadim ...

WHEN RUSSIA’S leaders mention “oppressed Russian-speaking populations”, many former Soviet countries swallow hard. President Vladimir Putin uses that spurious claim to justify his war in Ukraine.