Situationen i Ukraina just nu.

Moldaviens regering uppmanar Moskva att dra tillbaka sina trupper från utbrytarregionen Transnistrien.

Utrikesminister i landet vände sig till 5 augusti att kalla att dra tillbaka tusentals soldater och 1500 ton för att plocka upp vapen från Transnistrien i enlighet med de åtaganden som gjordes 1999 vid OSSE: s toppmöte.

4 augusti Moskva har anklagat Moldavien och Ukraina i ett försök att blockera åtkomst av sina trupper i Transnistrien.

Transnistrien separerade från Moldavien 1990 på grund av oro för att ingå i Rumänien.

2) Transnistrien har givetvis rätt till självständighet om folket där vill det. Så, jag anser inte att Modaviska regeringen har någon form av veto där, lika lite som Kiev har veto mot Krimbornas rätt att välja sin framtid, eller hur?

The balding, 63-year-old says he “fought national fascism” by supporting separatists in the pro-Russian region of Transdniestria in neighboring Moldova, and in the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in Georgia.

At his new office at the separatists’ Donetsk headquarters, the Siberian-born Antyufeyev said he came to Ukraine because Russians were being killed by forces sent from Kiev.

“I know what it is to fight for the rights of the people … I know what hot spots are,” he said in an interview. A picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin looked down on the table where he sat.

He earned a fearsome reputation when he served in Transdniestria, which split from Moldova in 1990, as the head of security operations for 20 years.


Dismissed in 2012 when his ally was replaced as leader of the tiny sliver of land, he barricaded himself for three days in his study and refused to leave.

The EU first blacklisted Antyufeyev over his role in Transdniestria in 2004. Though it later suspended that decision, it has now blacklisted him again over Ukraine, imposing assets freezes and a travel ban on him.

One person who had been questioned by Antyufeyev in Transdniestria on suspicion of spying for Moldova said he was a tenacious interrogator. Speaking on condition of anonymity, for fear of reprisal, the person said Antyufeyev was “a professional”, capable of being sociable and polite, always rigidly following the chosen line. With a smile on his face, Antyufeyev would exert moral pressure, the person said.