Russian-backed separatists split from Moldova as the Soviet Union collapsed in the early 1990s ... the government said all industrial enterprises apart from food producers had been forced to ...

Transnistria split from the rest of Moldova in a short war as the Soviet Union fell apart ... including for heating and food. But pensions here are tiny, and there's no work," Dmitry told me ...

Moldova's pro-Russian breakaway Transdniestria region will start receiving natural gas supplies via a Hungarian company under a loan provided by Moscow, separatist authorities said on Monday.