Moldova

October 2005 | Risk Summary

The separatist region of Transdniestria is set to hold parliamentary elections in December, as part of a peace plan promoted by Ukranian president, Viktor Yushchenko. The poll will be independently monitored, but as the region is not internationally recognised, the result mainly takes on internal significance. A far more important event for the region's future is a new round of talks, joined by the EU and US, designed to resolve the conflict. However, with Russian military personnel showing no signs of leaving the region, and Transdniestria officials striving for full independence, we do not anticipate any major breakthroughs in the

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