Transnistria, 

Transdniestria, or Pridnestrovie, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian

Republic[a] (PMR; Russian: Приднестровская Молдавская
Республика, romanized: Pridnestrovskaya Moldavskaya Respublika; Moldovan: Република
Молдовеняскэ Нистрянэ, romanized: Republica Moldovenească Nistreană), is a breakaway state in
the narrow strip of land between the river Dniester and the Ukrainian border that is internationally
recognized as part of Moldova. Its capital is Tiraspol. Transnistria has been recognised only by three
other mostly non-recognised states: Abkhazia, Artsakh, and South Ossetia.[8]
Transnistria is designated by the Republic of Moldova as the Transnistria autonomous territorial unit
with special legal status (Romanian: Unitatea teritorială autonomă cu statut juridic special
Transnistria),[9] or Stînga Nistrului ("Left Bank of the Dniester").[10][11][12]
After the dissolution of the USSR, tensions between Moldova and the breakaway Transnistrian
territory escalated into a military conflict that started in March 1992 and was concluded by a
ceasefire in July of the same year. As part of that agreement, a three-party (Russia, Moldova,
Transnistria) Joint Control Commission supervises the security arrangements in the demilitarised
zone, comprising twenty localities on both sides of the river. Although the ceasefire has held, the
territory's political status remains unresolved: Transnistria is an unrecognised but de
facto independent semi-presidential republic with its own government, parliament, military, police,
postal system, currency and vehicle registration.[13][14][15][16] Its authorities have adopted
a constitution, flag, national anthem and coat of arms.
After a 2005 agreement between Moldova and Ukraine, all Transnistrian companies that seek to
export goods through the Ukrainian border must be registered with the Moldovan authorities.[17] This
agreement was implemented after the European Union Border Assistance Mission to Moldova and
Ukraine (EUBAM) took force in 2005.[18] Most Transnistrians also have Moldovan citizenship,[19] but
many Transnistrians also have Russian and Ukrainian citizenship. The main ethnic groups in 2015
were Russians (34%), Moldovans (33%), Ukrainians (26.7%), and Bulgarians (2.8%)
Transnistria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Artsakh are post-Soviet "frozen conflict" zones.[20]
[21]
 These four partially recognised states maintain friendly relations with each other and form
the Community for Democracy and Rights of Nations.[22][23][24]