Gagauzia, a predominantly Russian-speaking, ethnic Turkic region in southern Moldova, has a population of 140,000. After being incorporated into the Moldavian SSR, it underwent significant ...

The Soviet Union does not. 1924 - Moldovan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic established east of the Dniester River within Ukraine. 1940 - Russia annexes Bessarabia from Romania, and combines ...

Mircea Snegur, who oversaw Moldova's break from the Soviet Union and the newly independent country's first president, has died at the age of 83 after a prolonged illness. Former Deputy Prime ...

It is internationally recognised as part of Moldova. The region’s origins can be traced to the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, formed in 1924 within the Ukrainian SSR.

Moldova on Monday accused Russia’s embassy of engineering the escape of a pro-Kremlin lawmaker to the breakaway region of Transnistria just as he was about to be jailed over illegal political ...

CHISINAU, April 2 (Reuters) - Moldova's prime minister said on Wednesday that Russian agents spent around 200 million euros ($217 million)- nearly 1% of the small pro-European country's GDP - on ...

The Soviet Union does not. 1924 - Moldovan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic established east of the Dniester River within Ukraine. 1940 - Russia annexes Bessarabia from Romania, and combines ...