Russia has accused Moldova of plotting a military operation in Transnistria, a Russian-backed secessionist region, setting off concerns among some analysts that Moscow might be a “false flag ...

Marchers carried photographs of their ancestors and a banner featuring Josef Stalin on the Soviet flag during a Victory Day march of the Immortal Regiment, in Chișinău, Moldova, May 9.

Photos: Moldova says Russia meddling ... Marchers carried photographs of their ancestors and a banner featuring Josef Stalin on the Soviet flag during ... Moldova, Jan. 9. After Russia triggered ...

Moldova, an eastern European country of some 2.5 million people sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine, has veered between pro-Western and pro-Russian courses since the end of the Cold War.

Russia still has some 1,500 troops stationed in Transnistria, a sliver of territory which illegally split from Moldova as the Soviet Union crumbled and has since been run by pro-Russian separatists.

A Soviet mosaic titled “The City is Flourishing and Being Built,” inside the Central Bus Station in Chișinău, Moldova, June 16, 2023. Soviet-era monuments, statues and mosaics are prevalent ...