Transnistrian separatists demand protection from Russia. Officials of the Russian-backed Moldovan separatist region of Transnistria asked Moscow on Wednesday February 28 to protect them from what they described as economic pressure from the Moldovan government.
Separatist authorities said Wednesday's congress, attended by 620 MPs, was a reaction to Chisinau's recent introduction of customs duties on imports from the region. In his speech, local president Vadim Krasnosselski, quoted by the media, assured that this territory was undergoing “ a policy of genocide”