Will Russia an EU be together in one Union

[romanu']

And what is so bad about 14th army?

In October 2002 General Anatoly Kvashnin, Chief of the Russian General Staff, made a decision to liquidate the operational group of Russian forces in Transnistria by the end of 2002. It was planned to leave only 500 of more than 2,000 servicemen there for the peacekeeping service. Withdrawal of Russian forces from Transnistria is an international obligation of Russia. In November 1999, President Boris Yeltsin signed the agreement on adaptation of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty during the OSCE summit in Istanbul. According to this document, Russia undertook an obligation to withdraw its forces from Transnistria by the end of 2002.

Russia has not removed the weapons and munitions of the Organized Group of Russian Forces stationed in Transnistria, thus failing to comply with the timetable set forth in the 1999 Istanbul Accords. In 2003 Russia failed to meet its second one-year extension from the original withdrawal date of December 31, 2001.

[romanu']

And what is so bad about 14th army?

About the self-proclaimed Transnistrian Moldavian Republic

The birth of the self-proclaimed Transnistrian republic is closely related to the presence of the 14th Soviet Army (since 1956) inside the Moldavian space. The 14th Russian Army remains even today on the territory of the Republic of Moldova (the former Soviet republic), guarding probably the biggest Soviet weaponry in the European part of the Soviet Union, armament stockpiled here in Soviet times in expectation of an eventual third world war. In 1984 the headquarter of the 14th Army was moved from Chişinău to Tiraspol. The presence of this iron fist encouraged and begot the creation of a pole of Russian power on the eastern bank of River Nistru. On September 2nd 1990, still in Soviet times, the Transnistrian Moldavian Republic was unilaterally proclaimed, aiming that the tiny region dominated by the 14th Soviet Army become a union republic, that would have made it equal in rights with the Soviet Socialist Republic of Moldavia. Formally, Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declared this proclamation null and void. :evil

[SiD]

And what is so bad about 14th army?

About the self-proclaimed Transnistrian Moldavian Republic

The birth of the self-proclaimed Transnistrian republic is closely related to the presence of the 14th Soviet Army (since 1956) inside the Moldavian space. The 14th Russian Army remains even today on the territory of the Republic of Moldova (the former Soviet republic), guarding probably the biggest Soviet weaponry in the European part of the Soviet Union, armament stockpiled here in Soviet times in expectation of an eventual third world war. In 1984 the headquarter of the 14th Army was moved from Chişinău to Tiraspol. The presence of this iron fist encouraged and begot the creation of a pole of Russian power on the eastern bank of River Nistru. On September 2nd 1990, still in Soviet times, the Transnistrian Moldavian Republic was unilaterally proclaimed, aiming that the tiny region dominated by the 14th Soviet Army become a union republic, that would have made it equal in rights with the Soviet Socialist Republic of Moldavia. Formally, Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declared this proclamation null and void. :evil

That was, what now? There is no fighting now. now there is JCC. So if no one wants to use force in despute i see no problem.

[LION]

Romanu, forgive my ignorance... but I thought the people in Transnistria were Russian? Or Russian-sypathising slavic people? What is the situation?

Yes, the people from Transnistria are Russian. But the rest of Moldovans were most of them Romanians (they aren't a Slavic people).

The Russian 14th Army's role in the area was crucial to the outcome of the war.

The war is over for many years ago, but the 14th Army are still there :evil

romanu,you obviously never been in Transnistria :lol:
actually,most of the population is moldovan(about 60%),but they are forced by separatist authorities to talk much in russian
:banghead
I think that the existence of this artificial "country" controlled by Moskow is unacceptable ;-)

[clearman]

romanu,you obviously never been in Transnistria :lol:
actually,most of the population is moldovan(about 60%),but they are forced by separatist authorities to talk much in russian
:banghead
I think that the existence of this artificial "country" controlled by Moskow is unacceptable ;-)

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LION, Transnistria is a Communist enclave also...

[Andrewz]

I think that the existence of this artificial "country" controlled by Moskow is unacceptable

I am not working in KGB, but I doubt Transnistria is controlled by Moscow. After Medvedev recognized S. Osetia's independece, the Moldovan president met him and they agreed to solve this problem in peace, no wars. Besides, Moldova has no forces to fight against Russia.