Transdniestria in Context of Ukraine
Prologue T ransnistrian claim for independence is being met with a certain degree of sympathy and understanding by some of the western experts. As an example, a Finnish political analyst and blogger Ari Rusila can be named; he usually presents the Transnistrian de facto statehood in quite a positive light, admitting, in particular, that “Transnistria called my attention first because of its quite ready statehood elements without outside recognition, second because of changed circumstances in respect for international law after Kosovo unilateral declaration of independence and thirdly because I predicted that Trandnistria could be the next tinderbox of separatism between Georgian conflict and coming troubles in Ukraine” . He believes that Transnistria, if compared with Kosovo, has had in fact much more reasons to be recognised internationally. The quote above is from a paper Transnistrian Conflict: State of Affairs and Prospects of Settlement prepared for the ...
