Considered by the UN still part of Moldova and recognized only by three other non-recognized states :

Abkhazia, Artsakh and South Ossetia, the Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic (PMR) also called Transnistria

has his constitution, currency, national anthem and army.

At the cease-fire agreement between Moldova and Transnistria, Russia established a peace-keeper presence

earning a strategic outpost in Europe with the 14th Army settled in the region.