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14th Army source

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Here you go.--Hadžija 19:10, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"from Transnistria" or "residents of Transnistria"

This should be a simple and quick one. Could everyone, please, express his/her oppionion about which of the two expressions, "from" or "residents of" is better here:

  • "residents of" b/c IMO "from" suggests they were in Transnistria before being employed by the Soviet Army, while in fact they arrived in Transnistria to be employed by the 14th Army and were given residence there. :Dc76 19:13, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
There is also a math problem there. Let O=the number of officers, S=the number of solders, C=the number of civil personel, T=number of those that reside in Transnistria. Then according to the sourse, O+S=6000, C=230, T=0.51*O+0.79*S+n*C, T=0,80*(O+S+C), where n is the proportion of local resident among C. From these 4 equations, one gets 0.28*O=0.79*(O+S)-(0.51*O+0.79*S)=0.79*6000-T+n*C=0.79*6000-0,80*(O+S+C)+n*230=0.79*6000-0,80*(6000+230)+n*230=4740-4984+230*n=230*n-244. So, even if all C are locals, i.e. in n=1, 230*n-244 is a negative number, hence so is O. In fact, if n<=1, then 230*n-244<=-14, and hence O<=-14/0,28=-50. You need to add 50 officers to get 0. The sourse contradicts itself, or averages too much.:Dc76 19:37, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Reading comprehension doesn't appear to be your strong point - what part of "6,000 soldiers and officers" says 6,500? From the structure of the sentence, it's not even clear whether that refers to the whole 14th Army or not, though one would assume it does.--Hadžija 19:34, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I had to memorize all number, after that to check. i've corrected now.:Dc76 19:38, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • While possible, that is unlikely - it says 79% of draftees came from Transnistria i.e. they lived in Transnistria before entering the army. Anyway, what you're doing is original research - just read the source, yeah? "The majority of these inhabitants were indigenous Slavs" (my note: the minority were not Slavs, but Moldovans). So putting "residents of" goes against the source, and I see no reason to avoid "from Transdniester", which is all we can source.--Hadžija 19:31, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
"these inhabitants" in the sourse means IMO "employees of the Army that come from Transnistria". Of these 0,8*6230=4984 people, I do not doubt that the majority were ethnic Slavs. But, I am saying soemthing completely different: many of these 4984 people became residents of Transnistria after, not before they became employees of the Army. IMO, only for those that were born in Transnistria one can say "are from Transnistria":Dc76 19:47, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No, the source says "come from Transnistria", not "are from Transnistria". I am currently in Denmark. So, if I go to Germany, I come from Denmark, but I am not from Denmark. :Dc76 19:40, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Nope. 'Come from' means 'originate/descend from' in English. Check the dictionary. Alæxis¿question? 19:42, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
regarding your calculations it seems to me that (civil personnel)!=(administrative structure). Alæxis¿question? 19:45, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
In that case, we need more specific data. At any rate, the sourse does not say "are born in Transnistria", as you are trying to convince. And with all due respect, "come from" as used in the text means exactly as in the example I gave with Denmark and Germany: when I go to a conference in Germany, I come from a university in Denmark, and that is what will be written on my badge. If you insist, we can ask some native English speakers. Appart from that, these are 1994 figures, not 1992!:Dc76 19:53, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
With all due respect I AM right here. See this. We don't say they were born in the Transnistria either. We're just putting in the article exactly what's written in the source. Alæxis¿question? 19:59, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How about this compromize, we just cite the sourse, and do not coment a single word [1] :Dc76 20:05, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"1. originate or arise: to have a particular place of origin or source. She came from Ohio." In my example, I would come to conference from Denmark. My "sourse", or university I would go to that conf from, would be in Denmark. Anyway, all this would be avoided with a direct citation without comments. What do you think?:Dc76 20:05, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

After my edit it's still written exactly the same what's written in the source. Alæxis¿question? 20:09, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Except for transdniester->transnistria change, that is. Alæxis¿question? 20:10, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am not going to be picky on transdniester->transnistria change for this detail. But I corrected "whose" to "its" and put the quotation marks.:Dc76 20:14, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Let's just take a step back and look as our discussion above. Wow. Imagine now the discussion between diplomats, which have to cover 1000 times more important topics, with relevance not only for the record, but also for the fate of 550,000 people. Wow! And that assuming civilized discussion and no dirty tricks as there are in politics!:Dc76 20:18, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The issue is not so important, as the attitude: after the edit was discussed, agrued, and compromised, waiting several hours till the other 2 editors leave, and doing this, is a sign of bad faith on purpose. :Dc76 01:24, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You're being quite paranoid, you know that? I've been perfectly civil and patient with you, despite you making a mountain out of a molehill and your creative liberties with the source, and you accuse me of "bad faith"? Because of what exactly? Because I objected to poor style when I saw it, and improved the wording while retaining the same meaning? Give me a break...--Hadžija 02:19, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
non-constructive rethorics, imo :Dc76 08:18, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
2Dc76. The article has 99 refs now and some of them are not more reliable than this one (imho). Imagine what would happen if we used "your style" of quoting them all the time. Alæxis¿question? 04:50, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
2Alaexis. 1) The ref was misplaced. 2) the sourse does not say were born in T as an edit without quotation clearly suggests to me 3) the statement is in the introduction - a non-ref statement there is very heavy 4) as I said, this sourse is unreliable, esp. for intro. We will eventually need to review this edit with more reliable and detailed info sourse, when such would become available. Direct citation with a ref is IMHO the only way to avoid edit conflict, which BTW is WP style, not mine. Outside WP I do not write like this. Do not put me in the situation of defending WP conventions, please, I did not create them, and not always agree with them. But I have to respect them. dura lex sed lex :Dc76 08:18, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

ICDISS as a source in the Economy/Current section

I find it a bit weird that ICDISS is given as first source for the current economic situation of Transnistria, despite being uncovered as a disinformation tribune by The Economist. Furthermore, the information is not put in perspective, ICDISS being treated as just another source. One may say that the actual characterization is given in Astroturfing#Recent examples, but the reader is still disinformed.

I see two solutions:

  1. If ICDISS is used because no other sources exist, then it must be put in perspective by explaining that The Ecnomist considers it a disinformation tribune.
  2. If ICDISS is not the only source, it should be removed, or used as a secondary source.

Dpotop 08:10, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. The first two sentences of that subsection don't give any useful info about PMR's economics imho so I removed them. Alæxis¿question? 08:47, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, that stuff wasn't deleted back then. Meh, I should've be more attentive. Dpotop, see above. --Illythr 11:44, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No problem, I just want to help, not accuse someone. Anyway, it's done. Dpotop 11:57, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

GDP figures

We should clearly state whether the GDP figures are PPP or market exchange rate, or that we don't really know. I don't know Russian, so I don't have access to the sources. Can someone get this info? Dpotop 11:57, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also, do they give some hints on how this GDP was computed? Does it include Moldovan-controlled areas? If these areas are included, then what does it corresponds to? Dpotop 12:01, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

They count what they control, I think. Here's what's written in the source:


I've bolded the numbers that are included in the article. Alæxis¿question? 12:30, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It was discussed here some month ago, that if possible, we should try to use GDP figures from some international organization, e.g. IMF, WB or OECD. Unfortunately non of them as data about Transnistria. These GDP figures from Transnistria's statistical service were more prefereable compared with some non-standard figures from some Russian news agency inserted originally by Mauco. However, there is no information, which methodology is is used by the Transnistria's statistical service, so it should be clearly mentioned that these are figures from Transnistrian authorities.Beagel 16:42, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am trying to rephrase some sections to make them more NPOV. For instance, by clearly marking who said what. Do you agree with my transformations of the "External Trade" section? Dpotop 11:57, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Almost. Alæxis¿question? 12:33, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I don't agree with your revert there. Mentioning who says what is essential here, because we use single sources, and that even the best sources are not super-reliable (IMHO). :) But be it as you wish, I won't change it. Dpotop 13:56, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think that the debt size need to be checked out. Right now it states the debt is $1.2 billion. At the same time some sources say that only the debt for gas was 1.3 billion. I think it's worth to mention that the debt is mainly for natural gas and that Gazprom sold the debt last year to Alisher Usmanov, the owner of MMZ plant. According to the Kommersant, Smirnov refuses to recognize. Unfortunately I didn't find original Kommersant article and I have only this link form conflict.md, which I understand is a debated source. What you think, could we use this information or not? Beagel 16:57, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Here's the original, I believe. It's not Kommersant but Nezavisimaya Gazeta. Alæxis¿question? 17:20, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Another article about these issues, this time from Kommersant. You must've read this one on the conflict.md. Alæxis¿question? 17:37, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. But if the debt for gas is $1.3 billion, the current sentence "Transnistria has debt of $1.2 billion (two thirds of which are with Russia)" seems to be out of date. Do we have any source saying how big is the current debt? To avoid a controversy, the information about the gas debt and Smirnov's statement should be added after updating overall debt figure.Beagel 17:39, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The good solution is to provide both figures, saying: According to source X the debt is Y, and according to source Z, the debt for gas alone is T. All information in this article should be guarded with its source. Dpotop 18:04, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The info about $1.3 bln debt comes originally from the Centre for Strategic Studies and Reforms, Research Paper on Transnistria, Chisinau, November 2003, p.28; available at: http://www.cisr-md.org. See p. 12 of the document to which the 62nd reference is given.
So in 2003 PMR had only $1.1 bln debt and by Apr. 06, 2007 (when Kommersant article was published) it has risen so only the debt to Gazprom is $1.3 bln Alæxis¿question? 18:15, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Something like this?: In 2004, Transnistria had debt of $1.2 billion (two thirds of which are with Russia), which is per capita approximately 6 times higher than in Moldova (without Transnistria).[1] In March 2007, the debt to Gazprom for the natural gas has increased to $1.3 billion. On 22 March 2007 Gazprom sold Transnistria's gas debt to the Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov, who controls Moldova Steel Works, the largest enterprise in Transnistria. Transnistria's president Igor Smirnov has announced that Transnistria will not be paying off its gas debt because "Transdnistria has no legal debt [to Gazprom]".[2][3] Beagel 19:20, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. I hope you won't mind a couple of my corrections ) Alæxis¿question? 19:29, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Not at all :-) That's fine for me, but I think we should wait an opinion of other active editors.Beagel 19:34, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

transnistria.md

Why was it labelled as Transnistrian source? It's written there that Administration, hosting and copyright - "IMCO". IMCO is a Moldovan company with the office in Chisinau so I think that transnistria.md should be in the Moldovan sources subsection. Alæxis¿question? 18:09, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Is the transnistrian antiseparatist point of view. Like "Tiraspol Times" was labeled as "transnistrian", while it is from Ireland. Transnistrian authorities don't allow antiseparatist sites to be registered on Transnistrian teritorry.--MariusM 18:17, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dikarka 18:26, 18 May 2007 (UTC)Who says that this site from Kishinev represents the view of Pridnestrovie? I live in Pridnestrovie and I know what most of the people here want. I don't think MariusM has ever been to Pridnestrovie. Antiseparatist opinions are allowed here, too.[reply]

Show me a Transnistrian antiseparatist site registered in Pridnestrovie.--MariusM 18:31, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Considering the arrest of people who are antiseparatists (like Corjova's mayor, recently, Dignitas group before the referendum) I doubt you affirmation.--MariusM 18:31, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Dikarka and Alaexis, your reasonment is fallacious and you know it. It's obvious that "pro-Transdnistrean" is a political notion, not a geographical one. Dpotop 18:30, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, many people interviewed in transnistria.md are from Transnistria.--MariusM 18:32, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

transnistria.md was labelled as "Transnistrian anti-separatist". What does the word 'Transnistrian' mean here? Alæxis¿question? 18:37, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Is a site which show opinions of Transnistrian people.--MariusM 18:44, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
What was wrong with the old sectionising, if such word exists, btw? Neutral, pro-PMR, pro-Moldovan sites. Isn't it logical? Alæxis¿question? 18:41, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
See archived talk. I was against the "transnistrian" heading for long time, as is denying the existence of antiseparatist transnistrians.--MariusM 18:44, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dikarka 18:53, 18 May 2007 (UTC)Where's the evidence that this represents the view from Pridnestrovie? www.transnistria.md is registered in Moldova and made by a Moldovan commercial company. Everything on the site is a copy of the official Moldovan government propaganda. It is very misleading. MariusM and Dpotop need to come to Pridnestrovie and see the reality.[reply]

Look at the people who appear in their interviews: Angela Chiper [2], Tudor Tabunscic (Transnistrian native) [3], Ion Isaicov, mayor of transnistrian village Cocieri [4], Valeriu Ciobanu [5], Mihai Speian [6], Domnica Croleivet [7], Eleonora Cecavschi [8] etc. All, people from Transnistria.--MariusM 22:10, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
So you call it Transnistrian because some of their interviewees were from PMR? I think that's not enough. Alæxis¿question? 05:27, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think is enough. Is the voice of antiseparatist Transnistrians, which are not allowed to register such a site in Transnistrian teritorry. As a comparison, during communism, a media of Russian emigree was still a Russian media, even if it was not printed in Soviet Union.--MariusM 06:55, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Alaexis is right and it is not enough. This transnistria.md is a Moldavian site, it is registered in Republic of Moldova and shows the official Moldavian view. Also it doesn't say that they are prohibited from registering such a site in PMR if they want to - so don't be misleading. Dikarka 16:43, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

transnistria.md is a POV source on the Moldovan side. Mcarling 16:01, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Checkuser, again :)

Discussion on Dikarka's persona moved to user talk:Dikarka.

Okay folks, I think we've all had enough fun with this little conversation and everybody should get back to work on the article (or if they want to continue working out who is whose sockpuppet, do it elsewhere). Anything important that personally relates to Dikarka can be directed to her talkpage. Fut.Perf. ☼ 20:17, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Future Perfect, you are a born diplomat. Dikarka in Russian means Sălbateca in Romanian or [she] [the] savage in English. Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kensin were two famous Japanese feodal warriors from 16th century, who fought each other for about 20 years, yet learned to deeply respect the other (see Kawanakajima 1 through 5, Oda Nobunaga - whom Uesugi later fought, and Tokugawa Ieyasu - whom Takeda later fought, turned Japanese warring into bloodbaths, not the honorable and noble ones, as were weiged over Shinano). Ninjas' covert face-less attacks were considered below the dignity of a samurai. As for the article, could anyone, please, read it and list the problems that he/she sees. I do not have the intension of fighting over every word (unless in the introduction), so let's see/identigy what problems do we have. I don't see anything supermajor... D'ya? And yes, Fut.Perf. is right, we are like small kids, we find any mean to turn everything into humour. At least we don't into Kalashnikovs.:Dc76 21:05, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The more probable translation of Dikarka is "the shy one". Mcarling 13:49, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like someone to checkuser for the IP addresses 89.137.109.169 and 76.110.23.245, which have been vandalizing my user page since I started editing Transnistria, against MariusM and Dpotop. The former address is in Romania and the latter is in Florida. Mcarling 12:09, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The proper place for this is WP:RCU, not this talk. Alæxis¿question? 12:14, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Someone here was complaining about MariusM's checkusers? :)) Upto now, only Mauco and this new guy checkusered me. Good start, Mr. Mcarling. Dpotop 12:25, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, it's just Bonaparte, our resident banned pet troll. You'll get used to him, Mcarling. He always edits through open proxies, so it's not much use asking for checkusering. Fut.Perf. ☼ 14:21, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Issues with the article

  • Geography section. There was a suggestion to move some of the material of this section, content-unrelated to the rest of that article into the section geography of the main article. To state clear what is Transnistria geographically (left bank), politically (under the control of PMR), historically (Dniester-bug area). I have created this template, which can help navigate (at least so I hope). Template:Transnistria/Territory :Dc76 21:35, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • The "blacklist problem". The current "Human rights" and "Crime" sections are bloated and are mostly lists of bad things done in Transnistria. They need to be reformed into much shorter, contiguous pieces. Compare: Quebec, Gagauzia, South Ossetia, Kosovo, North Korea, Abkhasia, Chechnya, Somalia. In fact, it would appear that Transnistria is the only article about a place that has a separate "Crime" section in it. --Illythr 01:43, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    You can not compare Quebec with Transnistria, in Quebec there are no human rights problems, even if separatists took control of local government antiseparatists are free to express their opinions and referendums are correct. As result of pushing in the article propaganda about political freedom in Transnistria, was necessary to add info about concrete cases of Human Rights infringements. North Korean government don't care about internet, there was no attempt in Wikipedia to deny human right infringements in North Korea, this is why was not necessary to give specific examples. The paragraph "Arms control and disarmament" can be shortened but written more balanced. For a sentence like "There is often talk about sale of armaments from Transnistria, but there is no convincing evidence." I would prefer an on-line refference, else is unverifiable. There is no policy about against off-line refferences, but in the particular case of this article, knowing the habit of misquoting, I don't trust what I can not verify.--MariusM 06:47, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Why can't you verify an off-line reference? Alæxis¿question? 07:57, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    The source is "Jurnal de Chişinău" which is not available in the city where I live. This newspaper has an online edition http://jurnal.md .--MariusM 08:07, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I provided the articles not to compare the places, but article layouts on similarly controversial areas. I doubt that the situation with human rights and crime is so much better in, say, Iraq or Afghanistan, that those articles don't have more than one or two sentences on that. Conversely, the murder of Anna Politkovskaia in Russia and the desecration of the war memorial in Estonia have generated far more public acclaim than the events mentioned here, but only the latter is mentioned in the country article, and even there it's brief and given as an example of worsening of relations with Russia.
    The armaments section should be shrunk to about 3-4 sentences, explaining that there is a massive stockpile of Soviet-era weapons in Trasnistria (Kolbasnoe), that belongs to Russia and is guarded by the 14th army (1), that Russia undertook an obligation to evacuate those weapons, but failed to withdraw them completely (1-2, some numbers). Due to the volatile nature of the conflict, it seems likely, that weapons stolen from this depot may have been trafficked abroad in the past, but there is no evidence that this has taken place (1, refs 82 and 85). The rest can be moved to the crime in Transnistria (already there) and, perhaps, disputed status (political parts) articles.
    The human rights section can be shortened accordingly (a short summary), with some of the examples used as footnotes.
    The Human rights in Transnistria and Crime in Transnistria articles can (already do) hold the individual details for those who care. --Illythr 12:42, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Recent events are worth staying in the article, especially if in the article are still pieces of TT propaganda about political freedom. Regarding armaments section, come with a proposal for shortening.--MariusM 16:18, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I support shortening Crime, as long as it is mentioned clear that OSCE does not have access to control the trafic of arms. As for Human Rights, I don't think the length, but the clearness and informativeness should be the criterion, whatever the length. How about writing better and shorter (the same of even more info/facts, but with 20-30% fewer words). :Dc76 15:07, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • An other section which need shortening is 2006 referendum. As this is already an old and irrelevant event, one sentence with a refference at main article is enough.--MariusM 16:18, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    If it remains mentioned in the article, at least 1 sentence, then it's ok from what i see.:Dc76 15:07, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • This sentence from Politics section
A list published by the European Union bans travel to the EU of some members of the leadership of Transnistria.[14]

should be in the Human Rights section! The ban was imposed by EU because they wanted the Transnistrian autorities to respect human rights.:Dc76 18:19, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Arms control and disarmament

Following the collapse of the former Soviet Union, around 40,000 tonnes of weaponry and ammunition remained in the Colbasna military depot, guarded by the Russian 14th Army. In the subsequent years concerns were raised that the Transnistrian authorities may try to sell weapons acquired from this stockpile internationally, and intense pressure was applied to the Russian Federation to have these weapons removed.

A significant part of those munitions was since withdrawn. However, no further withdrawal activities have taken place since March 2004 and a further 20,000 tonnes of ammunition, as well as some remaining military equipment, are still to be removed.

No reliable evidence of weapons trafficking within Transnistria was found up to date.[85] A research published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) indicates that Transnistria is not involved in arms production or trafficking.[82] The United Nations says that the evidence for the illicit production and trafficking of weapons into and from Transnistria has in the past been exaggerated, and affirms that although the production and trafficking of light weapons is likely to have occurred before 2001, there is no reliable evidence that this still occurs.

The rest should be removed to Crime in Transnistria, and the Crime section be renamed to Arms control and disarmament. Note that a part of the info is redundant with the Russian military presence in Transnistria section. Perhaps the above can me merged with it instead. Specific details can go into the Disputed status of Transnistria article. --Illythr 17:37, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Following the collapse of the former Soviet Union, between 40,000[citation needed] and 85,000[citation needed] tonnes of weaponry and ammunition remained in the Cobasna military depot, guarded by the Russian 14th Army, one of the largest military depos in Europe. In the subsequent years analysts have expressed concern regarding potential threats posed by this large deposit of weapons, and the potential of their unauthorized sale, and intense pressure was applied to the Russian Federation to have these weapons removed. A significant part of those munitions was since been withdrawn. However, no further withdrawal activities have taken place since March 2004 and a further 22,000 tonnes of ammunition, as well as some remaining military equipment, are still to be removed. OSCE does not have full access to inspect the depot.[citation needed]

Another concern was raised that Transnistria might have produced and ilegally selled weapons{{cn} (at one time Moldova was rated in the top ten worldwide exporters of weapons{{cn}). In ..., a BBC team implemented a sting and all but bought two radioactive bombs from Transnistria.[citation needed] No reliable evidence of weapons trafficking within Transnistria was found up to date.[85] A research published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) indicates that Transnistria is not involved in arms production or trafficking.[82] The United Nations says that the evidence for the illicit production and trafficking of weapons into and from Transnistria has in the past been exaggerated, and affirms that although the production and trafficking of light weapons is likely to have occurred before 2001, there is no reliable evidence that this still occurs.

Agree in principle with Illythr. I suggest two paragraphs: one about absence of supervision over Soviet army munitions, the other about traphiking of arms per se. My edit is obviously a rough one. I just listed the facts that I would like the edit to mention.:Dc76 18:13, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2006 independence referendum

An independence referendum was held on 17 September 2006 asking voters, whether they support the course towards the independence of the PMR and subsequent free association with the Russian Federation, and whether they consider it possible to renounce the PMR's independent status and subsequently become part of the Republic of Moldova. 78.6 percent of the registered voters of Transnistria voted in the referendum. 97.1 percent of voters supported the first point, while 94.6 percent opposed the second.[18][19] Russia's Duma[20] recognized the vote, but the OSCE and many countries[21] did not, dismissing the poll as illegitimate.[22]

See also: +Transnistrian referendum, 2006

The sub-subsection can be eliminated and the above merged with the politics section. --Illythr 17:37, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Illythr, no subsection title, and perhaps even this is somewhat too long, but whatever.:Dc76 12:44, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This was an older discussion (see archives). If we keep the percentages, then we need to have also the doubts about their correctness (not only the unrecognition). Also, no "independence" referendum, it was about joining Russia. Best is not to have the percentages, just a sentence like:

A referendum was organised in September 2006 where, according Transnistrian authorities, people voted for "free association" with Russia. Main article: Transnistrian referendum, 2006.

In the main article thare are all the details.--MariusM 23:51, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Illythr's variant here. The doubts about the correctness of the numbers are written about in the final sentence - OSCE and many countries[21] did not, dismissing the poll as illegitimate. Alæxis¿question? 11:18, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I support finding a middle edit, simultaneously addressing both issues - correctness and recognition - as MariusM points out, and present more info, as in Illythr variant. It doesn't have to be long, but informative. How about this:
A referendum was organised in September 17, 2006 by the PMR authorities, and according to them people have supported "independence from Moldova and free association with Russia". OSCE and many countries[21] called the organization of the referendum incorrect and dismissed the poll as illegitimate. [Main article: Transnistrian referendum, 2006].
As you see, there are two major diffs with Illithr's version:
  • (1)no adjective "independence" for referendum, for even according tpo PMR there were two not one question, and independece referendum is something that OSCE or UN can do, not me and you.
  • (2)Russia's duma is not mentioned, for it is not the official position of the Russian government expressed through its foreign ministry. The duma does not have legal powers in foreign policy, only consultative ones. Mantioning it on the same footing with OSCE and official US position is at least ridiculous.
There are two major diffs with MariusM's version:
  • (3)"independence from Moldova and free association with Russia", not just the later
  • (4)introduction of the second sentence instead of "according to PMR authorities people have voted" with nothing else, which IMO could suggest that maybe nothing was even organized. It was not correctly organized, and afterwards was not recognized, but it was organized. :Dc76 12:44, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
(2)Not quite. Here's our foreign ministry reaction:
translation of the bolded part: [The elections were] transparent and there were no major violations during the voting. Alæxis¿question? 13:18, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, so you want to add a sentence that Russia considered the organization "transparent, without major violations". I do support the inclusion of this official reaction of Russia in the article Referndum. Whether it is notable enough to be included in the two sentences that we retain for the main article - I am inclined to say no. For Russia still considers it without legal implication. :Dc76 14:11, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
As Illythr made a comparison with North Korea: In that article is not mentioned that Kim Jong Il received 99% of votes and the turnover was 99% at last elections. Dc76 variant seem good for me, but we can further reduce it eliminating the unrecognition sentence, as this is anyway mentioned in the detailed article.--MariusM 20:48, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It may have something to do with the fact that no elections in North Korea were held for Kim Jong-il. ;-) Besides, I'd say that the political situation in Transnistria is somewhat better, no? --Illythr 18:08, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

the current sentence is much too short for such an important event and either the original paragraph has to be restored, or else at least Illythr's version should be used. Dikarka 14:37, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

But, Dikarka, this is not about sheer quantity, but about content. What precisely is missing in the current version, in your opinion? Fut.Perf. ☼ 14:50, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Even though I'm not Dikarka I'd say that I like Illythr's variant better also. The referendum is quite an important event, one of the most important ones in the history of PMR probably, and deserves to be written about in more than one sentence. This is especially true since the facts of unobvious significance (like the PMR MPs' birthplaces) are described in great detail elsewhere in the article. Alæxis¿question? 16:39, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I believe you overstate referendum importance. It had no consequences (we can already tell this) and it is an old event. Giving details about referendum results without the doubts about corectness of data mean misleading the readers. In the detailed article we give all explanations, in this article is enough a sentence. BTW, there were many previous "independence" referendums in PMR history, and those are not even mentioned in the article. Birthplace of MP is important as it is showing that the leadership of Transnistrian separatism came here from outside Transnistria. We had long discussions with Mauco on this subject (see archives). Both origin of Transnistrian separatism and under-representation of ethnic Moldovans in the leadership are current problems, and current problems deserve a place in the article. See this analysis from Eurasia Daily Monitor for a characterisation of Transnistrian leadership: "power is concentrated in Russian hands; and within this category, non-native Russians hold sway over the locally born Russians and Russified Ukrainians". If things will change, of course we will change the article. Referendum is not anymore a current problem.--MariusM 16:57, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The two questions are redundant to the point of being mutually exclusive (as demonstrated by the symmetric result), so I don't oppose merging them into one statement. Did any of the varians not provide the doubts part? Mine, specifically?
The MP birthplace information, in its current state must be removed. It may be useful to point out the MPs who came to Transnistria in the late '80s - early 90s, but lumping them together with those who moved to the place when they were kids is useless and POV. I understand that was Mauco's point in those discussions you had with him as well. --Illythr 20:21, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Do you understand the difference between current problems and old and irrelevant problems? Mauco wanted to include in the article statements like "ethnic Moldovans are well represented in Transnistrian leadership" and that the majority of leadership is composed by locals, and nothing else than his own source proved the contrary. Looked at "Tiraspol Times", when they talk about Yevgeny Shevchuk, they always mention "native-born", or "local born". Shevchuk is one of the few native-born leaders of PMR, and this is used by PMR propaganda to create the fake impression of a leadership composed of natives. I am using "Tiraspol Times" as an indicator of what is relevant for this article. Mauco gave one or two examples of non-natives people who came in Transnistria as kids, that is not relevant and is not changing the general picture: Even after 17 years, Transnistrian separatist leadership is composed mainly by outsiders (who are not ashamed of talking about hundreds of years of history to justify separatism). Fact that native Transnistrians have only few positions in Transnistrian leadership is a serious, current and relevant problem.--MariusM 20:55, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I strongly support MariusM argument in this instance. While irrelevant for an ordinary person, for a businessman, for a scientist or an artist, birthplace is highly important for a politician. In most countries of the world brithplace guarantees citizenship. Practically all have laws about people who did not reside ten or more years not being allowed to hold public offices, and for higher offices - requirement to be born inside the country. Politicians are a very exceptional breed. All so-called MPs enter this category, IMO. :Dc76 21:56, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hm, perhaps I can rephrase it. Fact is, there is a source lising all the MPs' birthplaces. There are no sources indicating that they arrived less than, say, 15 years before the whole thing started (to justify their "foreign occupant" status), right? Fact is, some are known to have arrived rather late, like Smirnov. Fact is, some are known to have arrived very early. So, based on what facts do we conjecture that ALL of them are late arrivals (which is apparently the purpose of the listing)? --Illythr 00:30, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Illythr, if you will avoid straw man arguments your credibility will increase. Who used the word ALL?--MariusM 07:51, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Say, Marius, what is your criterion for assessing an event's relevance to inclusion? Could you perhaps specify how the unsuccessful pipe bombing of the synagogue six years ago deserves mention in the main (as well as two more) article, whereas a PMR-wide poll asking the populace a fundamental question deserves none? Speaking of which, since no objections were raised to removal of that part, I'll do it now. A link to Crime in Transnistria is enough. --Illythr 00:30, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
My criterium is: current and unsolved problems should stay in article. It was not me who added the synagogue pipe bombing, why are you blaming me for everything you don't like in this article? Use DIFFs if you want to accuse me of "tendentious editing". The poll is mentioned in the article, I shortened but not eliminated the paragraph, don't use again straw man arguments.--MariusM 07:51, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
What is fact - that has to be stated, what is not - not. An expression "all of them are late arrivals" has no place. But to list where they were born - is legitimate. To say that this this and this are late arrival - also. And that's it, facts, not many words. :Dc76 01:18, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I've counted them and found out that 15 out of 25 non-local-born mps had moved to Transnistria 10 years or more before the war started. Alæxis¿question? 06:23, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Source, please.--MariusM 07:42, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
What do you mean? It's all written here. Alæxis¿question? 10:20, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
In previous discussions on this subject [9], [10], each immigrant separatist leader was mentioned by his name. It will be a courtesy towards other editors to keep the same standards and to show exactly the names of those 15 who moved in the region 10 years before the war started.--MariusM 11:41, 27 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Easily: Антюфеева, Бабенко, Баев, Боднар, Бурла, Каминский, Коваль, Онуфриенко, Ордин, Пасютин, Рыбяк, Сипченко, Томайлы, Усанов, Хохлов + Леонтьев, who did not specify his birthplace. Alæxis¿question? 11:55, 27 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. In the cases of Kaminski and Koval they arrived in the region only 9 years before the war, but it is not a significant difference.--MariusM 16:27, 27 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, you're right. Alæxis¿question? 17:10, 27 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The names of the localities...

Eh, 1. "cyrillic Russian" is kinda strange. 2. Beltsy is the Russian name, Bǎlṭi is the Moldovan. (etc) Is there a reason for the long and convoluted way to explain that? It's pretty obvious that none of them is the "original" English one. --Illythr 18:21, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As you know, there is no "original" English in non-English countries, except for very few cities (ex Rome, not Roma). English takes the name in all the cases we are concerned with from the official name in the country they are situated. 1. it's no longer "cyrillic Russian" but "from Russian language (cyrillic)". If you want, i'll add "(see/see also cyrillic)". 2. Beltsy is a transliteration from Russian, not the Russian name which is in cyrillic. And there is a second Russian name, equally in use as the furst: Baelts'. A name is what we write, not a series of frequences that produce the sounds - diff people produce slightly diff sounds.:Dc76 19:13, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Uhh, no. "Baelts'" is a Latin transliteration of the Cyrillic (Moldovan) transliteration of the Moldovan/Romanian name "Bǎlṭi", a creepy monster of the "Bolohovenians" strain. First, the is no Latin Russian, or Katakana Russian, or whatever, so "Cyrillic Russian" is as redundant as "Latin English". Second, Moskva is also a Russian name. There is no need to say that it's a transliterated Russian, as that's pretty obvious anyway. --Illythr 20:40, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If it's a place that was hitherto unheard of English takes the name used now by the locals, well England does anyway, but often uses it's own version for a lot of places where there is a history between the two countries (England and whatever country that is) - i.e. Germany = Deutschland, Belgrade = Beograd, Moscow = Moskva, Japan = Nippon. If a BBC news reporter went to Transnistria they would call a town or village whatever they were told it was called when they got there, if they didn't have a name for it already. Do you think they would get a different answer depending who they asked in so and so village, or would most people agree on what their place was called? I don't know. Jonathanpops 20:02, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the authorities in Moldova will tell you one thing, the Transnsitrian (non-recognized) authorities will tell you differently. If you'll ask the name in Romanian or in Russian, for 95% or more of the localities chances are they won't contradict each other (some localities were renamed back after the fall of communism accounting for the remaining 5%, and i'm disregarding where both y and i endings in Russian are ok), but in English - they will. Asking a local - depends exactly whom. In every locality there will be at least one person saying one thing and one saying the other. The safest way for an Englishman is to know both names, guess beforehand whose asking, and be sure people know where you go. Said otherwise, walk softly, and carry a big stick.:Dc76 20:29, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It may depend on the language the reporter will use. :-) The only strange exception is Bender, which is named Tighina despite the fact that Bender is the official Moldovan name. --Illythr 20:40, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
We are using the Romanian official name (of Slavic origin) instead of Moldovan official name (of Turkic origin) just because we like more Slavic names. Bender is reminding the times when the Turks cut this region from Moldova.--MariusM 17:05, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think that this is the reason people use it more often in newspapers, etc. We can not judge, we can only observe that both names are used and the article could be named Tighina and Bender with 50% for each. To tip the balance, I, Dc76 :-), choose one of them, Tighina. :-) We can also ask Jimbo Wales to do the same, but then then I'd ask him to trade some "stakes" with me :-) :Dc76 17:18, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
An interesting little fact is that during the last Russo-Turkish war, the imperial administration from Moscow wanted to change the town's name to Тигина, for precisely that reason. The local administration refused, saying that the name's been around for so long that everyone's used to it. Or so I heard... --Illythr 18:28, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe because the local administration was Turkish. The fortress was in Turkish hands since 1538, and together with Cetatea Alba and Ismail were used more or less like Transnistria is today.:Dc76 19:55, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The territory was conquered from the Turks for some 70 years by then. I think even the name of the mayor was mentioned... --Illythr 20:10, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Бэлць is used in Russian texts thoughout the city, all official inscriptions by the city administration use this one. Just go and see it! I fail to see any relation with Bolohoveni, which is the latinization of "voloki" or similar from some old-slavonic text. :Dc76 20:54, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yup. So is "Baelts'" - a double latinization. Бэлць is the Moldovan Cyrillic name. --Illythr 21:20, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I only wrote Baelts b/c it is hard to search Russian letters. Objective reasons, not related to Dc76's keyboard? :-)
Бэлць was the Moldovan Cyrillic name, that script is no longer in use. Бэлць is also one of the two names of the city in Russian. (please, do go to the city and see!) The second one is Бeльцы. Both can be used for the title of the article in Russian.:Dc76 21:30, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This is very weird. I suppose it would be easier for the city administration to call the old Moldovan Cyrillic name "Russian" instead of ripping out every plaque with it, but I have never ever heard anyone climing that it's actually Russian. The regional buses to the city have only Бельцы and Bǎlṭi shields on them... Perhaps I can ask someone from there, but what makes you so sure the name is Russian? --Illythr 21:48, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Within Russian text, whole sentances and pages written in Russian with Бэлць. :Dc76 22:01, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Look, i even found one online. Check this:Dc76 22:01, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Write him a letter, and ask! :Dc76 22:04, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I finally get it! Бэлць is as Russian a name for Bǎlṭi, as Молдова is for Moldova. Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublika is the English name for Transnistria for the same reason - the local government declared it to be one. --Illythr 23:34, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
In Romania, we had a similar issue with the names of places in other languages. Timişoara is Temesvar in Hungarian, Cluj is Kolozvar in Hungarian. Nicolae Ceauşescu had the idea that minorities should use also the Romanian names and he forbitten the usage of Hungarian names for cities in Hungarian-language texts published in Romania. When the law allowing the usage of minorities name where minorities are over 20% was adopted, Cluj's mayor Gheorghe Funar told that the law will have no effect as Hungarian name for "Cluj" is also "Cluj". It was necesarry to print in the Romania's Official Buletin a list of alternate names in other languages. As in latest census in Cluj Hungarians were 19,6% (bellow the 20% limit), I don't know how the story ended in Cluj, if the Hungarians had their long desired "Kolozsvar" plaques. I think Moldovans are taking a Funar's style approach.--MariusM 17:19, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No, it is the Russians from the city who use it: esp. the mayor, 2/3 of the councilmen, 3/4 of administration. They want to be regarded as "moderates" vs "extremists", so they prefer it, otherwise, given the fact that they still make a lot of documentation in Russian (which is ilegal to do), people would voice more loudly "look, it's like before 1989, nothing changed -down with them". With Balts and other such things, they make attempts at being seen what they like to call "moderates" (unfortunately politics is still not very distinct from ethnicity). For WP:ru, both names are, IMO, like Tighina and Bender here, and I'd tip the balance to Beltsy, while mentioning Balts just like Bender is mentioned for Tighina in WP:en. :Dc76 17:37, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Not only Moldovans, rusophones from Moldova also are accepting this approach.--MariusM 17:24, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Welcome back, MariusM. Dpotop 17:58, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dc's revert

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transnistria&diff=134274155&oldid=134184562

  1. the population of which refused to accept the separtist government in 1992, - it's not geographical info
  2. Conflict often errupted when the separatist authorities prevented the villagers from reaching their farmland east of the road. erupted, not errupted; not really geographical info; no source Alæxis¿question? 08:47, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  1. I put "geographical" in paranthesis (!) for the first item. But it is info. And it is not POV, it is just a fact that even the Transnistria authorities acknowledge. Please, note that I did not use the other editors' formulation "have rebelled" etc, which btw is absolutely true, but I tried to use the most neutral one I can think of to say the same thing: "refused to accept". If you don't like "separatist", let's use "breakaway", etc. I obviously won't oppose such reformulations.
  2. sorry about "erupted". The reason this sentense is included here is b/c it explains how geography generates conflict. Sourses: [11] (Deutsche Welle in Romanian; I don't know German to do a proper search, but I'm sure you can find the same article in the German DW) about an incident in 2005, [12] (RIA Novosti) about another one in January 2007, [13] (OSCE website) about another one in 2005, just to tell about three incidents generated by the same thing: farmland + 1 village on the other side of the road.:Dc76 09:11, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
if you added these refs when reverting Jd's edits I'd have no questions.
ps. In fact I understand Romanian much better than German since it's a Romance language with some Slavic loanwords. Alæxis¿question? 09:32, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
ok, I should have referenced those right away. I hope you understand that the point I am trying to make is the relation between geography and conflict. This kind of edit is a totally different story. My "the" were there b/c 9 are the only localities controlled by Chisinau on the eastern bank, and 7 are the only one controlled by Tiraspol on the western one, but if you think that is already clear - ok.
I can not find now more refs for the bigining of the war, in order to sourse that the villagers in the 9 localities opposed the breakaway regime. It's needed to ref the remaining commented out sentence. If someone knows it, please help, otherwise I'll waste a whole hour until I find. I'll leave it commented out for now.
ps. that's true. just currious, have you even been in moldova? (i don't want to ask something personal, so feel free not to answer it if you can not do it in a way that won't reveal anything personal) :Dc76 09:49, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Look here. Alæxis¿question? 10:04, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
OIC, thanks. :Dc76 10:16, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Jd2718 now reintroduced my "the" :-):-):-) you know what, whatever! :-):-) :Dc76 09:52, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The more political stuff I will leave to you guys to hammer out. The "the"s and the "in addition" are just problems for readability. Jd2718 10:06, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
look, whatever :-) we are capable to start an edit war about "the" and "in addition" :-) that's a lot of distrust! well, whatever you think it's more readable, it is absolutely fine with me! :-) If fact, you know, there are some users who enjoy to correct English in WP articles. We can ask on of them to review the article one day. Of course, provided that edit skirmishes end, otherwise they would work in vain.:Dc76 10:16, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Transnistria (geographic region)

Proposal: Creating Transnistria (geographic region). It would include some of the Geography and History sections from the article, namely the history section up to the creation of the breakaway regime. Geography section would elaborate on the usages of the term Transnistria.

  • Support :Dc76 11:11, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Don't see a point (now). I'm not sure this should be done. Dividing the history into pre-war and post-war histories seems rather artificial to me. The geography of Transnistria deserves a separate article and what will remain in the proposed Transnistria (geographic region) then? Writing about geography in three places doesn't look like a very good idea. Alæxis¿question? 12:28, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Transnistria (geographic region) would be the main geography article. The Geography section in Transnistria would stay mostly as it is, since except 1-2 sentenses I don't see how we can shorten it. As for History, we can think more. Up to 20th century the word transnistria and the region it meant was something differnt from today. There is more to discuss, I believe. Maybe a sketch would be in place to show how the new article would look like, and then we'll see if it is needed. Anyone want to work on the sketch? :Dc76 12:59, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It would be nice if someone wrote an article about the geography of Transnistria first. Then we could discuss adding historical information there. Alæxis¿question?`
I was going to say the same thing, but you took my word :-) Don't expect anything from me about this in the near future - too many things to do. Eventually... :Dc76 14:20, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Against. This name was used as description of a geographical region only recently, starting with WW2. We have already an article about Transnistria (WW2), actual region of Transnistria is not the same as the region named so in the short period of WW2. The disambiguisation line at the begining of article is enough.--MariusM 15:07, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, the name Transnistria dates from the 20th century. However, different authors apply it to different things (I mean when they write now). If I'll get to write a disambig for this, I will propose it first before creating. :Dc76 15:14, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mauco is back with socks

Mauco is back with socks, on Transnistrian articles. See categ


Incidents at eliberation of hero Andrei Ivantok (Andrei Ivanţoc)

Current event: Romanian patriot Andrei Ivantok (Andrei Ivanţoc) was beaten at the border of Transnistria. He was set "free" today.--134.76.126.172 08:28, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Again, criminal regime of Transnistria beats a human being for the simple reason that he's a Romanian.

http://www.realitatea.net/playlive2.php?file=/media/video/video_001_00065841_1180791294_00.flv video

That's not exactly right according to the Propagandapol TimesJonathanpops 18:12, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

On the list of Human Rights abuses of Transnistrian authorities we should add forced deportation of people who oppose separatist regime. Ivantoc wanted to remain in Transnistria, it is his right, he served his prison sentence and no mention exist in his sentence that he is not allowed to remain in Transnistria after he served the jail term. Normally he should have been released at the gate of the prison and he should decide alone where he want to go. The separatist regime don't have any law that forbid former prisoners who served their term in jail to continue their life in Transnistria, but lawlessness is the only real law in the region.--MariusM 02:58, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Aren't foreign terrorists normally declared persona non-grata in case they serve their terms full? I wonder why he didn't want to want to return to Moldova, where his family was?
Anyhow, this section belongs to its own article. I think it should be moved. --Illythr 11:30, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Illythr, let me correct you: Ivantoc is not "foreign" in Transnistria, he lived there and Transnistria is part of Moldova. You can not be foreign in your own country. Considering European Court of Human Rights Decision, he is not even a terrorist and juridical system in Transnistria is not reliable to prove what he did. Anyhow, his sentence didn't include his declaration of "persona non-grata". The fact that his family was deported earlier by transnistrian authorities and his apartment confiscated is just an other example of abuse. This section belong to this talk page as we have to include forced deportation of opponents of separatist regime in Human Right section (not only in Ivantoc, but also in Lesco and Ilascu cases; Ivantoc was the first who clearly wanted to remain in Transnistria). Why Ivantoc wanted to stay in Transnistria? I don't know and I don't care. He is not obliged to give any explanation regarding this (maybe he was scared by his wife).--MariusM 15:00, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm talking about Transnistrian POV. For them he's an agent of a foreign power apprehended for terrorism. Isn't "confiscation of property" one of the possible punishments provided by law for terrorism? (I understand that the ECHR didn't even consider the terrorism/murder charges, as they don't recognize the Transnistrian court). Did Ilascu, being a Romanian MP, really want to remain in Transnistria? --Illythr 16:07, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am sorry, I have to go for today. Here is an article. It is expected that Tudor Petrov-Popa will also be released in a few days. Clarifying this situation would deserve 1 sentence in the article, IMO (there is already a short paragraph there needing rewriting in view of these developments), with details to Ivantoc's article. IMO. In case of Ivantoc, it was a nervous breakdown: he asked to be taken to his mother's village, and realized he might become a puppet in a PR show ... well, I don't vouch for my reaction after 15 days, not 15 years... Anyway, i wouldn't trust anyone, and just think of the PR if they don't catch! so, if you have feet, run! remember movies with POWs? if you can-run! if they catch you-try not to get too much hurt, and ... run again. :Dc76

Dc76, do you know about the existence of this article? Consider adding the info there and leaving only summary here. Alæxis¿question? 14:32, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You are right. I should have done it first there, I forgot about that article, sorry. I only wanted to end this issue and cross it out, and forgot that I still will have to do this in the other article. Look, Alaexis, what I did is a proposed edit - it is up for discussion and copyedit, and by that I mean first of all you. Anyway, thank you for reminding me about Human rights in Transnistria, uuu, I'm lazyyyyyyy... :-) :Dc76 14:42, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Declaration of independence of Transnistria from the USSR?

I removed the reference to it, because it was unsourced. Dpotop 00:48, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You should've reverted the article to last normal version (mine) and not to Dc76's version. Alæxis¿question? 05:32, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
My bad, sorry. Dpotop 16:11, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Here's a source: http://www.tiraspoltimes.com/news/17_years_since_pridnestrovies_founding_fathers_first_meeting.html M Carling 06:03, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The source doesn't support a "declaration". --Illythr 11:32, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Illythr, what are you talking about? How does "Declaration of Autonomy" not support a declaration? Did you even read the source I provided? Mcarling 14:09, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
From MSSR yes. But you are using in to support "Declaration of independence from USSR", something entirely different.
PS: I missed the --> thing. You edit summaries were not fake, but somewhat misleading. --Illythr 15:52, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Here is the sequence of events: Pridnestrovie declared autonomy within the MSSR; Pridnestrovie declared independence from the MSSR but remained within the USSR; Pridnestrovie declared independence from the USSR; Moldova declared independence from the USSR; the UN recognized Moldova; Moldova invaded Pridnestrovie. Confusing the timeline is not helpful.
PS: My summaries were not misleading. Mcarling 16:59, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Very well, then please provide a source for:Pridnestrovie declared independence from the USSR. As I recall, there was overwhelming support for continued existence of the USSR there, so a declaration of independence from USSR, especially before that of the MSSR seems unlikely. --Illythr 19:03, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
1) Alaexis's is right: whenever one reverts something, please be careful not to revert legitimate work. And don't forget, we need to properly list the biblio (you can help!).
2) To Mcarling: it would be nice if you'd not try to overwhelm the infobox with all imaginable dates. Only need to list the most important events. Of course, there are 100 declarations, but we can not fit all those in the infobox. In this case, the most important one was chosen: Sept 2, 1990. If you want to add smth in the text - I see no problem with that if you give us a source we can check. Simmultaneously adding TT in the biblio hardly helps. :Dc76 14:34, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
There was an event (recognition) in the list of dated events that hasn't even happened yet. It's already amply mentioned in the text and there is no reason for something that hasn't happened yet to be listed in the infobox. I added two events (not 100) which are of central importance to understanding the timeline. I'll try to find another source, but I don't see what's wrong with the source I cited. All the publications on both sides are biased. TT at least presents both sides while making their biases clear. Mcarling 15:30, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Am I missing something? Did we not decide Tiraspol Times is not a reputable source? Dpotop 15:36, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You must be kidding? The Tiraspol Times is biased, but less biased than anything in the list of "pro-separatist" or "anti-separatist" sources. Mcarling 15:56, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
And I'm certain your 15 contributions on the subject in the last 5 days make you a real expert on the matter, Mr. Self-Declared-Politics-Expert. Dpotop 16:10, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Are you making an effort to be offensive? Or is it accidental? For whatever it's worth, I've never been to Pridnestrovie, but I have been to Moldova. I've lived six years in the former Soviet Union and have a good familiarity with Soviet history, including graduate studies. I have neither Romanian nor Russian heritage, so I have no dog in this fight. I've also been a Wikipedia contributer a wee bit (3 years) longer than you have, so your condescension is not appreciated. Mcarling 16:48, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
And I am the Pope in Rome, incognito. :):) Dpotop 16:53, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Since I'm a public figure, it's very easy to verify who I am. Mcarling 17:46, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You can be whoever you want. It does not matter. Reliable sources do. Dpotop 17:54, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Why then your personal attacks and challenges as to who I am? Mcarling 18:10, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No personal attack. I just pointed to the fact that you are new in this discussion about Tiraspol Times. This source has been a contentious issue for more than 1 year now, and existing editors have a common understanding of existing sources. Now, you simply come here and bring no new source, but ask us to change our interpretation of it. If you try to do this in 5 days, the only result will be another revert war. Dpotop 18:27, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Factual, now: I saw that your point is that Transnistria declared independence from USSR before Moldova. Now, for a fact of this importance, you should be able to find another source than Tiraspol Times. If the fact is real, that is. There are editors here (originally) from Transnistria. Did you hear something about this declaration? Dpotop 18:27, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
However, don't take this post very bad. The problem is that on Transnistria-related articles we did have to deal with self-declared experts that proved to be political operatives. This is why remaining editors have a very conservative editing approach, with very few additions and lots of discussions and references. The acceptability of some sources, including TT has already been discussed. As a rule of the thumb, discuss proposed changes on the talk page **prior** to making them, especially when touching pivotal data. Dpotop 16:02, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Status section in the infobox

I can't see what criterion has been used for selecting the current historical dates/events included here. My impression is that the current setting tries to give the impression that the current statal organization has deep historical roots going back to 1792 (some form of continuity is implied). I don't think this is true. Let's discuss. Dpotop 16:33, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My suggestion is to follow the example of existing independent states, for which at most 2 dates are retained: establishment/declaration of independence and recognition. Dpotop 16:33, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The information currently part of the infobox exists anyways in the history section (it does not disappear). The difference being that in that section it is presented in perspective, not just like that, as a fact. Dpotop 16:33, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Do you want to remove everything that pre-dates declaration of independence of September 2, 1990? Alæxis¿question? 16:45, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This is my proposal, yes, unless some other notable Transnistria existed before. AFAIK, none existed. Dpotop 16:50, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • support. (as I see from the discution obove) unfortunately the 3 lines pre-1992 instead of simply being informative can be perceived to give political interpretation. I must admit that until now I thought they were simply informative, but if there is even a latent doubt that instead of informative one can see them as political statements, then let's remove them. :Dc76 14:06, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • support. After examining infoboxes of some independent states and sub-national entities it looks like this is the standard in Wikipedia. Alæxis¿question? 14:26, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • support. Per Alaexis. I don't really care, but since the 1992 moves from sub-national level to independence, it's probably wrong to bunch them all together like that. --Illythr 18:30, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I changed it, feel free to improve. Dpotop 18:44, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Missing from the article?

Given the fact that there are several recent edits to the talk page about issues "not covered", as well as 100 other reasons we have to do this, I suggest to make a list:

  • Huge unemployment in Transnistria. About 35% of working population is unemployed. --195.114.1.10 17:12, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
We need a reference, and obviously if it is credible, it can go to Economy section.:Dc76 17:46, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
There is an article Human rights in Transnistria, which has a link from this page, and which would need assistance. Consider helping editting rather than simply pointing out missing stuff.:Dc76 17:46, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Read this: Human right in Transnistria, Ilie Ilaşcu, Human rights section here. Help copyedit them. If you have some additional sourses and would like to expand, please be our guest, we will help.:Dc76 17:51, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • ...


Statement by President George W. Bush

An interesting quote:

Joint Statement by President George W. Bush and President Vladimir Voronin on U.S.-Moldovan Relations, December 17, 2002

We welcome the positive development and expansion of U.S.-Moldovan relations over the last 11 years. The relationship of our two countries is based on a shared commitment to promoting prosperity, freedom, and security in Moldova and throughout the region.

Together, we reaffirm our support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova, and underscore our determination to bring the Transnistrian separatist conflict to a peaceful resolution. We stress our continued commitment to the ongoing OSCE-led Transnistria talks and, in particular, to the Kiev Document as the basis for negotiation of a lasting settlement.

We note and welcome the Russian Federation’s intention to implement fully its commitments undertaken at the OSCE’s Istanbul Summit by completing the withdrawal of its forces from the territory of Moldova by December 31, 2003. We urge Transnistria’s authorities to support unconditionally this process. If the Transnistrian authorities continue systematically to create obstacles for the disposal or withdrawal of Russian ammunition and military equipment, we are prepared to consider together with other concerned [p. 2174] countries targeted measures directed at the Tiraspol regime.

We recognize the progress that Moldova has made in transforming its economy in a free market direction, most notably in the agricultural sector. At the same time, we are cognizant of the economic challenges currently facing Moldova, including Moldova’s particularly difficult debt situation. We are in complete accord that Moldova must strengthen its reform efforts, especially in the areas of privatization and the energy sector, and improve its investment climate. We agreed that with strong and clearly demonstrated performance under Moldova’s IMF program, the United States would consider participating in a comprehensive plan to stabilize Moldova’s debt outlook in the medium term.

We note and welcome Moldova’s positive record since independence in conducting free and fair elections and in implementing democratic reforms. We pledge our commitment to upholding the principles of democracy and human rights and to observing them in practice. To this end, we underscore the vital importance of further progress in meeting OSCE election standards and in strengthening free and independent media in Moldova.

Finally, we reaffirm the importance of continued cooperation between the United States and Moldova in promoting regional security, including through our common efforts at combating the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; transnational crime; and trafficking in persons. We will deepen our cooperation to combat international terrorist threats to world peace both in our own countries and internationally. The United States appreciates Moldova’s support in the global war on terrorism.

Secure M 14:58, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]


United States-European Union Summit Statement on Ukraine, June 21, 1999

  • Document: United States-European Union Summit Statement on Ukraine, June 21, 1999
  • Author: William Jefferson Clinton
  • Date: June 21, 1999

"We welcome Ukraine’s commitment to regional cooperation as well as its contributions to find solutions to the conflicts in Transnistria and Kosovo."

2LionKing

Please propose such a lot of changes here first. Alæxis¿question? 20:50, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

NPOV --ze lione kingo 20:51, 5 June 2007 (UTC)


my changes are proposed here. --ze lione kingo 20:52, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, they aren't. Alæxis¿question? 20:54, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

why not Cisnistria? "country nearside the Nister River"" NPOV is Transnistria.--ze lione kingo 20:57, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

What's "Cis-"? --Illythr 20:59, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The opposite of "trans". Alæxis¿question? 21:00, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Too rare. Simply "Dniester MR" would be NPOV, but alas, "Transnistria" is more known in English. So it stays. --Illythr 21:05, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Checkuser request?

This dumb user "LionKing" is doing very stupid things that can only be seen as a manipulation attempt at this point. I want to ask a checkuser LionKing vs Mauco and MarkStreet. How can this be done? Dpotop 05:42, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

He's already banned btw. Alæxis¿question? 05:45, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Who is banned? Dpotop 05:46, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
LionKing ([14]). Alæxis¿question? 05:47, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This is of no importance. What is important is who LionKing is. If he is a sock of Mauco or MarkStreet, then it's a clear manipulation against MariusM and EvilAlex. Dpotop 07:54, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
And if he's a sock of Bonaparte, is it a clear manipulation against Mauco or MarkStreet? :-) --Illythr 15:49, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Nah, Bonny is just Bonny. True to himself. I sure hope he at least listens to you, Dpotop. Fut.Perf. ☼ 15:53, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If he's a sock of Bonaparte, then it's not a manipulation by MariusM or EvilAlex. That's all. :) Anyway, Jpgordon confirmed it's Bonny. Dpotop 18:07, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe you don't know, but in the arbitration case over Transnistria they plan to ban Mauco, MarkStreet, and... EvilAlex. :) I find this a bit outrageous: EvilAlex indeed fought many guys here, but he did it properly, and already got punished for it. OTOH, Mauco and MarkStreet were rarely blocked before their massive sockpuppeteering was discovered. All the time, there was a Mikka or equivalent to protect them. These two guys are also known to be professional manipulators, which is bad. Dpotop 18:12, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Are the ethnicity-based insults proper in Wikipedia?
I'd also advise you to add to me to the word known in your last sentence. Alæxis¿question? 18:30, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Alaexis, is the second time I saw you claiming "insults" when nobody make any insult, and neither your name or any ethnicity was mentioned. I wonder how long will take for you to complain about inexistent "hate-speeches" (Illythr is the expert in this area of complaining, you should ask his advice)?--MariusM 19:03, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Eh, did Dc76 not translate that part for you yet? As for insults, this section looks like one big insult to me, to name just one. The hate part is covered on my talk page, don't thing there more to add to that here.
Anyways, the "topic" of this section is "closed", there is no need to discuss Bonaparte's socks more than it's necessary to discover and ban them. I suggest archiving it now. --Illythr 11:34, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Er... Don't get it. I already heard ElC saying you don't agree... Really? I mean, sockpuppeteering is factual (you don't contest it, I hope). And the relation with the TT/ICDISS bunch is obvious. You may not like MariusM, but what he wrote here Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Transnistria/Evidence is factual. Dpotop 18:33, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
BTW, the guy that pushes for maximum penalties for MariusM and EvilAlex is ElC. The guy did nothing against the real culprits here, he seems mainly interested in punishing the ones that did his job. Dpotop 18:12, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Bonny did cooperate with many of the locals here in addition to nearly getting Mauco banned by skillful sockpuppet use. Well, maybe not so skillful, but oh well. I'm amazed with you ability to ignore the political motivations of one group, while clearly seeing those of the other (a large part of the article remains a bullet list of bad things done in the region, eagerly maintained and expanded virtually on the fly). As for EvilAlex, I suppose "fighting" is the keyword. --Illythr 18:32, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I never said MariusM and EvilAlex are angels or so. What I'm saying here is that there are various degrees of guilt. Bonaparte was banned from Wikipedia for good long before having the sockpuppeteering record of Mauco. And that, let alone his manipulation attempts.
OTOH, you fighting EvilAlex is usual wikipedia business, and it's manageable by any admin. Simple: The guy breaches 3RR, you block him. But we need 1 year to uncover the TT bunch. One year of fights, of "you are not assuming good faith", "we have a majority", etc. Dpotop 18:44, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
In fact, I am an angel, but incognito ;-).--MariusM 19:03, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Neither are Mauco and Mark Street demons. The latter was a kind of "black PR" really, discrediting himself and his newspaper better than anyone else. Mauco's positive contributions were also quite extensive. Bonny was banned for trying to rig his ArbCom case, AFAIR. His blatant POV, incessant warring etc only got him blocked once in a while (he even managed to become a mediator  :) ). IMO, they (Alex, Mark, Mauco) shouldn't've been banned, only limited to talk namespace, so that people like Dc76 and Alaexis could do the editing. Even Alex had some good suggestions and contributions here. --Illythr 19:15, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
AFAIR Bonny was banned first on Moldova-related business. For extensive edit warring **and** sockpuppeteering after being blocked several times, courtesy Khoikhoi or Mikka, I don't really remember. Dpotop 20:15, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ref cleanup

Coming along nicely since I last tagged it. Well done Alaexis and DC76. El_C 08:00, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Don't prase before it's done. Noone will work after the prase :-) :Dc76 15:21, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Number of Russian Troops

The article indicates 2500 Russian troops, which hasn't been true for years. The current number is 1200. I trust that Reuters is an acceptable source. Is there any objection to updating this? Mcarling 13:57, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reuters is an acceptable source.--MariusM 15:34, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Beating of Corjova councilor Iurie Cotofana

During Moldovan elections, Transnistrian police was send to Corjova village to forbid participation of locals at voting. One person, Iurie Cotofana, member in the village council, was beaten and hospitalized. Source: http://transnistria.md/en/news//259/ . in Romanian language: http://conflict.md/stiri.php?ID=2581 , http://flux.md/p/index.php?action=show&idu=21019&cat=Cotidian%20National&rub=Social&num=69 --MariusM 15:55, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

These are POV sources. Either find a neutral source or a source on the other side to balance it. Mcarling 15:57, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
At any event, we need an English translation of key parts. Because the rest of us can't tell what's what. El_C 16:03, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Translation from the last source (Flux): The candidate at the Corjova local council and member in the rayonal (district) Dubasari council, Iurie Cotofana, arrrested Sunday, in the day of local elections, by Transnistrian forces, was freed in the night of Sunday to Monday. Because of the beating endured he was hospitalized at the Emergency Hospital in Chisinau. Iurie Cotofana was arrested in front of the polling station in Corjova, located in the village gymnasium. He told us that Sunday morning he was, together with other locals, in front of the polling station. "It seemed that many people will participate at elections. Until 9:00 already 80 people voted. Then came separatist forces and asked people who waited to vote to go home. Those who refused were pushed and some were beaten. They tried to enter in the gymnasium but we didn't allow them. Then they make a line of policemen in front of the gymnasium and didn't allow voters to come. My mother just voted, I saw outside my father. I tried to help him entering in the polling station. Then several policemen caught me trying to force me to enter in the police car. I resisted and they asked enforcement (in total around 20 policemen), and then I gave up", Cotofana told us. His arms were torn at back, he was thrown at the earth and hitted at head and abdomen with kicks and punch. After was boarded in the police car he was brought to the rayonal police station. (...) He was asked to sign a note where was mentioned that he agressed several policemen. He refused. "At 01:00 I was freed and received a citation to go to a trial at 09:00, without explanations about the reason of the trial", told Cotofana, who refused to go in front of an illegal court. In 1 June, when he wanted to give presents for International Day of Childrens to Corjova kids, Transnistrian police also forbid this and Cotofana received an other citation. (...) After the illegal arrest of Cotofana, Valeriu Mitul, candidate for mayoral office in Corjova, was threatened with death (for n-th time!) by Transnistrian police.--MariusM 16:22, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The first person account makes clear that this is POV. Either a neutral source needs to be found or a source on the other side needs to be found for balance. Mcarling 16:40, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I gave three sources. I am not responsible for the censorship of Transnistrian press, which is not allowed to write about such events.--MariusM 16:47, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Why do you think that only Moldovan/Romanian and Transnistrian press exist in the whole world? Alæxis¿question? 17:16, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Alaexis, if you find a Russian source you are welcome to show it (with translation, please).--MariusM 17:44, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Actually I rather meant English or American sources. Alæxis¿question? 17:51, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Meh, Flux is about as neutral as Tiraspol Times here. I fully expect the latter to publish an article describing how an angry mob attacked police officers peacefully overseeing the voting process. Hmph, go figure. --Illythr 18:41, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Corjova is the native village of Moldovan president Vladimir Voronin.--MariusM 16:22, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the translation, MariusM. I appreciate it. El_C 16:45, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Follow up of this case: Moldovan Prosecutor office started proceedings in Corjova case: English language source.--MariusM 02:26, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it's in English and so what? It's still a Moldovan site that cannot be considered neutral. Besides you should add the individual incidents first to the Human rights in Transnistria article and write a brief summary here if the event is really really important. Alæxis¿question? 05:42, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The Human rights section should contain most important events (like Ilascu, Chitcan, schools, media, maybe a couple more). Then it should be written that there have been some other human rights violations. Alæxis¿question? 05:49, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
In 26 April I stated my position regarding what should be included in this article: recent events (from this year), unsolved issues (right of Moldovans to use latin script, for example), overviews about Human Rights in Transnistria made by reliable organisations - not Moldovan or Russian government, but U.S. Department of State, for example. For example, I don't push for the inclusion of the arrest of the members of Dignitas organisation, which happened in 2006, but arrests from 2007 are relevant.--MariusM 15:19, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Why is the following included in the article then?
(The ref is to the interview with Stefan Uritu). Alæxis¿question? 15:23, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Is an unsolved issue. If the criminals will be prosecuted we will delete this paragraph, until then we should keep it.--MariusM 15:28, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think at least neutral sources should be brought proving all this happened in the first place. Alæxis¿question? 15:32, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
When I told my opinion that Tiraspol Times is not a reliable source I gave also specific examples about how Tiraspol Times is misleading. You didn't give specific examples to prove the unreliability of the sources you are opposing.--MariusM 15:52, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Where is this village on the map? Why was he taken to a hospital in Chisinau, this bit sounds a little suspicious to me. I'm not saying it is, but it just reads as odd in my mind. Jonathanpops 08:21, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

North of Dubasari, it was considered a suburb of the city until 1991, when Moldovan parliament approved the request of local inhabitants and the village received a separate administration. I think Cotofana preffered the hospital in Chisinau than the hospital from Dubasari, which is in the separatist-controlled area (not to mention the better equipment which is certainly available in Chisinau).--MariusM 15:19, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal for multinational peacekeeping force

New info: [15] Soon NATO troups [[16] Presedintele George W. Bush a criticat ieri de la Praga "deraierea" democratiei din Rusia, iar SUA au avansat un plan pentru Basarabia [etc.]

Hello, anonymous editor. Could you please try to limit yourself to English translation of that text you cited. I don't know what it meant. El_C 16:45, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hello registered editor. A source is reliable even if it's written in Romanian ...:)
Hello again. That might be fine for the Romanian Wikipedia, but here on the English Wikipedia, it would be helpful if you were to ensure that the material can be immediately udnerstood in English. Many thanks in advance. El_C 16:58, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I tell you what it means, soon NATO will kick out russians from there :) that's democratic action in action! :)

I think that it's unlikely the Euro-American — Sino-Russian imperialist rivalry will significantly change over Transnistria, and of course, no nulcear powers have ever entered open conflict, for obvious reasons. Which dosen't preclude a regime change, of course. Either way, democracy has little to do with it. But all of this is speculative and goes beyond the scope of this talk page's usage, so let's stick to that. El_C 16:58, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
the source that anon editor gave is telling about a proposal made by G.W. Bush about a multinational peace force, including Russia, for Transnistria. Is not about NATO, I believe this is wishfull thinking of the anon. Anyhow, in the article we should include known events, not speculations about the future.--MariusM 17:13, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for translating, again. Agreed. El_C 17:14, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding the accusation you are directing at Mcarling, do you have proof? Also, please cease from unrefractoring items I move or remove. Thx. El_C 16:58, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just so there's no confusion, the above was directed to 194.xx as per the comments s/he made here. El_C 19:29, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I found an English-language source about the American proposal: [17]. Is not a proposal of G.W. Bush but of "a U.S. defence official".--MariusM 18:00, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks once again; I'll try to review it closely soon. El_C 19:29, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

1200, 2500

Where do the figures for Russian troops come from? I noticed it when Mcarling changed it from 2500 to 1200. But without citing sources, as usual. Mcarling, MariusM, can you point us to actual sources? Dpotop 12:30, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See above on this talk page: Number of Russian Troops. Mcarling 12:50, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, I cited it properly. Dpotop 13:05, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Alexander Radchenko

This man from Transnistria is supporting unification with Moldova and abandon of so called "PMR". --199.89.182.5 15:15, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Opposition candidate Alexander Radchenko, leader of the Social Democratic party, is in favor of unification with Moldova and the end to PMR's so called fiasco independence.

TV from PMR refused to put on TV speech of Alexander Radchenko, the Supreme Council deputy candidate, because there is no free press in Transnistria.

The situation of the independent media is very difficult, with different methods of pressure applied on those few journalists who do not follow the official line.

The general media climate in the region can be described as restrictive, although short of open harassment of the few media outlets that proclaim themselves as independent.

There are two prominent local opposition leaders, Alexander Radchenko and Nikolai Buchatskii.

To be accurate: according "Tiraspol Times", Radchenko is a pro-Moldova leader. I have my doubts, like in the case of Safonov, former member of the separatist government. Butchatski fought against Moldova in the War of Transnistria. I remember an article from Olvia press against him (he was accused of selling himself for Moldovan lei and Israeli shekels), but I don't have right now the link.--MariusM 15:39, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Alexander said that he will support unification with Moldova, abandon the so called currency etc.

Nikolai Buchatskii

Another Pro-Moldova leader.--199.89.182.5 15:28, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Harassment of Alexander Radchenko and Nikolai Buchatskii from Chelovek i Ego Prava

The only human rights newspaper in the region is under constant pressure; a campaign of both physical and psychological intimidation has been organized against the newspaper’s two co-founders, Alexander Radchenko and Nikolai Buchatskii. The authorities should cease this campaign immediately. International donors should look for a possibility to fund this newspaper.


Buchatskii provided extensive details to the Office concerning the campaign against him and Radchenko. Several local newspapers close to the region’s leadership ran smear campaigns against these journalists. For example, the local newspaper Novii Dnestrovskii Kurier (told by several interlocutors to be associated with MGB, the local security service) accused Buchatskii of being a “Satanist” and of involving his underage granddaughter in “satanic activities.” Novii Dnestrovskii Kurier has been conducting a smear campaign of both editors. It even editorialised that to criticize Transdniestria because of wide-spread corruption was “intolerable”.

Olvia Press, the official Transdniestrian agency, published a number of articles accusing Radchenko of treason, in particular of collaborating with Chisinau and various western countries. Buchatskii was described to Ivanko by the editor of “State”radio as a “drunk and a traitor.”

The Office’s Senior Adviser visited the office of Chelovek i Ego Prava and saw that the building where they were renting space, and only that building in the neighbourhood, had been defaced with obscene graffiti, and most of its windows had been broken. Buchatskii and Radchenko were physically attacked on several occasions. The office is located next to the headquarters of the local leadership, and this area is heavily patrolled by security forces, none of which took any action to prevent assaults against persons and property of the paper.


Background Information on This Case

Several Transdniestrian “patriotic” organizations during the week of 13-17 December 2004 launched a campaign of defamation and physical attacks against Aleksander Radchenko, the sole opposition deputy in the Transdniestrian Supreme Soviet. The action came on the eve of a government-inspired recall vote on 19 December, aimed at removing the sole independent voice from the left bank legislature.

Aleksandr Radchenko, a former Soviet army officer and government publicist in the early days of the Transdniestrian regime, was elected to the “Supreme Soviet” in December 2000 from a Tiraspol district as the leader of the opposition Party of Peoples’ Power. Radchenko and Buchatskii also regularly publish critical commentary on the situation in Transdniestria in Chisinau newspapers.

For a long time authorities in Tiraspol tolerated Radchenko’s opposition activities. However, with the marked deterioration of relations between Chisinau and Tiraspol during 2004, Transdniestrian security forces clearly began to move against Radchenko.

After a failed gathering of left and right bank human rights NGOs in Tiraspol in early July, unknown persons scrawled crude obscenities and poured acid on the entrances to Radchenko’s and Buchatskii’ s residences. By late summer, Transdniestrian authorities collected some 200 signatures from voters in Radchenko’s district calling for his recall as a “Supreme Soviet” Deputy. Radchenko challenged both the validity of the action and the signatures in Transdniestrian courts, but lost on all counts. The recall election was scheduled for 19 December, with five polling places in his Tiraspol district. For Radcheko to be removed, opponents needed to obtain one more than the 1325 votes he received in 2000. The necessary quorum of 25 percent of eligible voters was not reached. Less than 10 percent of voters in his electoral district participated, and, as a result, the recall failed.

On 16 December activists from two officially sponsored Transdniestrian “NGOs” – the League of Transdniestrian Youth and “Tiraspolchanka,” a patriotic organization of women pensioners – picketed Radchenko’s newspaper office in Tiraspol. The demonstrators burned Moldovan flags and portraits of Radchenko and Voronin. When Radchenko arrived at his office, demonstrators pelted him with water, plastic bottles, and debris. Radchenko suffered slight bruises. A lengthy, laudatory account of the events, with several pictures, appeared immediately on the Olvia-Press website.

At the same time, activists distributed and posted derogatory leaflets in the building in which Radchenko resides. “Attention – Danger,” the leaflet read, “In apartment 129 in our building lives a maniac!” The flyer accused Radchenko of writing obscenities on the walls himself, and warned residents to protect their children. “Think how to isolate this monster in human form,” the leaflet concludes. “Say NO to the maniac. Say YES to a peaceful and happy life.”

A movement will overthrow Igor Smirnov in Russia very soon

Nikolai Buchatskii and Alexander Radchenko are making the peace with Moldova.

The Senior Adviser visited the offices of Dobrii Den’ in Ribnitsa in the north of the region. This was his second visit to this newspaper in two years. Previously, the newspaper was sued for libel for 30,000 USD. In the end the newspaper lost the lawsuit but paid a much smaller sum and did not go bankrupt. Dobrii Den’ extensively covers corruption, especially concerning privatization schemes.

Dobrii Den’ is involved in several joint projects with Moldovan newspapers, mostly dealing with social issues. The owner of this newspaper, Svetlana Kotovskaya, informed the Office that the newspaper was not really under any serious pressure. “Of course, after you leave, I will be visited by the MGB [“state” security], but that happens so often I don’t even consider it as a form of pressure,” Kotovskaya told Senior Adviser Ivanko.

She considered the lack of access to information a much bigger problem. “We usually don’t get any answers when we ask the authorities for information, they just ignore us,” said Kotovskaya, “In a way that is also a form of pressure since we lose out to other publications, mostly state-controlled.”

Please provide source and please sign your postings.--MariusM 15:47, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
OSCE is good? [18] --199.89.182.5 15:50, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Moldovan Law on Transnistria’s Status: Transnistria is a part of Moldova

The United States is committed to supporting the search for a solution to the Transnistria conflict: a solution which is peaceful and which strengthens Moldova's sovereignty, territorial integrity and democratic institutions. http://www.osce.org/documents/pc/2005/07/15932_en.pdf 199.89.182.5 15:52, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  1. ^ Democracy in Secessionism: Transnistria and Abkhazia’s Domestic Policies, by Nicu Popescu, International Policy Fellowship Program 2005/2006
  2. ^ Moscow's Hand Tired of Giving, Kommersant 6 Aprill 2007
  3. ^ «Газпром» передал Приднестровье Алишеру Усманову, Nezavisimaya Gazeta 23 March 2007
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