Status verified as of 20 September 2026. Political positions change; this explainer describes the documented position on that date.
Current international position
Transnistria functions as a de facto separate entity hosting a Russian military presence, but is not recognized as independent by any UN member state, including Russia. The OSCE-led "5+2" negotiation process remains the primary diplomatic forum, and the UN General Assembly has called for the withdrawal of Russian forces, a commitment Russia made in 1999 but has not completed.[1]
Sources for this page
Each number marks a specific claim. Notes give the source, its locator and how it relates to the claim.
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Claim: On 22 June 2018, UN General Assembly Resolution 72/282 was adopted by a vote of 64 in favour, 15 against and 83 abstaining, urging Russia to complete an unconditional and orderly withdrawal of its Operational Group of Russian Forces and armaments from Moldovan territory, and noting Russia's 1999 OSCE Istanbul summit commitment to complete such a withdrawal on a specific timetable; the resolution stressed that this Operational Group is not part of the peacekeeping-mandated Joint Control Commission established under the 1992 ceasefire agreement.
- United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly Resolution 72/282: Complete and unconditional withdrawal of foreign military forces from the territory of the Republic of Moldova (United Nations) link, Preamble and operative paragraphs 1-2. Source record
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