Transnistia - the place where it all comes together?

[Joe Hillshoist]

Well some of it.<br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Iraq, the Caucasus and sub-Saharan Africa are all regions roiled by conflict that share one thing in common: many of the weapons in use there come from Transnistria.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Thanks to the opening of the military airport in Tiraspol and direct access to the port of Odessa, Transnistria has become a major hub for trafficking cigarettes, alcohol and arms. <br><br>Tonight’s Cutting Edge shines a light on the obscure functioning of this highly secretive pseudo-state by investigating how Transnistria has become a base for arms dealers and a key player in international terrorism.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>From <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.sbs.com.au/cuttingedge/index.html?id=1366" target="top">here</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br>A show called Transnistria: Trafficking Arms On Europe’s Doorstep<br><br>This is a mind blowing show, and if you watch it with the paranoia dial turned all the way to 11, well then you begin to wonder about a lot of things.<br><br>The show, or a british investigative reporter colleage actually arranged to buy a dirty bomb off a guy, Dimitri Soin (or possibly Soyin), then met and interviewed him at a youth centre (full of seriously hot looking young chicks under 25, possibly u18, i'm getting too old to tell anymore), the youth centre is actually working for reunification with Russia, and this Dimitri Soin guy runs it...<br><br>Fucking sus<br><br>Especially as there are heaps of PDFs that talk about human trafficking thru the place, Transnistia, (Whats nistia mean?). Or PMR. It is an unrecognised breakaway state from Moldovia, stuck between Moldovia and the Ukraine. I dumped my PDF reader in frustration the other week.<br><br>Their leader Igor Smirnov, is a former Trade Unionist ala Lech Walensa, or so its claimed. His connections to the Russian FSB are not brought up on <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.pridnestrovie.net/igorsmirnov.html" target="top">this propaganda site</a><!--EZCODE LINK END-->.<br><br>If you can watch this show do so.<br> <p></p><i></i>

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<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.transdniestria.com/themes/SeaBreeze/images/transdniestriamap5.gif" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Welcome to Transdniestria's website - the English language voice of Transdniestria</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>Over 1000 people died in a fight for independent freedom in 1992, which was focused on Transdniestria's administrative capital of Tiraspol. The fighting was dominated by the Russian army, who eventually brought it to an end.<br><br>The country of Moldova, inside which Transdniestria is situated, protested the stationing of troops in the area - Transdniestrians are more sympathetic to Transdniestria MapRussian ways than the Moldovans. Transdniestria occupies a thin strip of land between the Dniestr River and Ukraine.<br><br>The Transdniestrians say they are an independent country - they have their own bank notes, officials, a president and their own public holidays - most of the world, however, does not recognize them as an independent country.<br><br>Transdniestria.com aims to collect opinions, news and thoughts on the independent country status of Transdniestria.<br><br>The region is also known as Transniestria, Trans-Dniestr or Transdniester, Transnistria, Transdniester, Transdnistria and Dniestr by some people in Moldova.<br><br>It is also known as Pridnestrovie and Pridnestrovye, or Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublica, in Transdniestria. <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.transdniestria.com/">more</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Out of Date, Misinformed Australians</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, is reporting the showing of that old TV documentary as if it is all facts. I must admit I’m a little surprised that somewhere like Australia can be so backwards. I’m not even fully convinced either way myself about Transdniestria, whether it’s a good idea or not, but I can spot a load of bunkum propaganda when I see it. In fact it’s not even decent propaganda, more like – ‘look at the crazy foreigners and their silly little country, not like good old Australia’, it’s pretty pathetic.<br><br>Even reading between the lines of the Australian ‘reporter/writer’ you can see that nothing is proved within the documentary, it’s just pointless sensationalism for the sake of it. Cutting edge it is not.<br><hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br><br> So, which view is agitprop/psyops?<br><br><br><br><br><br><br> <p></p><i></i>

[rain]

Yeah, thanx 1Tal.<br><br>I must say I was a little surprised with SBS and the Sydney Morning Herald running this. Oh, OK, so I raised an eye-brow.<br><br>Oh well, there goes the Republic.<br><br>No, wait. <br><br>We NEVER EVEN HAD ONE.<br> <p></p><i></i>

[Sepka]

Joe Hillshoist asked: <!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Whats nistia mean?<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>It's a reference to the Nister (or Dneister) river. "Beyond the Nister". I believe (I'm not 100% sure) that Transnistria was one of the districts of the Roman province of Illyricum.<br><br>-Sepka the Space Weasel <p></p><i></i>

[Joe Hillshoist]

I spent a couple of minutes scr/googling transnistria, and human trafficking and came up with a whole bunch of PDFs that reported various child and prostitute trafficking investigations re Transnistria.<br><br>Also a blog with comments on the relationship between Transnistria and the trafficking of prostitutes to and through Israel. (HDTD Halfway down the danube I think its called.)<br><br>As for independence. Its seems that there is a movement in transnistria that wants to become part of Russia.<br><br>I dunno what the show is- a lie piss poor reporting or the real deal.<br><br>But seeing the guy Dimitri, and the way his little Harem of "Paulie style sexy chicks" was what got me sus. After all heaps of people get trafficked out of moldovia.<br><br>Whats a Republic Rain?<br><br>Sorry whats democracy?<br><br>What was Eureka?<br><br>Is universal sufferage the next thing to go here? <p></p><i></i>

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<br><br> <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:red;font-family:comic sans ms;font-size:medium;">BINGO:</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--></strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/11933.html">Ukraine vs Russia: Tales of pipelines and dependence</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br><br><br> <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"...But the even more interesting item is the fact that the other main line, going south to Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey (all important export markets for Russia, especially Turkey), also goes through Moldova - and it goes through <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Transdniester</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->, <!--EZCODE UNDERLINE START--><span style="text-decoration:underline">the Russian-controlled secessionist enclave</span><!--EZCODE UNDERLINE END--> which lies north of the Dniestr river:<br><br> <!--EZCODE UNDERLINE START--><span style="text-decoration:underline">And the main compressor station is in Tiraspol, the "capital" of <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Transdniestria</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--></span><!--EZCODE UNDERLINE END-->... More wheels within wheels, as the local mafias need to be kept happy not to disrupt the gas flow - but can also be used as mercenaries for various tasks when needed..."</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br><br><br><br><br> <p></p><i></i>

[Joe Hillshoist]

Good one I tal.<br><br>PS thanks for that Sepka. <p></p><i></i>