deputy speaker of the Federation Council (Russia’s upper house of parliament). TASS quoted Krasnoselsky’s press service as saying:""The positive role of the peacekeeping operation on the Dniester was emphasized as well as the lack of an alternative to the existing format of the mission until the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic and the Republic of Moldova finally settle their relations.""The TASS piece added:"Russian peacekeepers were brought into the conflict zone on July 29
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On September 23, Russia’s TASS state news agency reported that Vadim Krasnoselsky, leader of Transnistria, the unrecognized separatist republic inside Moldova, backed the presence of Russian troops as peacekeepers" in the territory.According to TASS
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