Law enforcement in Transnistria

Moscow has dismissed the recent proposal of the Speaker of the Moldova parliament, Andrian Candu, for Russia to pay compensation for illegally stationing its army in Moldova's breakaway Transnistria region as "provocative".

Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said on Tuesday that such statements would not help resolve the Transnistrian conflict.

Russia has promised further financial aid to Moldova's breakaway Transnistria region, which has long depended on the Kremlin for survival.

During a visit of Transnistria leader Vadim Krasnoselky to Moscow on Saturday, Russian Vice-Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin promised further implementation of "humanitarian and cultural" projects that Russia says it is conducting in the region.

Russia has decided to open 24 polling stations in Moldova's breakaway region of Transnistria for the Russian presidential elections on March 18 that President Vladimir Putin is sure to win.

Authorities in the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria have ordered all men aged between 18 and 50, including reservists, to take part in a general mobilization.

The decree has created anxiety among many people in Transnistria, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty station in Chisinau, Moldova.

Moldova asked the United Nations on Wednesday to discuss the withdrawal of Russian troops from the separatist region of Transnistria at the upcoming 72nd session of the General Assembly.

The Moldovan Ambassador to the UN, Victor Moraru, forwarded a letter from his government that calls the presence of Russian troops in Transnistria a threat to international peace and security.

Authorities in Moldova's breakaway Transnistria region continue to force youngsters to enlist in its growing military force, where some of them suffer human rights violations or even get killed, a report released by a human rights organization based in Moldova says.