The turmoil in the Donbas in the Eastern part of Ukraine erupted roughly two years ago. Attempts have been made to bring about a settlement in the region, yet without any tangible success. At the...Show moreThe turmoil in the Donbas in the Eastern part of Ukraine erupted roughly two years ago. Attempts have been made to bring about a settlement in the region, yet without any tangible success. At the same time, the Donbas crisis is not the only conflict which has been characterized by strong regional separatism as well as Russian instigation; the left bank of the Dniester river - known as Transnistria - in the Eastern side of Moldova is of a similar kind. Despite the fact that the separatist conflict in the self-proclaimed Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic has been unresolved for more that 20 years now, it serves as a case from which lessons can be drawn and suitably applied to the current crisis in the Donbas region so that in the longer-term, it does not become one of the frozen conflicts in the post-Soviet space...Show less
