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Russia to rotate Transdnestr peacekeepers July 17-25
Topic: Transdnestr conflict settlement
16:50 13/07/2009
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TIRASPOL, July 13 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will rotate its peacekeeping battalion in Moldova's breakaway region of Transdnestr between July 17 and 25, Commander Col. Anatoly Zverev said on Monday.
The Russian-speaking province of Transdnestr has maintained de facto independence from Moldova since a brief war in 1992.
Russia has had peacekeepers in the region since July 1992 as part of a joint peacekeeping force with Moldovan and Transdnestr peacekeepers.
They man a total of 15 checkpoints in the unrecognized republic.

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