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Province to rejoin Russia

Vladimir Radyuhin

MOSCOW: Moldova's breakaway province of Trans-Dniester has overwhelmingly voted to become part of Russia. Over 97 per cent of voters who took part in a referendum held in Trans-Dniester on Sunday said they supported the region's independence from Moldova and "subsequent voluntary accession to Russia." A mere 3.4 per cent backed the alternative proposal to renounce independence and reunite with Moldova. The Russian-speaking region of 550,000 broke away from Moldova following a bloody war in 1992. Moldova, the E.U. and the U.S. refused to recognise the referendum, while Russia called for taking into account the results of the vote.

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