Lawmakers of the pro-Moscow breakaway region of Transdniester assailed calls by the Moldovan government that Russia pull its troops out of the territory.
Transdniester’s parliament on July 22 released a statement calling the Moldovan lawmakers’ demands a “reflection of Chisinau’s strategy to destabilize the situation, to fuel the conflict, and bring it to the ‘hot phase,’” Russian state-run TASS news agency reported.