Four young Moldovan men detained by Transnistria still being held

Four young Moldovan men who were detained by Transnistrian forces at the end of January are still being held by the separatists. Their parents have complained that security forces in the breakaway region are asking for huge sums of money to release the young men.

The four were apparently walking on the ice on the river Nistru when they were detained. The Nistru acts as a natural border between the territory controlled by Chisinau and Transnistria.

Deputy Prime Minister Victor Osipov, who is responsible for the resolution of the Transnistrian conflict, said yesterday that the detention was a provocation planned by the so-called Security Ministry in Transnistria, which is trying to hurt attempts to solve the conflict in the region.

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