376 Chapter 3
359 Moldova/365 Russia
MID#3558
Dispute Number: 3558
Date(s): March 31, 1992 to July 21, 1992
Participants: 365 Russia/359 Moldova
Outcome (and Settlement): Compromise (Negotiated)
Fatalities: 101–250 deaths
Narrative: In early 1992, the Soviet Socialist Dniester Republic protested when it
perceived that Moldovan policy was drawing closer to Romania and encouraging
Romanian culture and language on Dniester. In March, the Dniester national guard
attacked Moldovan police headquarters and erected road blockades, and that month
Cossack forces began to arrive from Russia for support. Fighting continued and
involved the former Soviet 14th Army still stationed in Moldova after the collapse
of the Soviet Union. There was a ceasefire on June 23, but fighting continued until
Moldovan President Snegur and Russian President Yeltsin signed a ceasefire agree-
ment on July 21.
Coding changes: Fatalities changed from Missing.
MID#4051
Dispute Number: 4051
Date(s): February 15, 1993
Participants: 365 Russia/359 Moldova
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Moldova issued an official protest during Russia’s 14th Army exercises,
claiming that the exercises were in violation of an agreement between the two states
that was signed in July 1992. The exercises began on February 17, 1994, and, despite
Moldova’s protest, Russia continued in an area of Grigoriopol in the Dnestr Repub-
lic which is now a part of Moldova. Prior to these exercises, discussions were held
between the two states, but the agreement had not been signed.
359 Moldova/369 Ukraine
MID#4419
Dispute Number: 4419
Date(s): July 2003 to January 2004
Participants: 359 Moldova/369 Ukraine
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None