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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ISABELLE WESSELINGH
Advertising panel display the oficial coat of arms of Transdniestr in Tiraspol, the capital of Transdniestr separatist republic of Moldova, on April 16, 2014. Pro-Western Moldova and NATO officials recently voiced concerns that Transdniestr where Russia keeps 1,500 soldiers could become the next flashpoint after Moscow’s annexation of Crimea. About 30 percent of Transdniestr inhabitants are Russians, 28 percent Ukrainians and 40 percent Moldovans. The stand-off in Ukraine has brought back stinging memories of their own civil war. AFP PHOTO / DANIEL MIHAILESCU