A tiny bit more on Transnistria

As an addendum to my previous post about the possibility of a Transnistria settlement, here's an article from last Thursday's edition of the Romanian newspaper Ziua. It contains a rather unflattering photo of one of the officials responsible for negotiating on the Russian side, Yuri Zubakov. He was formerly Russia's ambassador to Moldova, and according to the article was one of the authors of the 2003 Kozak Memorandum, which outlined a settlement proposal favorable to Transnistria and Russia and was ultimately rejected by Moldovan President Voronin.

Tiraspol, Moldova, Aug. 7, 2006.