22 August 2001span> CHISINAU, 22 August (BASA-press)–Dniestr administration leader Igor Smirnov will open the ceremonies marking the 11th anniversary of Transnistria’s secession from Moldova with a news conference in Tiraspol on 1 September. All churches serving the separatist regime will hold masses, and priests will hold a religious march in Tiraspol with a Holy Virgin icon from the Russian Cossacks. […]
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