Here is a piece of news from the Moldovan (proper) - Transdniester border

> RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
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> RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 8, No. 156, Part II, 17 August 2004
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> TRANSDNIESTER ARMS BORDER GUARDS. The Transdniesterian authorities
> have ordered that border guards be armed at checkpoints in two
> villages under Moldovan administrative control on the left
> (Transdniestrian) bank of Dniester River, Infotag reported on 16
> August. Transdniester State Security Minister Vladimir Sheftsov said
> that the guards in Dorotcaia and Cosnita will be provided with
> automatic weapons and with handguns in response to Moldova's actions,
> which he said "create a genuine threat to the lives of Transdniester
> border guards." Sheftsov invited military observers serving on the
> Joint Control Commission (JCC) to come to the headquarters of the
> border guards to witness the arming of the force. At its 12 August
> meeting, the JCC refused to consider Moldovan representative Ion
> Leahu's complaint that arming of the guards would constitute a
> serious violation of the cease-fire agreement. Last week, the
> Transdniester border guards refused to allow local residents to pass
> through the checkpoints on their way to sell their produce to markets
> on the right bank of the river. The guards are also refusing to let
> the farmers work their fields. MS
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