(4 Sep 1997) T/I: 10:14:26
Transdnestrian seperatists staged a military parade through the capital of Moldova on Wednesday (3/9) to mark the anniversary of the proclamation of independence seven years ago. Soldiers of the Transdnestrian Army, formed by former Russian Army officers paraded through Tiraspol in front of Transdnestrian leaders and deputies from the Russian, Ukraine and Belarus parliaments. The so-called Transdnestrian Republic, a region between the Ukraine and Moldova along the Dnestr River, formally remains part of the Republic of Moldova.
SHOWS:
TIRASPOL, MOLDOVA 02/09
USSR sickle and hammer at entrance to the city;
VS Russian peacekeeping force at the border between Transdnestrian Republic and Moldova;
Lenin Memorial Statue in front of the Transdnestrian Parliament;
VS relics of former Soviet control the city - tanks, badges;
Pro-separatist marchers with Soviet red flags in street;
VS miltary parade on main street in front of the so-called Transdnestrian President Igor Smirnoff;
VS Russian-made APCs, tanks, rocket launchers, all from 14th army barracks and helicopters;
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