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Heaven of Transnistria is an expession which describes the current situation in the separatist region of Transnistria, which belong to the Republic of Moldova.

Transnistria declared independence in 1990 and achieve de-facto independence with the help of Russian Army, after the 1992 War of Transnistria.

President of the separatist authorities of Transnistria is Igor Smirnov, a Russian citizen born in Siberia, who appeared in Transnistria in 1987. Other members of his family held high position in the political and economic life of Transnistria.

Main results of the separatist regime in Transnistria are:

- Population decrease with 18% between 1989 and 2004 ^[1]. People are "voting with their feet", leaving the heaven of Transnistria.

- An aditional 7% decrease in ellectoral roll between august 2005 and august 2006 was anounced by Central Electoral Commision from Tiraspol just before the 17 September 2006 referendum which is aimed to legitimize the separatist authorities. However, this is considered just a way to falsify the referendum results and not a real decrease in the population of the region, as antiseparatist organisations appeal to boycot the referendum and, for legitimacy, separatist authorities need to report a higher percentage of presence in the referendum ^[2].

- Thousands of refugees which are not allowed to return at their homes.

1 Philosophy of Heaven
2 Transnistrian Internet Propaganda
3 Transnistrian TV & Radio Propaganda
4 Who is behind the Heaven of Transnistria
5 Political freedom in Transnistria
6 Miscellaneous topics
7 Refferences
8 Links

[edit] Philosophy of Heaven

Aims: to challenge popular notions of Transdniester as dreary, corrupt, and run by a repressive regime funded by arms and people trafficking into a Heaven,a Paradise where people leave happy ever after.
How to change your opinion? How to make you belief that Transnistria is a Heaven? Simple, thru propaganda and misinformation: The most common examples are TV, radio and internet propaganda. In search for information you will use your senses to perceive information to form a cognitive representation. By giving you wrong impression you will form wrong perception and wrong representation. That is the basic philosophy.

[edit] Transnistrian Internet Propaganda

pridnestrovie.net and visitpmr.com have acknowledge help from the ICDISS (organization that doesn't exist) ^[3] ^[4]. Meanwhile, an e-mail to the ICDISS has produced a response, apparently from Ms Stephenson. She has been interviewed in tiraspoltimes.com.

Take a look at this websites showcasing the breakaway state and you'll get the impression of a forward-thinking young democracy. If the country's young people aren't break dancing, a reader is led to believe, they'll be bogging or attending an environmental demonstration -- all while enthusing about Transdniester's drive for independence.

[edit] Tiraspol Times

An online newspaper that professes to be "committed to the truth." and whose content is largely dedicated to effusive praise of the government or endorsing independence. Tom de Waal, a London-based journalist and author, was outraged to see an article under his name appear on the "Tiraspol Times" website. "I've certainly never been to Pridnestrovie, Transdneister, or Moldova, and I am certainly not arguing, as is written under my name, that Pridnestrovie has a better case for independence than Kosovo," de Waal says.^[5]

[edit] Pridnestrovie.net

The websites quote a number of Westerners marvelling at Tiraspol's new football stadium or saying Transdniester is the French Riviera compared to Moldova proper.
Quotes from the site:
It has a free market economy, 200% growth, and a multi-party democracy with the opposition in control of parliament.

[edit] Visitpmr.com

Quotes from the site:
Returning visitors call it "Europe's hidden jewel"
Once you have been to Pridnestrovie you will want to come back…
Compared to Moldova, this is "like the Riviera"

[edit] International Council for Democratic Institutions and State Sovereignty ICDISS

The council is credited with producing a report in support of Transdniestrian independence. All but one of the alleged authors of the report has since denied involvement in the study. The case has provoked suspicions among Western officials like Louis O'Neill, the head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova. Journalist Edward Lucas, who wrote the original "Economist" story about the organization, says he could find little information about the think tank. "What's really remarkable is that nobody's been able to produce any credible proof or verifiable proof that they have any existence," Lucas says.,^[6]

[edit] Transnistrian TV & Radio Propaganda

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[edit] Who is behind the Heaven of Transnistria

"I think that the extreme conspiracy theory that the entire thing is run from Tiraspol is quite hard to sustain. I think it's much more likely that it's a mixture of some money from Tiraspol, which might either be government money, money from Mr. [Vladimir] Antyufeyev's State Security Committee, or possibly from one of the wealthy trading companies there," Lucas says.^[7]

[edit] Political freedom in Transnistria

An american and a transnistrian were talking about the political freedom in their countries.

The american told: I don't like my government. I am against the invasion in Irak. However, we have political freedom in our country. I can tell to anybody my opinion that G.W. Bush is a criminal, and nobody will arrest me.

The transnistrian told: In Transnistria we have the same political freedom as in USA. I also can tell to anybody that G.W. Bush is a criminal, without being arrested.

An american told to a transnistrian: Political freedom mean the rights of the citizens to openly disagree with the president of their own country, without fear of persecution. For example, I can go in the center of Washington with a banner on which is written "Down with president G.W. Bush!", and nobody will arrest me.

The transnistrian answered: In Transnistria we have the the same political freedom as in USA. I also can go in the center of Tiraspol with a banner written "Down with president Voronin!, and nobody will arrest me.