Transnistrian Republic Day

TIRASPOL, TRANSNISTRIA / MOLDOVA - SEPTEMBER 2: Soldiers pose for a photograph with a friend next to a decommissioned T-34 tank, part of the Memorial of Military Glory on Republic Day on September 2, 2023 in Tiraspol, Moldova (Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic). Tiraspol is the capital of Transnistria situated on the eastern bank of the Dniester River. Republic Day is the main state holiday. Transnistria broke away from Moldova in 1990 and is unrecognised by the international community as an independent state. The de-facto administration of Transnistria is supported economically, diplomatically, and militarily by Russia, which is believed to have 1,500 soldiers stationed there. (Photo by Peter Dench/Getty Images)