简介：Thisisthestoryofacountrythatdooesnotexist…acountrythathasescapedallinternationalcountrolsinceit’sbirthin1990:TheRepublicofTransnistria.AtinystripoflandhalfthesizeofCorsicatotheEastRomania,betweenMoldovaandtheUkraine.It’ssaidthatbehindthisborder[Narrator'scarapproachesTransnistrianbordercheckpoint]whichcannotbefoundonanymap…youcanbuyanykindofweaponyoulike. WeaponstheinternationalcommunitysayswillwindtheirwaywithcompleteimpunityintothehandsofrebelgroupsandterroristsoperatingintheCaucasesandAfrica,andmorerecentlyIraq. AtpresenttheinternationalcommunityisnotinanypositiontotakeactioninTransnistria,alandthatrecognisesonlyonejudgeandmaster,Russia.Thepost-sovietregimesinUkraine,GeorgiaandKyrgystancollapsedbeforeRussiacoulddoanythingaboutit.AnunthinkablescenarioinTiraspol[capitalofTransnistria]. TherepublicofTransnistria: -Acountrythatdoesn’texistbutstillregardsStalinasoneofmankind’sgreatestheroes -Acountrythatcanraiseanarmyof17,000troopsinamatterofweeksandhasseveralthousandtonnesofarmsandmunitionsatit’sdisposal. -Acountrythatlet100nuclearsuitcasebombsdisappearfromitsmunitionsdepotsandowned38radioactiverocketswhosecurrentlocationnooneknows. -Acountrythatisstronglysuspectedofillegallytrafickingarmsontheinternationalmarketthatcontinuestosidestepallcontrol. InSeptember2005TheRepublicofTransnistriacelebratedthe15thanniversaryofit’sindependence…