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Transdniester Plans Vote On Independence

Igor Smirnov, leader of Transdniester (file photo) (ITAR-TASS)

July 12, 2006 -- Moldova's separatist region of Transdniester has said it will hold a referendum on September 17 at which inhabitants of the pro-Moscow enclave will face two questions, on whether Transdniester should become independent and then "freely unite with" Russia, or whether it should abandon its drive for independence and rejoin Moldova.