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Jonas Bendiksen - MOLDOVA. Transdniester.

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Crows circle a statue of Lenin in front of the Supreme Soviet building. Transdniester is in many ways one of the last bastions of communist nostalgia in the former USSR. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Crows circle a statue of Lenin in front of the Supreme Soviet building. Transdniester is in many ways one of the last bastions of

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Streetscene along the main boulevard. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Streetscene along the main boulevard.

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. People on a bus commuting to a factory in the cold winter morning. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. People on a bus commuting to a factory in the cold winter morning.

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. People on a bus commuting to a factory in the cold winter morning. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. People on a bus commuting to a factory in the cold winter morning.

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Streetscene. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Streetscene.

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. A woman holds her Transdniestrian passport. Although nobody recognises Transdniester as an independent country, the breakaway republic has acquired all the symbols of statehood, including its own passports, currency, president, constitution, army and customs service. Nostalgia for the days of the USSR run high, and the official state symbol is a hammer and sickle over a sunrise. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. A woman holds her Transdniestrian passport. Although nobody recognises Transdniester as an independent country, the breakaway repu...

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. A session of the Supreme Soviet. Transdniester's political system is a strange mix of old Soviet ideology and capitalist cronyism. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. A session of the Supreme Soviet. Transdniester's political system is a strange mix of old Soviet ideology and capitalist cronyism.

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniesterian deputy minister of defense looking lovingly at an Alazan missile in front of a scene from 1992 breakaway war with Moldova. The Alazan missile has been in the media's focus as of late, with a Washington Post article accusing Transdniester of lacing the small missiles with nuclear dirty bomb warheads, something the government strongly denies. 2004. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniesterian deputy minister of defense looking lovingly at an Alazan missile in front of a scene from 1992 breakaway war with Moldova. The Alazan ...

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. Vladimir LENIN and Karl MARX hanging on the wall of ÒRed HeatÓ, a drinking hole in the capital Tiraspol. A visit to Transdniester resembles nothing more than time travel back into Brezhnev-era Soviet Union. 2004. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. Vladimir LENIN and Karl MARX hanging on the wall of ÒRed HeatÓ, a drinking hole in the capital Tiraspol. A visit to Transdniester resemb

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Patrons of

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Patrons of "Red Heat", a local bar, drinking under banners with the Soviet hammer & sickle. In Transdniester, nostalgia for the US

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. View from an apartment block window, overlooking parts of Tiraspol, TransdniesterÕs capital city. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. View from an apartment block window, overlooking parts of Tiraspol, TransdniesterÕs capital city.

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Ivan RUDOLPHOVICH SCHWARTZ, like many men of his generation, fought in the 1992 secessionist war against Moldova. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Ivan RUDOLPHOVICH SCHWARTZ, like many men of his generation, fought in the 1992 secessionist war against Moldova.

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Car with 007 license plate. The car belongs to the vice speaker of the Supreme Soviet, Evgeny Shevchuk. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Car with 007 license plate. The car belongs to the vice speaker of the Supreme Soviet, Evgeny Shevchuk.

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Car with

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Car with "007" license plate. The car belongs to the vice speaker of the Supreme Soviet, Evgeny Shevchuk. The higher nomenclatura

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Outside the underground bar Prokhlada, a sign warns of the clubs conditions: No hand grenades, guns, knives, syringes, bottles, gas canisters or fighting allowed. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Outside the underground bar Prokhlada, a sign warns of the clubs conditions: No hand grenades, guns, knives, syringes, bottles, ga

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Stripper in a nightclub. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Stripper in a nightclub.

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Stripper in a nightclub. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Stripper in a nightclub.

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. A typical Soviet mural stands outside the barracks of the remains of the 14th Soviet army, which was commanded by the famous General Lebed. Although the USSR has gone, the now-Russian army remains. This Russian military presence is one of the sticking points in the international negotiations regarding Transdniester. In many ways, Russia was the midwife in the birth of Trandniestrian statehood. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. A typical Soviet mural stands outside the barracks of the remains of the 14th Soviet army, which was commanded by the famous Gener...

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Streetscene at a market in Tiraspol. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Streetscene at a market in Tiraspol.

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Peacekeeping forces stand patrol at a checkpoint near the Transdniester-Moldovan border. The peacekeeping forces consist mainly of Russian and Ukrainian forces, and are separate from the Russian troops leftover from the 14th Soviet Army, and TransdniesterÕs own military. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Peacekeeping forces stand patrol at a checkpoint near the Transdniester-Moldovan border. The peacekeeping forces consist mainly of...

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. A TV showing a soldier from Transdniester's Republican Guard saluting. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. A TV showing a soldier from Transdniester's Republican Guard saluting.

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. The population of Transdniester is mainly ethnic Russians, and the main religion is Russian Orthodox Christianity. Here a priest gives his blessings before a christening in the icy waters of January. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. The population of Transdniester is mainly ethnic Russians, and the main religion is Russian Orthodox Christianity. Here a priest gives his blessings before a christening in the icy waters of January.

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Portraits of Igor SMIRNOV, the president of Transdniester, hangs in most offices around the country. Characteristic of the anything-goes feel of the country, and despite all the national homeland rethoric of the 1992 war of independence, Smirnov arrived for the first time in Transdneister only 3 years before he became president. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Portraits of Igor SMIRNOV, the president of Transdniester, hangs in most offices around the country. Characteristic of the anythin...

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Streetscene in front of a statue of Lenin, next to the Supreme Soviet building. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Streetscene in front of a statue of Lenin, next to the Supreme Soviet building.

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Streetscene during a snowstorm. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Streetscene during a snowstorm.

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Valentin and Natalia Klimenshyk, a young couple in Tiraspol. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Valentin and Natalia Klimenshyk, a young couple in Tiraspol.

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Transdniesters economic system is a curious blend of piratic business practices and stagnant Soviet-style communism. The one private company that is flourishing is the Sheriff company, which runs huge swaths of Transdniester's economy - including gas stations, TV companies, mobile phone operators, supermarkets, the main import-export businesses and other things. Some tounge-in-cheek locals call Transdniester Sheriff-land. Here the Sheriff football stadium is shown, a bizarre Ceausescu-style grand project out of proportion to Tiraspols general grayness. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Transdniesters economic system is a curious blend of piratic business practices and stagnant Soviet-style communism. The one priva...

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniesters economic system is a curious blend of piratic business practices and Soviet-style communism. The one private company that is flourishing is the Sheriff company, which runs huge swaths of Transdniester's economy - including gas stations, TV companies, mobile phone operators, the main import-export businesses and other thing. Some tounge-in-cheek locals call Transdniester Sheriff-land. The picture shows one of the many Sheriff gas stations. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniesters economic system is a curious blend of piratic business practices and Soviet-style communism. The one private company that is flourishing...

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. A Sheriff security guard, many of which are ex-soldiers from the special forces. Many rumours abound concerning the violence of the security services of the country various factions. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. A Sheriff security guard, many of which are ex-soldiers from the special forces. Many rumours abound concerning the violence of th

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. As opposed to the high-rolling business of Sheriff, most Transdniestrians are poor, and a large portion of the population are pensioneers longing for the better times of the USSR. Here an old man ekes out a living selling cabbages and onions from his garden. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. As opposed to the high-rolling business of Sheriff, most Transdniestrians are poor, and a large portion of the population are pens

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Pensioneers outside a Tiraspol church. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Pensioneers outside a Tiraspol church.

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. People attending a church-run soup kitchen. Most Transdniestrians are poor, and a large portion of the population are pensioneers longing for the better times of the USSR. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. People attending a church-run soup kitchen. Most Transdniestrians are poor, and a large portion of the population are pensioneers

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Transdniester is a breakaway republic within Moldova. Although unrecognised by the international community since their independence in the early 90s, they have acquired their own passports, army, customs service, currency, constitution and president. But the surreal country is also accused of being a front for organised crime, and stands as a living memorial to Brezhnev-era Soviet Union. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Transdniester is a breakaway republic within Moldova. Although unrecognised by the international community since their independenc...

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Steel mill. Despite the nationalist rethoric of the breakaway war with Moldova in 1992, critics of Transdniester see their quest for independence as a power grab by factory chiefs and economic elite of the region. Nearly all of Moldova's heavy industry was located in the Transdniester region, and Transdniestrian independence is catastrophic for Moldova. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Steel mill. Despite the nationalist rethoric of the breakaway war with Moldova in 1992, critics of Transdniester see their quest f...

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. In the Elektromash factory which produces electrical engines. They have also been said to (by The Washington Post, among others) manufacture weapons, an accusation denied by the Transdniestrian authorities. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. In the Elektromash factory which produces electrical engines. They have also been said to (by The Washington Post, among others)

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Steel mill. Despite the nationalist rethoric of the breakaway war with Moldova in 1992, critics of Transdniester see their quest for independence as a power grab by factory chiefs and economic elite of the region. Nearly all of Moldova's heavy industry was located in the Transdniester region, and Transdniestrian independence is catastrophic for Moldova. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Steel mill. Despite the nationalist rethoric of the breakaway war with Moldova in 1992, critics of Transdniester see their quest f...

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Soup kitchen. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Soup kitchen.

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Streetscene from Tiraspol, with a monument to the glory of Soviet military aviation. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Streetscene from Tiraspol, with a monument to the glory of Soviet military aviation.

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. - MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. People headed to work in the morning. - Jonas Bendiksen

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. People headed to work in the morning.

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