INITIATIVE IN MESEBERG TRANSNISTRIAN EQUATION

THE FROZEN CONFLICT IN MOLDOVA ALMOST IGNORED BY NATO AND THE EU, NEGLECTED BY THE 5+2 FORMAT UNDER THE AEGIS OF THE OSCE, IS ABOUT TO RETURN TO THE EURO-ATLANTIC AND EURASIAN SCENE AS THE STARTING POINT OF A POSSIBLE AND EVEN PROBABLE RAPPROCHEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, THANKS TO A GERMAN-RUSSIAN INITIATIVE. A REVIVAL OF THE EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY, OF THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP IN THE FALL OF 2013 IN VILNIUS, WOULD BE AUSPICIOUS FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE. AFTER MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF FROZEN CONFLICT, THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA AND TRANSNISTRIA WOULD BE THE BENEFICIARIES OF A CONSTRUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GERMANY AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. THE EFFECTS OF STALIN'S DECISION IN 1924 CAN BE OVERCOME ONLY THROUGH DIPLOMACY AND THROUGH RECOURSE TO HISTORICAL RIGHTS WITHOUT VIOLENT SOLUTIONS. THE PROBLEMS OF TRANSNISTRIA'S INTEGRATION INTO REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA WILL NOT BE SOLVED FOR MORE THAN OTHER 20 YEARS WITHOUT A MASSIVE OUTSIDE AID. OTHER OPTIONS REMAIN DEPENDENT ON THE GEOPOLITICAL INTERESTS IN THE REGION. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]