- If Transnistria is the next flashpoint between Putin and the west, how should Europe react? The Dniester river between Moldova and Transnistria seems destined to be the new Berlin Wall, and the west needs to know what the stakes are http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/01/transnistria-putin-west-europe-dniester-river-moldova 8 comments europe