# Moldova Hits Kremlin-Backed Transnistria Leader With 5-Year Travel Ban After Putin Award

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/moldova-hits-kremlin-backed-transnistria-leader-with-5-year-travel-ban-after-putin-award/
- Published: 2026-11-05T11:43:29+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T12:37:10+00:00
- Original publisher: The Moscow Times
- Original article: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/11/05/moldova-hits-kremlin-backed-transnistria-leader-with-5-year-travel-ban-after-putin-award-a94183
- Topics: Culture, Europe, Travel, World

## Key points

- Moldova plans a five-year travel ban on Transnistria’s leader.
- The move follows his visit to Russia and award from Putin.
- Transnistria has about 1,500 Russian troops stationed there.

## Summary

Moldova says it will impose a five-year travel ban on Vadim Krasnoselsky, the Moscow-backed leader of the breakaway region of Transnistria, after he travelled to Russia and accepted an award from Vladimir Putin. Chişinău called the visit and award a Russian provocation intended to hinder Moldova’s drive towards European Union membership.

Putin presented Krasnoselsky with Russia’s Order of Honor, praising him for strengthening ties with Moscow; Krasnoselsky said Transnistria was part of the “Russian world”. Moldova said it was considering further measures, while seeking to avoid escalation. Transnistria is internationally recognised as part of Moldova and receives Russian financial and military support, with about 1,500 Russian troops stationed there; unrecognised elections are due next month.

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