1+1 format

Negotiations format between Moldova and Transnistria

5+2 format

Negotiations format comprising Moldova, Transnistria (negotiators), Russia, Ukraine, the OSCE (mediators), and the US and EU (observers)

AA

Association Agreement

bcm

billion cubic metres

BECS

Electoral Bloc of Communists and Socialists

CIS

Commonwealth of Independent States

CMI

Crisis Management Initiative

DCFTA

Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement

EaP

Eastern Partnership

EAP6

Eastern Partnership six: Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia

EBRD

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

ECHR

European Court of Human Rights

ECRML

European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages

ECTT

European Convention on Transfrontier Television

EEU

Eurasian Economic Union

ENP

European Neighbourhood Policy

EU

European Union

EUBAM

European Union Border Assistance Mission to Moldova and Ukraine

EUR

Euro

HCNM

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities

LGBTQI+

lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex as well as other identities

MASSR

Moldovan Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic

mcm

million cubic metres

MGRES

Moldavskaya GRES’ Kuchurgan power station

MMZ

Mogilev Metallurgical Works, metallurgical plant in Rîbnița

NGO

Non-governmental organisation

ODIHR

OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

OGRF

Operational Group of Russian Forces

OSCE

Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe

PAS

Party of Action and Solidarity

PCRM

Communist Party

PDM

Democratic Party

PMR

Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic

PSRM

Socialist Party

SBU

Ukrainian intelligence agency

SIS

Moldovan Security and Intelligence Service

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

US

United States

USD

United States dollar