Tighina is a city within the internationally recognized borders of Moldova
under
de facto control of the unrecognized Transnistria Republic (PMR)
since 1992. Located on the right (western) bank of the river Dniester in the
historical region of Bessarabia, together with its suburb Proteagailovca, the
city forms a municipality, which is separate from Transnistria according to the
Moldovan law. Bender is located in the buffer zone established at the end of
the 1992 War of Transnistria.
While the Joint Control Commission has overriding powers in
the city, Transnistria has de
