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Dress Rehearsal: How Transnistria Became Russia's Roadmap for Hybrid Wars in Ukraine and Beyond

Dress Rehearsal: How Transnistria Became Russia's Roadmap for Hybrid Wars in Ukraine and Beyond

Tsurkan, Kate
Kalik, Larisa
Tsurkan, Kate

Paperback

Series: Ukrainian Voices

General Political Science

PREORDER - Expected ship date October 27, 2026

ISBN10: 3838220749
ISBN13: 9783838220741
Publisher: Ibidem Press
Published: Oct 27 2026
Pages: 250
Language: English
In the shadow of Europe's borders lies Transnistria--an unrecognized sliver of land wedged between Moldova and Ukraine. For over three decades, it has existed in political limbo: cut off from the world, sustained by Moscow, and ruled by an authoritarian elite. Part time capsule, part laboratory for Russian influence, it is one of the longest-running frozen conflicts in the post-Soviet space--and a blueprint for Russia's future wars. Blending personal memoir, first-hand interviews, and investigative reporting, journalist Larisa Kalik pulls back the curtain on daily life inside this enigmatic pseudo-state. She traces the roots of Transnistria's Russian-backed separatism, the war that cemented its independence, and the ways its experience has shaped the Kremlin's playbook for hybrid warfare in Ukraine and beyond. This is not just a story of geopolitics, but of people navigating a place where borders are fluid, identity is contested, and history refuses to end. From the streets of Tiraspol to the front lines of Ukraine, Kalik--herself a native of Transnistria forced into exile to Ukraine--offers an unflinching account of life under unrecognized rule, and a vivid portrait of how unresolved conflicts can define a region's fate for generations.

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