One Step Away from Creating a Common State. On the 20th anniversary of the “Kozak Memorandum”

Abstract

The article examines the main agreements reached between Moldavia and Transnistria after the conflict on the Dniester (June-July 1992), which created the prerequisites for one of the key events of the Transnistrian settlement process – the Kozak Memorandum. The features of its development and the reasons for the failure of the signing are analyzed, lessons from the missed opportunity for a long-term settlement of the Transnistrian conflict are formulated.