‘Deserter’ Case Throws Spotlight On Torture Allegations In Breakaway Moldovan Region – Analysis

By Lina Grau, Serghei Ursul and Robert Coalson*

(RFE/RL) — No one knows exactly why 25-year-old Alexandru Rjavitin snuck back into the breakaway Moldovan region of Transdniester late last year. After all, the self-proclaimed authorities in the territory had earlier filed criminal charges against him for allegedly...