The Transnistrian press attacked the local authorities "that allowed the fifth column of Moldova in Transnistria to operate".

[1] The head of the Parent-Teacher Association of the Moldavian school, Mihai Speian, was arrested by the Transnistrian authorities on August 28, 2002.

[2] The school was moved to the village of Doroțcaia, Dubăsari district, which is in the area controlled by the Republic of Moldova.

According to the 2004 Census in Transnistria, the city itself had 11,473 inhabitants,[4] including 5,570 Moldovans (48.55%), 3,275 Russians (28.55%), 2,248 Ukrainians (19.59%), 83 Germans, 67 Belarusians, 63 Bulgarians, 46 Armenians, 39 Poles, 26 Gagauzians, 14 Jews, and 42 others and non-declared.

[5] In 1897, the ethnic make-up, by mother tongue, was 49.2% Romanian, 24.1% Russian, 10.9% Jewish, 9.3% Ukrainian, 5.3% Armenian.