The state of Transnistria was created by local economic elites with special relations to the Soviet and later Russian political centre.

[4] During a visit to Kyiv in 2010, President Dmitri Medvedev said he supported a "special status" for Transnistria and recognised the "important and stabilising" role of the Russian army.

[8][9] In February 2024, Transnistria officials asked Russia for "protection" while accusing Moldova of blocking imports in an "economic war" and turning the region into a "ghetto".

[11] Alexandru Caraman, former vice-president of Transnistria (1990–2001) and former foreign minister of the Donetsk People's Republic (2014), led the bureau, which was shortly thereafter closed.

[14] The bureau is located in Povarskaya Street and currently led by Leonid Manakov, the Vice President of the Lawyer’s Union of the Russian Federation.