FILE PHOTO: A statue of communist leader Lenin is seen near a poster with the official coat of arms in Tiraspol, in Moldova's self-proclaimed separatist Transdniestria August 31, 2012. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
CHISINAU (Reuters) - Moldovan lawmakers on Friday called on Russia to pull troops out of the pro-Moscow breakaway region of Transdniestria, speaking out in a stormy parliament session that underlined the split in the nation's loyalties between the West and Russia.
Sixty-one MPs in the 101-member assembly approved a symbolic statement that called for Russia to withdraw troops, weapons and other military equipment from Transdniestria, which seceded from the ex-Soviet republic in 1990.
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