Regressive government policies and inadequate social protection left many Sri Lankans at risk from the worst effects of the country’s economic crisis.
All UN member states consider Transnistria a legal part of the Republic of Moldova. Only the partially recognised or unrecognised states of South Ossetia and Abkhazia have recognised Transnistria as a sovereign entity after it declared independence from Moldova in 1990 with Tiraspol as its declared capital.