President of Transdnestrian Moldovan Republic Igor Smirnov speaks during a press conference in Moscow, 21 September 2006. Igor Smirnov says talk of joining Russia is senseless. Transdnestr, a breakaway region of the former Soviet republic of Moldova voted 17 September 2006 overwhelmingly in a referendum in favour of joining Russia. AFP PHOTO / MAXIM MARMUR

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