Moldova separatist leader vows to solve opposition politician’s suspected murder

The president of Moldova’s separatist pro-Russian Transdniestria region vowed on Tuesday to solve the suspected murder of an opposition politician who was a rare advocate of reconciliation with the country’s pro-European government.
Transdniestria broke away from Moldova before the end of Soviet rule and after a brief war against the newly independent state’s military in 1992 has remained a separate entity, though with no international recognition.
Opposition politician Oleg Horgan was found dead in his home this week, apparently after being struck with a heavy object. A safe in the house had been emptied. Officials in Transdniestria said they believed the case to be a simple robbery.
In Moldova’s capital, government ministers pointed to a political killing and the Deputy Prime Minister, Oleg Serebrean, asked the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Europe’s biggest security body, to help in the investigation.
Transdniestria President Vadim Krasnoselsky said he would take “personal control” of the investigation.