Editing Tiraspol (section)

=== Post-secession ===
On 27 January 1990, the citizens in Tiraspol passed a [[referendum]] declaring the city as an [[independence|independent territory]].{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} The nearby city of [[Bender, Moldova|Bendery]] also declared its independence from [[Moldova]]. As the [[Russian language|Russian-speaking]] independence movement gained momentum, some local governments banded together to resist pressure from the [[Moldova]]n government for nationalization.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}[[File:Calle Tiraspol.jpg|thumb|A trolleybus in Tiraspol painted in the colours of the [[Flag of Transnistria|Transnistrian flag]] ]]

On 2 September 1990, Tiraspol was proclaimed the capital of the new [[Pridnestrovian Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic]]. The new republic was not officially recognized by Soviet authorities; however, it received support from some important Soviet leaders, such as [[Anatoly Lukyanov]].{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the territory east of the Dniester River declared independence as the [[Transnistria|Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic]] (PMR), with Tiraspol as its capital. It was not recognized by the international community.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

[[File:Helden-Denkmal Tiraspol 2012.jpg|thumb|Heroes memorial in Tiraspol (2012)]]
On 1 July 2005, the Lucian Blaga Lyceum, a high school with Romanian as its language of instruction, was registered as a Transnistrian non-governmental establishment. The registration of [[Romanian-language schools in Transnistria|six Romanian language schools]] has been the subject of negotiations with the government since 2000.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} The tension increased in the summer of 2004, when the Transnistrian authorities forcibly closed the schools that taught using the [[Latin script]]. According to the official PMR view, this is considered as [[Romanian language|Romanian]]. "[[Moldovan language|Moldovan]]", written in the [[Cyrillic script]], is one of the three official languages in the PMR; Romanian is not. Some economic measures and counter-measures were taken on both banks of the Dniester.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

Tensions have been seen in [[terrorist]] incidents. On 6 July 2006, an explosion, believed to be caused by a bomb, killed at least eight people in a minibus.<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 July 2006 |title=Trans-Dniester Blast Kills Eight |language=en |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5153322.stm}}</ref> Later on 13 August, a grenade exploded in a [[trolleybus]], killing two and injuring ten.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Trolley Bus Blasted in Tiraspol Possibly in a Terror Attack |language=en |work=Regnum |url=http://www.regnum.ru/english/687961.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930230004/http://www.regnum.ru/english/687961.html |archive-date=30 September 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=14 August 2006 |title=New Bus Explosion in Tiraspol Leaves One Dead, Eleven Injured |language=en |work=Tiraspol Times & Weekly Review |url=http://www.tiraspoltimes.com/news/new_bus_explosion_in_tiraspol_leaves_one_dead_eleven_injured.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930025059/http://www.tiraspoltimes.com/news/new_bus_explosion_in_tiraspol_leaves_one_dead_eleven_injured.html |archive-date=2007-09-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=17 August 2006 |title=Another Blast in Public Transport in Tiraspol |language=en |work=Moldpres News Agency |url=http://www.moldpres.md/default.asp?Lang=en&ID=47509 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928121228/http://www.moldpres.md/default.asp?Lang=en&ID=47509 |archive-date=2007-09-28}}</ref>

On 25 April 2022, during the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], [[2022 Transnistria attacks|several explosions]] were reported near the [[Ministry of State Security (Transnistria)]] in Tiraspol. Firefighters were on the scene but there were no casualties.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-705070 | title=Moldovan president holds security meeting after blasts in Transnistria | newspaper=The Jerusalem Post &#124; Jpost.com }}</ref>

On 17 March 2024, Transnistrian official press released a video allegedly<ref name=2024drone1>{{cite news|url=https://www.stiripesurse.ro/tiraspolul-insceneaza-explozii-ca-sa-infricoseze-populatia_3272311.html|title=Tiraspolul înscenează explozii ca să înfricoșeze populația|first=Radu|last=Pop|newspaper=Știri pe surse|date=26 March 2024|language=ro}}</ref> showing a [[Mil Mi-8]] helicopter in poor condition and likely not in use,<ref name=2024drone2>{{cite news|url=https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-razboi_ucraina-26981878-video-momentul-atacului-reclamat-transnistria-drona-loveste-elicopter-scos-din-care-era-parcat-platforma.htm|title=VIDEO Momentul atacului reclamat de Transnistria: O dronă lovește un elicopter scos din uz și care era parcat pe platformă|newspaper=[[HotNews]]|date=17 March 2024|language=ro}}</ref> not having been moved in over 13 years at the moment of the explosion,<ref name=2024drone1 /> in a military unit in Tiraspol being attacked and destroyed by a kamikaze drone. No victims were reported.<ref name=2024drone2 /> Transnistria claimed the drone had been launched from Ukraine from the direction of [[Odesa]], more precisely from a bridge located {{convert|5–6|km|abbr=off}} from the nearest border crossing between Transnistria and Ukraine. Ukraine immediately denied having anything to do with the incident.<ref name=2024drone1 /> On the day of the incident, the [[Bureau for Reintegration of the Republic of Moldova]] called it an "attempt to provoke panic and fear in the region".<ref name=2024drone2 /> Later, on 25 March, the bureau confirmed the explosion of the helicopter was not caused by a drone attack but by "other factors" and that the video contained "obvious elements of video montage". In the video, the drone disappears shortly before the explosion below the helicopter occurs. Reportedly, explosives placed under the helicopter were detonated remotely instead.<ref name=2024drone1 />

On 8 January 2025, during the [[2025 Moldovan energy crisis]], a woman in Tiraspol died from [[carbon monoxide poisoning]] after using a gas water heater to shower without having a [[chimney]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://novostipmr.com/ru/news/25-01-08/chetvero-benderchan-i-tiraspolchanka-otravilis-ugarnym-gazom-ot|title=Четверо бендерчан и тираспольчанка отравились угарным газом от колонок|newspaper=Novosti Pridnestrovya|date=8 January 2025|language=ru}}</ref>