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A girl from a youth organisation looks at a effigy of Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin dressed in Nazi uniform and wearing a sign reading „Beware!” in Tiraspol city, 15 September 2006. Transdniestr, a separatist region of Moldova is almost certain to vote for a union with Russia in a referendum vote 16 September 2006 that could inflame tensions on the frontiers of Europe. Voters in this sliver of territory wedged between Moldova and Ukraine that proclaimed independence in 1990 will be asked whether they want „reunion with the Russian Federation.”The vote in Transdnestr could also trigger renewed demands for self-determination by other pro-Russian separatist regions. AFP PHOTO VADIM DENISOV