A television channel run by the de facto authorities in Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region has reported that a young man who "deserted" from the region's illegal paramilitary force in 2015 is back serving with his unit after being used as a "pawn" in a purported Moldovan disinformation campaign. Activists in Moldova suspect the man may have been tortured or intimidated during the month that he was held incommunicado after being abducted in December.
