http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20180724-093128-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/sandu-and-others-v-russia-and-moldova-the-high-costs-of-occupation/ Sandu and Others v Russia and Moldova: The High Costs of Occupation Dzehtsiarou, Kanstantsin eng 2018-07-23 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 effective control Separatism Transnistria Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 On 17 July 2018, the European Court on Human Rights reminded again that occupation of foreign lands and support of separatist regimes is a costly affair. This cost is not only calculated in terms of monetary repercussions but also in terms of reputational losses. On that day the chamber of the Court delivered a judgment in the case of Sandu and Others v Russia and Moldova. This judgment is a new one in the line of cases dealing with a breakaway region of Moldova – the self-proclaimed Republic of Transnistria.