Steffi Wurster

For more than a quarter of a century, Russia has been conducting a peacekeeping operation in a conflict area between Transnistria and the Republic of Moldova. Starting from the observation of the trilateral “peacekeeping post” on the Dniester River, this documentary reflects the life in the region, which is sluggish under the supervision of the mission’s soldiers.

Through diary entries reflecting her alienation in Russia, the film follows Russian writer Natalia’s new beginning in a Bavarian town.

In the Lithuanian town of Rukla, NATO troops are training for an emergency. For some residents and soldiers, the east-west conflict is already reality, for others, the threat from Russia is still abstract.