During a protest in August 2005, Pridnestrovian youth trample on the flag of the OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) whom they accuse of a bias against Pridnestrovie's sovereignty in not recognizing the de facto independence of the country.

A Tiraspol policeman rushes to intervene; afraid that the protest would cause a diplomatic scandal. And sure enough: Following the event, the local office of the OSCE protested to Pridnestrovie's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The country's foreign minister, while not condoning the action, said that we were all young once and that he himself had been guilty of even worse pranks in his youth...