By bne IntelliNews Politicians in the Moldovan separatist republic of Transnistria issued an appeal to Russia for assistance in response to what they claim is mounting pressure from the Moldovan government in Chisinau. The appeal — which also calls on the international community for support — falls short of the call for union with Russia that officials from the small breakaway republic had originally been rumoured to have planned. Speculation Tiraspol had been planning to ask to become part of the Russian Federation had already been dismissed by Moldovan officials and Ukrainian intelligence. A…