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Civil society met with Pridnestrovie's political leaders for a mass meeting to mark the republic's 17th anniversary. The meeting took place in the same building where independence was declared on 2 September 1990. After 17 years as a 'de facto' sovereign state, the people of Transdniestria (officially: Pridnestrovie) re-affirmed their independent spirit.