Some media outlets from the left bank of the Dniester have been reporting about dismissals of local journalists who used to work in the media outlets loyal to former separatist leader Yevgeny Shevchuk. According to them, many of those journalists were forced to leave their jobs, and some even to flee to Russia, Ukraine, or some European countries, so as not to be persecuted in Tiraspol. They describe the situations that made them leave on their pages on social networking websites.