Transnistria and Gagauzia
TIRASPOL REPORTS THAT A DRONE RUINED HELICOPTER THAT STOOD AT THE PARKING LOT OF A MILITARY BASE
The ministry of state security of the unrecognized Transnistrian Moldovan Republic (PMR) reported that on Sunday, a drone annihilated a helicopter that was standing at a parking lot of a military subdivision. The PMR authorities made public a video record featuring how an unidentified air vessel crushes into the old and long-unused Mi-8 chopper.
detailsU.S. AMBASSADOR TO MOLDOVA MEETS WITH STUDENTS IN GAGAUZIA
The U.S. Ambassador to Moldova, Kent Logsdon, met with students in Gagauzia. As reported by INFOTAG, the embassy announced this on its social media page.
detailsPRIME MINISTER DORIN RECEAN CALLED "EMPTY" PROMISES MADE BY GAGAUZIA GOVERNOR FOLLOWING HER VISIT TO RUSSIA
The Prime Minister, Dorin Recean, considers "empty" the promises of the Gagauzia Bashkan, Evghenia Gutul, who said after her visit to Russia that she would solve the issue of supplying cheap gas to the autonomy through "Gazprom", as well as the possibility of using the Russian payment system "Mir" for Gagauz residents to receive various allowances.
detailsMOLDOVA SHALL BE SOLVING TRANSNISTRIA’S PROBLEMS IN CONFORMITY WITH RM LEGISLATION – SEREBREAN
The Deputy Prime Minister for Country Reintegration and Moldova's Special Negotiation for Transnistria settlements, Oleg Serebrean, stated that “problems related to the foreign economic activities of Transnistrian economic agents and permission to import various goods, including medicines and radiological equipment, shall be tackled and solved in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Moldova. The goal of this approach is to restore a single economic space.”
detailsTRANSNISTRIA MINTS COMMEMORATIVE COIN ON OCCASION OF THE 65TH ANNIVERSARY OF ELECTROMASH PLANT
The Transnistrian central bank has minted and put into circulation on March 11 a commemorative coin issued on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the ElektroMash plant in Tiraspol.
detailsREINTEGRATION BUREAU REMINDS TO PUTIN’S PRESS SECRETARY THAT TRANSNISTRIA IS POPULATED WITH CITIZENS OF MOLDOVA
Moldova’s National Bureau for Country Reintegration has reminded to Russian President’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov that Transnistria is populated with Republic of Moldova citizens.
detailsFORMER ROMANIAN PRESIDENT SAYS IT IS ONLY THANKS TO UKRAINE RUSSIA CANNOT TAKE OVER MOLDOVA AND REACH MOUTH OF THE DANUBE RIVER
Former Romanian President Traian Basescu believes that it is only thanks to Ukraine that Russia cannot invade Moldova and reach the mouth of the Danube. He said this on air of Digi24 TV channel.
detailsCONSTITUTIONAL COURT RECOGNIZES AS NON-CONSTITUTIONAL THE LAW ON VAT REIMBURSEMENT AT GAGAUZIA’S EXPENSE
On Tuesday, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova recognized as non-constitutional the provision in the Tax Code, according to which the refunding of the amount of VAT and excise taxes paid by business entities of the administrative-territorial unit [Gagauzia] is effected from the autonomy's budget, and not from Moldova's State Budget as was the practice before the appearance of this law.
detailsBASHKAN OF GAGAUZIA EXPRESSED SOLIDARITY WITH "THE IDEAS OF RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEY LAVROV"
The Bashkan of Gagauzia, Evghenia Gutul, took part in the discussion "Russia and its role in a multipolar world" held within the framework of the Youth Festival in Sochi, where the main speaker was Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
detailsOSCE CHAIRMAN-IN-OFFICE TO VISIT MOLDOVA SOON
The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Jan Borg, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malta, will shortly visit Moldova to discuss ways to resolve the Transnistrian problem and develop trust between the parties for the benefit of people living on both banks of the Dniester River, the Malta Foreign Ministry reported.
detailsGAGAUZIA GOVERNOR AND SPEAKER MEET IN MOSCOW WITH RUSSIAN FEDERAL ASSEMBLY CHAIRPERSON
Gagauzia Bashkan Eugenia Gutul and Dmitry Constantinov, Speaker of the Gagauzia Popular Assembly [regional legislature], met in Moscow on Friday with Valentina Matviyenko, Chairperson of the Council of the Federation [the Upper Chamber of the Russian Federation’s bicameral legislative assembly].
detailsPRESIDENT SANDU MAINTAINS RUSSIA USES TRANSNISTRIA FOR PUTTING PRESSURE ON MOLDOVA
President Maia Sandu believes that Russia is using Transnistria to put pressure on Moldova. Speaking on the Jurnal TV channel on Thursday night, she stated that the Wednesday’s congress of all-level Transnistrian deputies had been organized in Tiraspol by the Kremlin’s order.
detailsUSA IS WATCHING CLOSELY THE SITUATION IN TRANSNISTRIA AND CALLS CHISINAU AND TIRASPOL TO LOOK FOR PROBLEM SOLUTIONS TOGETHER
The United States is closely monitoring the situation in Transnistria and calls on Chisinau and Tiraspol to work together to resolve problems, Matthew Miller, Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State under President Biden, stated at a briefing in Washington DC.
detailsCONGRESS IN TRANSNISTRIA ACCUSES MOLDOVA OF ITS TROUBLES, AND APPEALS TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR HELP
On Wednesday, the congress of all-level deputies stood up with a Statement on the results of the forum and accused Moldova of “unleashing an economic war against Transnistria and of deliberate creating of prerequisites for a many-million-dollar deficit of the region’s budget”.
detailsU.S. DOES NOT MAINTAIN RELATIONS WITH THE CURRENT GAGAUZ AUTHORITIES
The United States does not support relations with the current authorities of Gagauzia. The U.S. Ambassador, Kent Logsdon, said this on Wednesday, speaking to students of the State University of Moldova.
detailsMOLDOVA IS DRAFTING BILL CALLED TO STIMULATE LEGALIZATION OF TRANSNISTRIAN MOTOR VEHICLES
A bill is being developed in Moldova that “should ensure the continuity of the mechanism of documenting motor vehicles with neutral-design license plates”. It should stimulate the legalization of the registration of all motor vehicles belonging to the residents of the Transnistrian region, it was said on Tuesday at this year’s first meeting of the Chisinau and Tiraspol expert working groups on motor transport and road infrastructure.
detailsUSA STANDS FOR PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF TRANSNISTRIAN CONFLICT AND FOR POSITIVE DIALOGUE – CHRISTOPHER SMITH
The United States stands for a peaceful, political settlement of the Transnistrian conflict and supports the peaceful dialog between Chisinau and Tiraspol, Christopher W. Smith, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Eastern Europe (EE) and Policy and Regional Affairs (PRA) in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, stated during his meeting with Transnistria president Vadim Krasnoselsky in Tiraspol on Tuesday.
detailsINTRODUCTION OF MOLDOVAN CUSTOMS LEGISLATION FACILITATES LEGALIZATION OF BUSINESSES IN TRANSNISTRIA – DEPUTY PREMIER
The dynamic of the Chisinau-Tiraspol dialog and the latest developments in the Transnistrian conflict settlement process were discussed in the meeting of the Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister for Country Reintegration Oleg Serebrean with Christopher W. Smith, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Eastern Europe (EE) and Policy and Regional Affairs (PRA) in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, and with Laura Hruby, the Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy in Chisinau.
detailsJOURNALISM NGOs CONDEMN GAGAUZIA AUTHORITIES’ ATTEMPTS TO RESTRICT ACTIVITIES OF JOURNALISTS
Several non-governmental organizations working in the sphere of the mass media condemned the attempts by the Gagauzia Executive Committee [government] “to restrict the professional activities of journalists by creating arbitrary mechanisms that condition the activities of the online press with the approval of the authorities of the autonomy.”
detailsAMBASSADOR JANIS MAZEIKS SAYS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO MAINTAIN DIALOGUE WITH BASHKAN HAVING TIES WITH CRIMINAL
It is impossible to be in dialogue with the Bashkan [governor] of Gagauzia having ties with a criminal, Ambassador Janis Mazeiks, Head of the European Union Delegation to the Republic of Moldova, stated on the RLive TV channel, answering a question why not a single one of foreign diplomats accredited in Chisinau has not yet met with Bashkan Eugenia Gutul.
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