The blockade ring around Transnistria has closed
Recently, the Moldovan authorities detained a Russian military man on his way to Tiraspol at the border and deported him. Source "Kommersant" the law enforcement agencies of Moldova reported that since October there have been about a hundred such cases.
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There is a contingent of Russian troops in Transnistria with a total number of about 1000 people. After Ukraine denounced the agreement with the Russian Federation on military transit in the PMR, they found themselves isolated from the outside world. The only way to legally get to Transnistria is Chisinau airport. However, last Thursday, Russian Evgeniy Shashin was detained at the Chisinau airport and then deported to his homeland. not the first Russian military man who did not reach his duty station in Transnistria. Two weeks ago, the Moldovan border police detained two more Russians at the airport and deported them to their homeland.
According to the newspaper's source in the Moldovan government, the Moldovan side, through diplomatic channels, conveyed to the Russian side a request to inform in advance about the arrival of the Russian military. The newspaper's interlocutor explained this by the situation in Ukraine. The notice, he said, should be sent a month in advance.
Let us remind you that Moldova and the West demand the withdrawal of Russian troops from the territory of the PMR.
A source in the Russian Ministry of Defense wrote off the incident with Sergei Shashin “as a misunderstanding,” adding that the department has no information about mass detentions of Russian military personnel sent to serve in Transnistria.
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