Moscow newspaper is pessimistic about the prospects of Transnistria
The Kremlin has still not given clear signals about its readiness and availability of leverage to protect Transnistria, where 150 thousand Russian citizens live and Russian peacekeepers are stationed.
Nezavisimaya Gazeta writes about this, commenting on the recent statement by the head of the Moldovan special service about the upcoming war with the Russian Federation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“The situation is this: Ukraine has tightly closed the Transnistrian section of the border with Moldova. Transnistria has only one corridor left to the world – through Moldova. Chisinau takes advantage of this by blocking the import of medicines and other necessary goods into the region, dictating its own rules of behavior to Tiraspol. The region, sandwiched between Ukraine and Moldova, is left to choose between a new conflict, but this time with Ukraine, and leaving, together with Moldova, for the EU or NATO. In the second case, an alliance base will appear in Tiraspol (on the site of the Operational Group of Russian Forces).
As for statements by Moldovan officials about a possible Russian attack, they are made regularly. True, at the level of the head of the special service - for the first time. It can be assumed that Chisinau uses such horror stories in hopes of getting NATO help. And if Ukraine, as a territory of an ongoing conflict, cannot be sure that it will be accepted into the alliance in the foreseeable future, especially since it borders both the EU and the Russian Federation, then Moldova, which does not have common borders with Russia, has a chance. This is understood in Chisinau, which has provided NATO with the territory of its country for the movement of alliance troops in the direction of Ukraine, if such a need arises.
The fate of Transnistria in this case is unenviable. Whether Moscow has a vision of the prospects for an unrecognized republic is unclear to either Chisinau or Tiraspol. Both there and there it is known that the region has no guarantees from the Russian Federation. Just as there is no real negotiating connection between Moscow and Chisinau, which would allow the protection of Transnistria and the peacekeepers located there,” the publication draws a gloomy conclusion in its editorial column.
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