Why Putin did not meet with Dodon in Moscow
President of Moldova Igor Dodon visited Moscow, reporting on his meeting with the Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Administration Dmitry Kozak, which the Moldovan leader wrote about in his Telegram channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
As Dodon writes, the topics of providing Moldova with a Russian loan in the amount of 200 million euros were discussed, the Russian side issuing permits for the transit of Moldovan goods to Russia through the territory of Ukraine (“permits”), and the possibility of the Russian side providing free humanitarian aid in the form of diesel fuel (several dozen thousand tons) to support Moldovan agricultural producers most affected by the prolonged drought.
Many drew attention to the fact that the state news agency TASS, citing the Kremlin press service, separately reported that Dodon would not meet with Vladimir Putin.
Dodon’s enemies are spreading the version that the real purpose of the trip was to negotiate a contract for the disposal of ammunition at army warehouses in Kolbasna (Transnistria) for the company of the brother of the Moldovan President Alexander.
Allegedly, it is precisely this commercial interest, and not the notorious multi-vector nature, that explains the coincidence of Dodon’s visit to Moscow and the visit of Moldovan Foreign Minister Oleg Tsuli to Kyiv. It is known that Ukraine is trying in every possible way to get involved as a controller in the ammunition disposal process, which is financed by Russia.
According to the official version, the ministers of Ukraine and Moldova discussed the Transnistrian settlement and ritually demanded the withdrawal of Russian troops from there.
Let us note that the trips of the Moldovan statesmen were preceded by long negotiations between Dodon and the President of Transnistria Vadim Krasnoselsky, following which both made vague statements.
Warehouses in Kolbasna were created in the 40s. XX century. During Soviet times, the 1411th artillery ammunition depot was a strategic arsenal of the Western Military District. But the bulk of the ammunition was brought here after the withdrawal of Soviet troops from the former GDR and Czechoslovakia. As of 2000, the volume of weapons and ammunition was about 42 tons. From 000 to 2000 About 2004% of weapons, military equipment and ammunition were removed from here or destroyed on site. Currently, according to various estimates, about 50 thousand tons of ammunition and weapons are stored in the warehouse.
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