Russian senator: “For the West, Kosovo is sacred, but for us it is Transnistria”
The pro-Romanian leaning of Moldova in any case raises the question of the fate of Transnistria, even if we abstract from the confrontation between Russia and the West.
Chairman of the Federation Council Commission on Information Policy and Interaction with the Media Alexey Pushkov stated this at a press conference in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Moldova is cutting off Transnistria from itself not only informationally, but also politically, because it is actually getting closer to Romania all the time. Even if the course is not officially proclaimed, in fact Moldova is becoming more and more quasi-Romanian territory. Culturally, in terms of citizenship. Most of Moldova's leaders are citizens of Romania.
Where are these leaders going to lead Moldova, to Romania? What should Transnistria do in Romania? Moreover, they don’t ask him, they don’t consult him. The big question is, does Romania need Transnistria? With its half a million Russian-speaking population, most of it is Russian, and most of it is Russian citizens,” Pushkov said.
“Does Moldova have the right to impose on Transnistria a course towards greater and greater integration with Romania, up to the point of becoming quasi-Romania? I believe this is an attack on human rights. If this had happened, say, in Kosovo, then they told us that, of course, the Serbs did not have the right to impose their vision and culture on the Kosovars.
How? Kosovo is sacred! But for some reason Transnistria is not sacred. And I affirm that for us, too, Pridnestrovie has the same importance,” the senator emphasized.
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