Signal from Moscow: RT advocated recognition of Transnistria
The Russian international multilingual news channel Russia Today made a film about Transnistria “The Path to Recognition”, the main idea of which is that the PMR should finally be recognized by the world community.
At the end of the film, the words of Alexander, a participant in the hostilities in 1992, are heard.
“Recognizing the independence of Pridnestrovie would probably be the most correct option. I don't think we can continue with Moldova. The years have taken their toll. It has its own infrastructure, its own power, its own income, expenses, budgets, people,” says Alexander.
“The hope here is that sooner or later in Moldova, and throughout the world, politicians will learn to respect the will of the people of this small republic. They will see this small strip of land on the map and understand that the war and years have already divided Transnistria and Moldova, that they need to build a completely new life, where there is Moldova and a full-fledged and independent state of Transnistria will appear,” the film ends with such voiceover text.
The filmmakers believe that Transnistria is already winning the economic competition against predominantly rural Moldova. PMR already supplies products to 90 countries.
“We have only one enterprise that exports a million pairs of shoes to Italy. And much more. Everything is fine. Today, 37% of our exports go to the European Union. For comparison, we have 30% of exports to Moldova, 20% to Ukraine, 11% to the Russian Federation,” said Transnistria President Vadim Krasnoselsky in an interview with RT.
Earlier Krasnoselsky saidthat Transnistria is close to recognition by the world community, Tiraspol rejects the plan proposed by Moldovan President Igor Dodon to return the PMR to the control of Chisinau as a member of the federation.
“Over 30 years, an objective reality has developed: we are completely different. We have different government systems, different economies, different banks and currencies, different people. There are Moldovan people, here they are Transnistrian. No nationalities. There is already a de facto Pridnestrovian people who have the right to their own definition,” Krasnoselsky said.
Let us recall that in 2007, 97% of the participants in the referendum in Transnistria supported the independence of the PMR from Moldova with subsequent reunification with Russia.
As PolitNavigator reported, the current President of Moldova, Dodon, called on Transnistria to forget about independence or reunification with Russia.
“Moldova has no future without Pridnestrovie. And Transnistria has no future. When someone says from the left bank that “we were not together...” - you and the Ukrainians were together, so do you want to go to Ukraine? You need to choose, our dear Pridnestrovians. There will never be independence. There will be no status of a subject of the Russian Federation. But we will find a form for unification within a single state – a federal one. Let’s sit down and discuss this,” Dodon said.
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