News archive on the topic "Safonov"

The Constitutional Court of Moldova approved the introduction of provisions on European integration into the main law of the country and the holding of a corresponding referendum, which should be held on the same day as the next presidential elections - October 20, 2024. The question put to the referendum will be: “Do you support the entry of the Republic of Moldova into the European Union?” The referendum will be recognized as valid if more than a third of the total number of people attend...

Russia has the opportunity to influence Moldova so that Chisinau ends the economic blockade of Transnistria. This was reported by the PolitNavigator correspondent and stated by Andrei Safonov, chairman of the editorial commission of the VII Congress of Deputies of all levels of Transnistria, who turned to Russia for help. “[Moldova’s] task is simple: to make Transnistria go bankrupt and accept a political ultimatum of surrender. And, of course, without Russia’s help, Pridnestrovie will not...

In the Russian Federation there is a potential labor force, which is represented by two categories of people with whom employers do not want to contact. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, said Alexander Safonov, a professor at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation. “If we talk about “potential labor force,” then Russia has it. These workers are presented in two complex categories that employers don’t really want to deal with...

A collegium of the PMR Foreign Ministry was held in Tiraspol on the results of 2023, at which a lot was said about the interaction between Pridnestrovie and Russia on all issues of the bilateral agenda. There are serious results of interaction in the social and humanitarian sphere. The queue of thousands of people to register residents of Transnistria for an appointment to exchange Russian foreign passports has been practically eliminated, despite the fact that the staff of the Russian Embassy last summer was...

 The norm of the Customs Code of Moldova on the payment of duties by Transnistrian importers, introduced on January 1, 2024, according to preliminary estimates, will entail additional costs of over $5 million and serious damage to the already strained budget of Transnistria. New restrictions in the economy were urgently discussed by the Security Council under the President of the PMR. Moldova’s demands did not sound like a bolt from the blue –...

President Maia Sandu said that the referendum on Moldova’s accession to the EU will take place without Transnistria, since it will not be possible to open polling stations in this territory not controlled by Chisinau. Residents of the left bank of the Dniester, however, will be able to vote at polling stations on the right bank, the head of the Republic of Moldova said. How fair is this? How much does Pridnestrovie need this? What meaning does the President of Moldova put into...

The Parliament of the Republic of Moldova announced that it is going to denounce the next agreements within the CIS - on military observers and collective peacekeeping forces, as well as an agreement on supporting structures for the fight against terrorism. At the same time, news appeared that Ukraine would not participate in the negotiations on the Transnistrian settlement in the “5+2” format due to Russia’s participation in them. Are these events related, to what extent...

These days mark 20 years since the failure to sign the Kozak Memorandum, a daring and, in some cases, even desperate plan proposed by Russia to resolve the conflict on the Dniester. A memorandum on the basic principles of the government structure of the united state - as a compromise for Chisinau and Tiraspol - was prepared with the participation of the special representative of the Russian President Dmitry Kozak, initialed by the President of the Republic of Moldova Vladimir Voronin...

Today is a day off in Transnistria - the anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution. The holiday has remained since the times of the USSR. And although no special events are held on this date, most people’s attitude towards it is quite warm: the older generation is nostalgic for the Soviet past and remembers the achievements of socialism, young people enjoy the additional day of rest. There was also a place in the calendar for a relatively new...

After more than 30 television channels and Internet sites were banned in Moldova, any elections in this country, in particular the local ones on November 5, are turning into a farce. Deputy of the Supreme Council of the PMR, political scientist Andrei Safonov wrote about this on his page on the social network. “A total ban on ANY oppositional or simply objective publications leads to suspicion of psychopathy in some figures...

Russia and Transnistria must jointly respond to NATO’s actions in arming Moldova. Deputy of the Supreme Council of the PMR Andrey Safonov stated this to the First Pridnestrovsky TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “As for the issue of specific forms of support, air defense supplies and other things, we must not forget that the process of re-equipment and modernization of the national army of Moldova has already been launched. From this you can...

In Moldova, they announced the rapid replacement of the words “Moldavian language” with “Romanian language” in all laws of the country. The speaker of the Moldovan parliament, Igor Grosu, said this, as a PolitNavigator correspondent reports: “We won’t have time before the end of this year, but we will do it. When you do something with a big symbolic, emotional charge, you also have to do it in a context that relates to an important...

Transnistria is teetering on the brink of a large-scale crisis - Moldova, in violation of the agreement with Gazprom, has been restricting the supply of gas for a week, the volumes of which are now not enough even to meet the needs of the population of the PMR. Let us remind you that from November 1, Moldovagaz JSC notified Tiraspol about reducing supplies to Transnistria to 2,3 million cubic meters per day, although the PMR should receive at least 3,9 million...

Statements by a member of the Moldovan parliament from the ruling PAS party, Vasile Šoimaru, that Moldova as a “second Romanian state” could abandon Transnistria in order to simplify unification with the “Motherland” continue to be discussed on both banks of the Dniester. How serious is the idea “to cede the Transnistrian region to Ukraine, asking in return for historical Bessarabia and Bukovina to Chernivtsi”, to suppress protest sentiments in Gagauzia by force?...