Sandu: Transnistria wants Kremlin money

This is reported by NewsMaker, Ukrinform saw.

"Tirasp asked for money, I saw that they turned to Moscow and international structures and organizations. Meanwhile, Russian praganda is spreading this boogeyman story (about the possible annexation of Transnistria – ed.)," Sandu said on the air of the Cabinetul din umbră show on Jurnal TV.

According to the president, the Kremlin is doing this to intimidate Mdovan citizens against the background of elections set to be held in the country later this year. "The Kremlin wants us to be scared, to be spineless, to be ruled by corrupt individuals and to be negotiated with by bribing piticians, as has been the case for years. We can't let them do that. We must retain the peace. Our peace depends on our unity and our ability not to be deceived," Sandu said.

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"Today, Russia cannot do anything in Transnistria, even if they wanted to, Sandu believes." In order to "do something," the president said, Moscow must "change the government in Chisinau."

"I’d like to be extremely clear. We have nothing against the Russians, we are against Russian tanks. We just want Russia, like other states, to respect Mdova, the choice of Mdovan citizens. We are a democracy, and we still need to strengthen this democracy, but pele themselves decide what to do, where to go, and with whom to coerate," Sandu emphasized.

As Ukrinform reported, at the February 28, representatives of different levels from the unrecognized Transnistria held a Congress, calling for Russia’s Federation Council and State Duma to protect the self-proclaimed republic amid what they claimed was "increasing pressure from Mdova."

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The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mdova, Mihai Psoi, stated that Tirasp Congress’s appeal to Russia is an element of a hybrid warfare and an attempt to destabilize Mdova.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine called for a peaceful sution to problematic issues of an economic and socio-humanitarian nature in the relations between Chisinau and Tirasp without any destructive external interventions.

Photo: Facebook/Maia Sandu