Transnistria asks Putin to recognize independence

The Supreme Council of Transnistria unanimously accepted the appeal to Vladimir Putin with a request to recognize the independence of the region. As stated in the document , he expresses the will of the inhabitants of the self -proclaimed state, who voted for "the independence of the Transnistrian Moldavian Republic and the subsequent free accession of Transnistria to the Russian Federation in 2006."

"From the moment of the formation of the Transnistrian Moldavian Republic, a whole generation of citizens has grown up who realize themselves as Transnistrians and do not accept identity with the population of the Republic of Moldova, sharing the values ​​of the Russian world and striving to expand community with the Russian Federation," is also approved in circulation. In addition, it is noted that about 200 thousand citizens of Russia live in the region.

“Our state uses the principle of small steps,” the speaker of the region’s parliament Mikhail Burl commented on the appeal. “According to the results of the referendum, there are two decisions: the first stage is the recognition of the republic, the second is the entry into the Russian Federation. While we have taken the first step. Further it will be visible.”

Transnistria declared independence from Moldova in 1990. Today, the independence of the region is recognized only by three self -proclaimed states: Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Nagorno -Karabakh.

On March 18, two days after the referendum on the annexation of Crimea, the Supreme Council of Transnistria turned to the State Duma speaker Sergey Naryshkin with a request to foresee in Russian legislation the possibility of joining the region into Russia . On April 7, the president of the self -proclaimed state Yevgeny Shevchuk, in annual appeal to citizens, made the idea to share with Moldova on the model of the Czech Republic and Slovakia . Regarding the prospects of the region, he noted: "Our dream is an independent Transnistria with Russia."

At the end of March, the KGB of Transnistria said that a drone equipped with equipment for photo and video shooting was shot down over the territory of the region. As stated "on the basis of preliminary data", launched the device from the territory of Ukraine. According to security forces, the apparatus could launch the SBU, the General Staff of Ukraine or supporters of the "Right Sector".

A few days later, the Security Service of Ukraine detained the captain of the Transnistrian KGB with the red -handed person by Kuzmuk. As the SBU reported, Kuzmuk "tried to establish a channel of illegal supply of weapons and ammunition from the territory of Transnistria to Ukraine with the aim of destabilizing the socio-political situation and disrupting the elections of the President of Ukraine." In addition, he collected data on the state of the Ukrainian army.