Transnistria President marries the Foreign Minister

The President of the Unrecognized Republic of Transnistria, Yevgeny Shevchuk, decided to marry the Foreign Minister Nina Standa. This was reported by Komsomolskaya Pravda in Moldova .

According to Interfax , at a press conference, the head of Transnistria said that in the near future, Standa would become his wife. At the same time, she will leave the ministerial post.

The name of the new head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of an unrecognized republic is still unknown.

As KP ​​in Moldova notes, rumors about the close relations of Shevchuk and Stri went long ago, but they have not yet been officially confirmed.

Evgeny Shevchuk has been the presidency of Transnistria since 2011. Prior to that, he led the parliament of an unrecognized republic.

Nina Shtandsky in the past worked as an assistant to the chairman of the Parliament of Transnistria (when Shevchuk held this position), and was also an adviser to the Renaissance moved by him. In 2012, she was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, as well as the Deputy Prime Minister on International Cooperation.

Transnistria announced independence from Moldova in the early 1990s. The self -proclaimed republic did not receive international recognition. Russia does not recognize its independence, but provides her with economic assistance.