{"id":175077,"date":"2011-06-14T19:55:55","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T19:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.moldova.org\/2011\/06\/14\/transnistria-remains-an-important-strategic-issue-for-russia-221890-eng\/"},"modified":"2011-06-14T19:55:55","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T19:55:55","slug":"transnistria-remains-an-important-strategic-issue-for-russia-221890-eng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/transnistria-remains-an-important-strategic-issue-for-russia-221890-eng\/","title":{"rendered":"Transnistria remains an important strategic issue for Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Chi\u015fin\u0103u \/ Moldova.ORG\/ — The Transnistrian conflict is still an important issue for Moldova’s European Integration.<\/p>\n

Today in Washington, DC was held a briefing about the possibility of unfreezing the conflict in Moldova.<\/p>\n

At the event took part Vlad Spanu, President of the Moldova Foundation in Washington that highlighted the reasons why Transnistria is still a conflict region today for Moldova.<\/p>\n

He presented a short history of the Transnistrian region starting with the 1792 Treaty of Ia\u0219i, signed between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire, after which Russia, for the first time, reached the Nistru border and became the neighbor of the Principality of Moldova.<\/p>\n

“Today, Russia’s minimum objective in Moldova is to create a second Kaliningrad in the South to keep the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine in check,” concluded Spanu.<\/p>\n

"Focusing entirely on fruitless official negotiations to solve this conflict between Russia and Moldova is a big mistake", said Vlad Spanu. He added: "During 19 years of bilateral (Russian-Moldovan) and multilateral (in current “5+2” format and previous formats) negotiations, no resolution was achieved in ending the conflict.”<\/p>\n

An important proof that Russian Federation is interested in maintaining this political dispute we may find in the educational system in the region.<\/p>\n

According to dates, provided by Spanu, the majority of the population in Transnistria – Romanian ethnics – has only 88 schools. They are authorized to teach in the native language, but only eight are permitted to use the Latin alphabet.<\/p>\n

Another important role in the debate was the violation of human rights and lack of media. The arrest in 2010 of Ernest Vardanian and Ilie Cazac is a real proof in this case.<\/p>\n

Vladimir Socor a well known expert in policy, has also contributed to this briefing. He said that the Transnistrian conflict is not between two parts of Moldova, but it is a conflict between Russian Federation and Moldova.<\/p>\n

This conflict started with the war in 1992, when the separatists, aided by Russian forces occupied the villages in Moldova from the left part of the river Nistru.<\/p>\n

Socor added that Transnistria is a Russian ruled territory. Most of the citizens living in the region were born in Russia and are citizens of Russia, such as Vladimir Antyufeyev, head of security apparatus in Transnistria who came from Riga in 1992, where is indicted for crimes against Latvia.<\/p>\n

Looking back in history, after the Bessarabia annexation in 1812, the Russian Empire used different ways to Russificate the region, by getting here Russian ethnics.<\/p>\n

Lawyer Lyndon K. Allin explained how important is economically the region for the Russia Federation. It is a well known fact that Russia spends lot of money to sustain the regime in Transnistria.<\/p>\n\n

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Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>\u201cToday, Russia\u2019s minimum objective in Moldova is to create a second Kaliningrad in the South to keep the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine in check,\u201d concluded Spanu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":175076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Chi\u015fin\u0103u \/ Moldova.ORG\/ — The Transnistrian conflict is still an important issue for Moldova’s European Integration.<\/p>\n

Today in Washington, DC was held a briefing about the possibility of unfreezing the conflict in Moldova.<\/p>\n

At the event took part Vlad Spanu, President of the Moldova Foundation in Washington that highlighted the reasons why Transnistria is still a conflict region today for Moldova.<\/p>\n

He presented a short history of the Transnistrian region starting with the 1792 Treaty of Ia\u0219i, signed between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire, after which Russia, for the first time, reached the Nistru border and became the neighbor of the Principality of Moldova.<\/p>\n

“Today, Russia’s minimum objective in Moldova is to create a second Kaliningrad in the South to keep the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine in check,” concluded Spanu.<\/p>\n

"Focusing entirely on fruitless official negotiations to solve this conflict between Russia and Moldova is a big mistake", said Vlad Spanu. He added: "During 19 years of bilateral (Russian-Moldovan) and multilateral (in current “5+2” format and previous formats) negotiations, no resolution was achieved in ending the conflict.”<\/p>\n

An important proof that Russian Federation is interested in maintaining this political dispute we may find in the educational system in the region.<\/p>\n

According to dates, provided by Spanu, the majority of the population in Transnistria – Romanian ethnics – has only 88 schools. They are authorized to teach in the native language, but only eight are permitted to use the Latin alphabet.<\/p>\n

Another important role in the debate was the violation of human rights and lack of media. The arrest in 2010 of Ernest Vardanian and Ilie Cazac is a real proof in this case.<\/p>\n

Vladimir Socor a well known expert in policy, has also contributed to this briefing. He said that the Transnistrian conflict is not between two parts of Moldova, but it is a conflict between Russian Federation and Moldova.<\/p>\n

This conflict started with the war in 1992, when the separatists, aided by Russian forces occupied the villages in Moldova from the left part of the river Nistru.<\/p>\n

Socor added that Transnistria is a Russian ruled territory. Most of the citizens living in the region were born in Russia and are citizens of Russia, such as Vladimir Antyufeyev, head of security apparatus in Transnistria who came from Riga in 1992, where is indicted for crimes against Latvia.<\/p>\n

Looking back in history, after the Bessarabia annexation in 1812, the Russian Empire used different ways to Russificate the region, by getting here Russian ethnics.<\/p>\n

Lawyer Lyndon K. Allin explained how important is economically the region for the Russia Federation. It is a well known fact that Russia spends lot of money to sustain the regime in Transnistria.<\/p>\n\n

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