{"id":184391,"date":"2013-01-07T15:34:22","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T15:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.moldova.org\/2013\/01\/07\/transnistria-cannot-join-russias-customs-union-analyst-234765-eng\/"},"modified":"2013-01-07T15:34:22","modified_gmt":"2013-01-07T15:34:22","slug":"transnistria-cannot-join-russias-customs-union-analyst-234765-eng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/transnistria-cannot-join-russias-customs-union-analyst-234765-eng\/","title":{"rendered":"Transnistria cannot join Russia\u2019s Customs Union, analyst"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Moldova’s accession to the Russia-led Customs Union is a subject debated more often among the political elites. Political analysts come up with different scenarios if the country will join either the Eurasian Union or the European Union.<\/p>\n

Political expert Bogdan Tirdea said in an interview with RFE\/RL that by establishing the Customs Union, the Russian Federation aims to become a stronger world power.<\/p>\n

“The Customs Union is an attempt of Russia to restore its economic and geopolitical potential,” Bogdan Tirdea said. “Russia wants to switch from a regional to a great [global] power. It is obvious that the country is prepared for economic and financial concessions and deals for energy resources.” <\/p>\n

The Customs Union is a proposed political and economic union between former USSR republics which is due to be established by 2015. It is still at a project-level and it is expected to be signed between Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus when all the regulations will be set. The union will ensure a single customs territory after the model of the Schengen zone.<\/p>\n

Mr. Tirdea explains that most of the former soviet countries, including Moldova are reluctant about the Customs Union because “nobody wants to give up sovereignty, nobody wants to portion their resources with Russia.”<\/p>\n

The Moldovan leadership has previously voiced that the country has made its choice and will head towards the European Union. However, the country will continue to cooperate with the former soviet republics, including the members of the Customs Union which is due to be established in 2015.<\/p>\n

Regarding Transnistria – Moldova’s separatist region – the analyst explains that Russia is not able to attract the secessionist enclave since it is not recognized as a country, thus, cannot be considered under the international treaties.<\/p>\n

“At the moment Russia does not have enough leverages to entail Transnistria to join the Eurasian Union, because Transnistria is not subject of the international law,” Mr. Tirdea said.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>Moldova\u2019s accession to the Russia-led Customs Union is a subject debated more often among the political elites. Political analysts come up with different scenarios if the country will join either the Eurasian Union or the European Union. Political expert Bogdan Tirdea said in an interview with RFE\/RL that by establishing the Customs Union, the Russian Federation aims to become a stronger world power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":184390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Moldova’s accession to the Russia-led Customs Union is a subject debated more often among the political elites. Political analysts come up with different scenarios if the country will join either the Eurasian Union or the European Union.<\/p>\n

Political expert Bogdan Tirdea said in an interview with RFE\/RL that by establishing the Customs Union, the Russian Federation aims to become a stronger world power.<\/p>\n

“The Customs Union is an attempt of Russia to restore its economic and geopolitical potential,” Bogdan Tirdea said. “Russia wants to switch from a regional to a great [global] power. It is obvious that the country is prepared for economic and financial concessions and deals for energy resources.” <\/p>\n

The Customs Union is a proposed political and economic union between former USSR republics which is due to be established by 2015. It is still at a project-level and it is expected to be signed between Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus when all the regulations will be set. The union will ensure a single customs territory after the model of the Schengen zone.<\/p>\n

Mr. Tirdea explains that most of the former soviet countries, including Moldova are reluctant about the Customs Union because “nobody wants to give up sovereignty, nobody wants to portion their resources with Russia.”<\/p>\n

The Moldovan leadership has previously voiced that the country has made its choice and will head towards the European Union. However, the country will continue to cooperate with the former soviet republics, including the members of the Customs Union which is due to be established in 2015.<\/p>\n

Regarding Transnistria – Moldova’s separatist region – the analyst explains that Russia is not able to attract the secessionist enclave since it is not recognized as a country, thus, cannot be considered under the international treaties.<\/p>\n

“At the moment Russia does not have enough leverages to entail Transnistria to join the Eurasian Union, because Transnistria is not subject of the international law,” Mr. Tirdea said.  <\/p>\n

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