{"id":408372,"date":"2015-01-08T00:13:07","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T22:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/?p=408372"},"modified":"2015-01-08T00:13:07","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T22:13:07","slug":"transnistria-introduced-an-obligatory-tax-for-foreign-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/transnistria-introduced-an-obligatory-tax-for-foreign-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"Transnistria introduced an obligatory tax for foreign cars"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

The leader of the separatist region of Moldova, Evgeny Shevchuk, announced a new law which introduces since the 1st of March an obligatory tax for all the foreign cars entering Transnistria, including those registered by the legal Moldovan authorities.<\/p>\n

The experts consider this law a sign of the economic and financial weakness of Transnistria. Oazu Nantoi, an expert in the Transnistria problem says that ” the regime from Tiraspol is bankrupt, economically, politically and psychologically speaking”, and the new tax is just a ”desperate measure”.<\/p>\n

“The incomes of the local budget don’t cover a part of the social expenses, so this idea came to their mind to grab more money. It is a discriminatory tax, because it violates the 5th amendment of the Peace Agreement from 1992, that guarantees the right of free travelling of people, cars and goods”, said Nantoi.<\/p>\n

The journalist Ernest Vardanean, that was detained by the separatists for ”betrayal”, says that the decision is more an economical one than political. ”This decision is related to the serious financial situation of Transnistria. The budget of the region has been decreased and the so-called authorities decided to introduce this fee to have a source of money”, says Vardanean for Moldova.ORG.<\/p>\n

Vardanean mentioned that this move will affect badly the relations between Chisinau and Tiraspol, ”but the roots of the problem are not purely political”.<\/p>\n

Transnistria is currently living a severe financial crisis caused by the weak ruble and the closed accounts from Ukraine, that allowed to receive the money from Russian Federation. Since 1st of January 2015, some social aids were cut due to the lack of money in the regional budget.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>The leader of the separatist region of Moldova, Evgeny Shevchuk, announced a new law which introduces since the 1st of March an obligatory tax for all the foreign cars entering Transnistria, including those registered by the legal Moldovan authorities. The experts consider this law a sign of the economic and financial weakness of Transnistria. Oazu […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":375532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-408372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reintegration"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

The leader of the separatist region of Moldova, Evgeny Shevchuk, announced a new law which introduces since the 1st of March an obligatory tax for all the foreign cars entering Transnistria, including those registered by the legal Moldovan authorities.<\/p>\n

The experts consider this law a sign of the economic and financial weakness of Transnistria. Oazu Nantoi, an expert in the Transnistria problem says that ” the regime from Tiraspol is bankrupt, economically, politically and psychologically speaking”, and the new tax is just a ”desperate measure”.<\/p>\n

“The incomes of the local budget don’t cover a part of the social expenses, so this idea came to their mind to grab more money. It is a discriminatory tax, because it violates the 5th amendment of the Peace Agreement from 1992, that guarantees the right of free travelling of people, cars and goods”, said Nantoi.<\/p>\n

The journalist Ernest Vardanean, that was detained by the separatists for ”betrayal”, says that the decision is more an economical one than political. ”This decision is related to the serious financial situation of Transnistria. The budget of the region has been decreased and the so-called authorities decided to introduce this fee to have a source of money”, says Vardanean for Moldova.ORG.<\/p>\n

Vardanean mentioned that this move will affect badly the relations between Chisinau and Tiraspol, ”but the roots of the problem are not purely political”.<\/p>\n

Transnistria is currently living a severe financial crisis caused by the weak ruble and the closed accounts from Ukraine, that allowed to receive the money from Russian Federation. Since 1st of January 2015, some social aids were cut due to the lack of money in the regional budget.<\/p>\n

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