{"id":448350,"date":"2020-06-02T17:57:43","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T17:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=448350"},"modified":"2020-06-02T18:45:22","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T18:45:22","slug":"coronavirus-in-transnistria-blocked-roads-self-isolation-restricted-access-to-banking-services-and-medicines-is-still-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/coronavirus-in-transnistria-blocked-roads-self-isolation-restricted-access-to-banking-services-and-medicines-is-still-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus in Transnistria: blocked roads, self-isolation, restricted access to banking services and medicines are still on"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>The state of emergency in Transnistria was declared on March 17, being extended twice. The last decision said it would last until <strong>June 15<\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.infotag.md\/rebelion-ro\/285122\/\">INFOTAG<\/a>\u00a0News Agency informed.<\/p>\n<p>About 2 weeks ago, some restrictions began to be lifted in the region &#8211; shopping malls, construction markets and grocery stores were reopened. Thus, a record number of COVID-19 reported cases followed, the total number of confirmed cases reaching <strong>1003<\/strong>,\u00a0according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/msmps.gov.md\/ro\/content\/actualizarea-datelor-privind-situatia-epidemiologica-prin-infectia-covid-19-2-iunie\">data<\/a> provided by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Protection of Moldova (MHLSP).<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest contagion epicentres is located at the psycho-neurological boarding school from Bender &#8211; <span style=\"color: #993300\">more than 160 people were infected there.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>No transport available<\/h3>\n<p>In the context of the pandemic crisis, an imperative <span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>transportation problem<\/strong><\/span> was discussed by the Moldovan and Transnistrian officials: the residents of 4 villages from the left bank of the Dniester <span style=\"color: #993300\">have to use a ferry in order to reach the other side<\/span>. That is because\u00a0the road, connecting the rural areas with the mainland Moldova, runs through a Transnistrian territory that has been blocked by illegal border checkpoints and barriers installed by separatists.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">See also:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/a-not-working-peacekeeping-mechanism-the-moldovan-side-requests-the-transnistrian-one-refuses\/\">A not working peacekeeping mechanism? When the Moldovan side requests, the Transnistrian one refuses<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;A separate topic of discussion was the situation of the Moldovan villages of Molovata Noua, Vasilievca, Cocieri and Roghi on the left (eastern) bank of the Dniester River. They have found themselves isolated from the Republic of Moldova after the Transnistrian authorities introduced a state of emergency in the region,&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dodon.igor\">announced<\/a> President <strong>Igor Dodon<\/strong> after he lately met with the head of Dubasari district, <strong>Grigore Filipov<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It was decided that the ferry will make additional daily trips to meet the needs of the population and economic agents from the region, as a temporary solution.<\/p>\n<p>Moldova\u2019s Special Representative for Transnistria negotiations, Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration,\u00a0<strong>Cristina Lesnic,<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infotag.md\/rebelion-en\/285142\/\">believes<\/a> that the nature of the dialog between Chisinau and Tiraspol has changed during the pandemic period.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote>[aesop_character img=&#8221;http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/lesnic3.jpg&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; force_circle=&#8221;off&#8221;]\n\n\n<p>&#8220;After the beginning of the pandemic crisis and the state of emergency declaration in Moldova, the region was isolated. The Moldovan authorities\u2019 decisions should apply to the entire territory, but Transnistria has adopted its own measures. [&#8230;] The self-isolation of the Transnistrian region on the pretext of the pandemic began in mid-April, and now it is extended till June 15. The situation is connected to a restricted access both for the economic agents and officials from Moldova. Let me remind you that there are 320 thousand Moldovans living in the region, who are deprived of access to services on the right bank of the Dniester.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In a meeting with foreign diplomats and international organisation representatives accredited in Moldova, Cristina Lesnic talked about the\u00a0 anti-crisis management possibilities created for businesses and the population of Transnistria since the beginning of the state of emergency, including facilitating the import of medicines and foodstuffs into the Transnistrian region, as well as returning home of Transnistrian residents from foreign countries.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_448352\" style=\"width: 940px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-448352\" class=\"size-full wp-image-448352\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/lesnic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"930\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/lesnic.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/lesnic-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/lesnic-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/lesnic-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-448352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: gov.md<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On the other hand, more <a href=\"https:\/\/novostipmr.com\/ru\/news\/20-05-26\/politpredstavitel-moldovy-ne-zhelaet-pomogat-v-vozvrashchenii\">accusations<\/a> against Moldovan authorities arrived, referring to the fact that the Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration would not be willing to help to repatriate the inhabitants of the separatist region. That is while the legal public authorities of Moldova are the only ones entitled to negotiate the organisation of international passenger transport with the authorities of foreign states, according to the\u00a0Bureau for Reintegration Policies from Moldova.<\/p>\n<h3>No banking services<\/h3>\n<p>Another issue discussed during the common meetings is the <span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>access of the population of Transnistria to banking services<\/strong>:<\/span>\u00a0in case people from the region are clients of a Moldovan or international bank, they <span style=\"color: #993300\">can&#8217;t withdraw money from the ATMs located on the Transnistrian territory, as well as they can&#8217;t use their credit cards to pay<\/span> products and services in Transnistrian rubles.<\/p>\n<p>While Transnistrian news portals <a href=\"https:\/\/novostipmr.com\/ru\/news\/20-05-29\/mid-pmr-podhod-moldovy-k-zhitelyam-pridnestrovya-obretaet\">blamed<\/a> the Moldovan authorities of blocking the possibility to pay using international card on the Transnistrian territory, officials from Chisinau <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.md\/ro\/content\/precizare-biroului-politici-de-reintegrare-contextul-sub-grupului-de-lucru-intre-chisinau-si\">gave assurances<\/a> that no discriminatory or exaggerated approaches are applied to the bank customers from the Transnistrian region.\u00a0The National Bank of Moldova <a href=\"https:\/\/newsmaker.md\/rus\/novosti\/v-pridnestrove-perestali-prinimat-k-oplate-visa-i-mastercard-pochemu\/\">specified<\/a> that payments using MasterCard and Visa cards in Transnistria are possible, but only if payments are made through the POS terminals of banks licensed in Moldova. As the local currency (Transnistrian rubles) is not internationally recognised, it was proposed to use the Moldovan leu as a mean of cash payment.<\/p>\n<h3>(Almost) no financial support<\/h3>\n<p>About 450 individual entrepreneurs from Dubasari district will <a href=\"https:\/\/novostipmr.com\/ru\/news\/20-05-29\/v-dubossarah-denezhnye-vyplaty-poluchayut-okolo-450-ti\">receive<\/a> financial compensation from the Transnistrian authorities, in order to overcome the negative consequences of the pandemic crisis. The total budget for compensation amounts <strong>182 500<\/strong> Transnistrian rubles (about 10 140 euros). When divided to 450 companies that should receive financial support, it turns out that <span style=\"color: #993300\">each company will receive about 23 euros for two months in which they stopped their activity.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"news-text\">\n<p>Photo: BIRN<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>The state of emergency in Transnistria was declared on March 17, being extended twice. The last decision said it would last until June 15,\u00a0INFOTAG\u00a0News Agency informed. About 2 weeks ago, some restrictions began to be lifted in the region &#8211; shopping malls, construction markets and grocery stores were reopened. Thus, a record number of COVID-19 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":448351,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,4,56],"tags":[612,87,642,744,35,27,608,739,743,31],"class_list":["post-448350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reintegration","category-society","category-reportaje","tag-authorities","tag-conflict","tag-covid-19","tag-dialogue","tag-important","tag-moldova","tag-pandemic","tag-restrictions","tag-self-isolation","tag-transnistria"],"content_social_share":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>The state of emergency in Transnistria was declared on March 17, being extended twice. The last decision said it would last until <strong>June 15<\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.infotag.md\/rebelion-ro\/285122\/\">INFOTAG<\/a>\u00a0News Agency informed.<\/p>\n<p>About 2 weeks ago, some restrictions began to be lifted in the region &#8211; shopping malls, construction markets and grocery stores were reopened. Thus, a record number of COVID-19 reported cases followed, the total number of confirmed cases reaching <strong>1003<\/strong>,\u00a0according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/msmps.gov.md\/ro\/content\/actualizarea-datelor-privind-situatia-epidemiologica-prin-infectia-covid-19-2-iunie\">data<\/a> provided by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Protection of Moldova (MHLSP).<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest contagion epicentres is located at the psycho-neurological boarding school from Bender &#8211; <span style=\"color: #993300\">more than 160 people were infected there.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>No transport available<\/h3>\n<p>In the context of the pandemic crisis, an imperative <span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>transportation problem<\/strong><\/span> was discussed by the Moldovan and Transnistrian officials: the residents of 4 villages from the left bank of the Dniester <span style=\"color: #993300\">have to use a ferry in order to reach the other side<\/span>. That is because\u00a0the road, connecting the rural areas with the mainland Moldova, runs through a Transnistrian territory that has been blocked by illegal border checkpoints and barriers installed by separatists.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">See also:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/a-not-working-peacekeeping-mechanism-the-moldovan-side-requests-the-transnistrian-one-refuses\/\">A not working peacekeeping mechanism? When the Moldovan side requests, the Transnistrian one refuses<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;A separate topic of discussion was the situation of the Moldovan villages of Molovata Noua, Vasilievca, Cocieri and Roghi on the left (eastern) bank of the Dniester River. They have found themselves isolated from the Republic of Moldova after the Transnistrian authorities introduced a state of emergency in the region,&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dodon.igor\">announced<\/a> President <strong>Igor Dodon<\/strong> after he lately met with the head of Dubasari district, <strong>Grigore Filipov<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It was decided that the ferry will make additional daily trips to meet the needs of the population and economic agents from the region, as a temporary solution.<\/p>\n<p>Moldova\u2019s Special Representative for Transnistria negotiations, Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration,\u00a0<strong>Cristina Lesnic,<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infotag.md\/rebelion-en\/285142\/\">believes<\/a> that the nature of the dialog between Chisinau and Tiraspol has changed during the pandemic period.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote>[aesop_character img=&#8221;http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/lesnic3.jpg&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; force_circle=&#8221;off&#8221;]\n\n\n<p>&#8220;After the beginning of the pandemic crisis and the state of emergency declaration in Moldova, the region was isolated. The Moldovan authorities\u2019 decisions should apply to the entire territory, but Transnistria has adopted its own measures. [&#8230;] The self-isolation of the Transnistrian region on the pretext of the pandemic began in mid-April, and now it is extended till June 15. The situation is connected to a restricted access both for the economic agents and officials from Moldova. Let me remind you that there are 320 thousand Moldovans living in the region, who are deprived of access to services on the right bank of the Dniester.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In a meeting with foreign diplomats and international organisation representatives accredited in Moldova, Cristina Lesnic talked about the\u00a0 anti-crisis management possibilities created for businesses and the population of Transnistria since the beginning of the state of emergency, including facilitating the import of medicines and foodstuffs into the Transnistrian region, as well as returning home of Transnistrian residents from foreign countries.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_448352\" style=\"width: 940px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-448352\" class=\"size-full wp-image-448352\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/lesnic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"930\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/lesnic.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/lesnic-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/lesnic-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/lesnic-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-448352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: gov.md<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On the other hand, more <a href=\"https:\/\/novostipmr.com\/ru\/news\/20-05-26\/politpredstavitel-moldovy-ne-zhelaet-pomogat-v-vozvrashchenii\">accusations<\/a> against Moldovan authorities arrived, referring to the fact that the Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration would not be willing to help to repatriate the inhabitants of the separatist region. That is while the legal public authorities of Moldova are the only ones entitled to negotiate the organisation of international passenger transport with the authorities of foreign states, according to the\u00a0Bureau for Reintegration Policies from Moldova.<\/p>\n<h3>No banking services<\/h3>\n<p>Another issue discussed during the common meetings is the <span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>access of the population of Transnistria to banking services<\/strong>:<\/span>\u00a0in case people from the region are clients of a Moldovan or international bank, they <span style=\"color: #993300\">can&#8217;t withdraw money from the ATMs located on the Transnistrian territory, as well as they can&#8217;t use their credit cards to pay<\/span> products and services in Transnistrian rubles.<\/p>\n<p>While Transnistrian news portals <a href=\"https:\/\/novostipmr.com\/ru\/news\/20-05-29\/mid-pmr-podhod-moldovy-k-zhitelyam-pridnestrovya-obretaet\">blamed<\/a> the Moldovan authorities of blocking the possibility to pay using international card on the Transnistrian territory, officials from Chisinau <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.md\/ro\/content\/precizare-biroului-politici-de-reintegrare-contextul-sub-grupului-de-lucru-intre-chisinau-si\">gave assurances<\/a> that no discriminatory or exaggerated approaches are applied to the bank customers from the Transnistrian region.\u00a0The National Bank of Moldova <a href=\"https:\/\/newsmaker.md\/rus\/novosti\/v-pridnestrove-perestali-prinimat-k-oplate-visa-i-mastercard-pochemu\/\">specified<\/a> that payments using MasterCard and Visa cards in Transnistria are possible, but only if payments are made through the POS terminals of banks licensed in Moldova. As the local currency (Transnistrian rubles) is not internationally recognised, it was proposed to use the Moldovan leu as a mean of cash payment.<\/p>\n<h3>(Almost) no financial support<\/h3>\n<p>About 450 individual entrepreneurs from Dubasari district will <a href=\"https:\/\/novostipmr.com\/ru\/news\/20-05-29\/v-dubossarah-denezhnye-vyplaty-poluchayut-okolo-450-ti\">receive<\/a> financial compensation from the Transnistrian authorities, in order to overcome the negative consequences of the pandemic crisis. The total budget for compensation amounts <strong>182 500<\/strong> Transnistrian rubles (about 10 140 euros). 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