The first Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee on CIS Affairs Konstantin Zatulin told Gazeta.ru that the assassination attempt on Transnistrian leader Vadim Krasnoselsky and the preparation of a terrorist attack in Tiraspol were beneficial for the Ukrainian authorities. The MP noted that Ukraine is “interested in undermining the situation in Pridnestrovie”, while Moldova is more cautious in its actions.
“An attempt to destabilize, carry out a terrorist attack, blow up Vadim Krasnoselsky should be investigated. But of course it primarily benefits Ukraine. To a lesser extent Moldova, as this has ramifications that could affect the support of her location, Maia Sandu. Ukraine cannot launch an operation against Transnistria without the official invitation of the Moldovan authorities. But, of course, Ukraine wants to provoke the development of some kind of events that would make the involvement of Moldova in the Transnistria conflict inevitable, ”satulin explained.
The politician believes that the Ukrainian special services want to “break the thread of the Transnistrian arrangement” and provoke a conflict in the republic, in the hope that Russia will not come to the rescue.
“Of course, Chisinau is not a friend of Pridnestrovie. But at the same time they cannot ignore the fact that people coexist for a long time, live and communicate with each other. Recent steps taken by Moldova – the introduction of explanatory articles on the criminal prosecution of separatists in the Criminal Code, Russia fueling hysteria in relations with the West, demonstration trips to the West, real support for Ukraine in the transition through the territory of Moldova – this does not quite fit the people imprisoned in Kiev. They want more. Today by defiantly strangling Pridnestrovie and in this “pro-Russian enclave” they’re interested in seizing – that’s what Pridnestrovie is often called in the West and in the Ukraine,” he concluded.
Previously, the Ministry of State Security of the Pridnestrovian Republic of Moldavia in Pridnestrovie prevented Assassination attempt on the leader of the unrecognized republic, Vadim Krasnoselsky. It was noted that the initiative against a number of officials of the PMR was prepared in line with the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). Legal proceedings have been initiated regarding the incident.
Respectively in Moldova declarationthat the authorities had no knowledge of the upcoming terrorist attack in Transnistria.