Transnistria should have been included in Russia back in 1991
Transnistria should have been included in Russia back in 1991, when the republic's leadership did not recognize the collapse of the USSR.
The first president of the PMR, Igor Smirnov, stated this in an interview with the First Pridnestrovian TV channel, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“A state like ours cannot exist without the support of great states. We never betrayed the Soviet Union. By the way, let me remind the Russians that they are the legal successors of the Soviet Union. This means that if we did not leave the Soviet Union, we should be in Russia. The 2006 referendum confirmed this,” Smirnov said.
He recalled that after this Russia managed to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, as well as reunite with Crimea.
“Why hasn’t Russia taken us away for 30 years? Crimea voted - they took it. You know how I answer: what is needed is what they take. When necessary, they took the Caucasus. But I remember well the words of Minister Lavrov in an interview with Stern magazine, where he said that the people who experienced genocide from their own government have the right to self-determination,” Smirnov said.
Transnistria was supposed to be incorporated into Russia back in 1991.