Transnistria is in shock: Russian Senator allowed the withdrawal of Russian troops
Russia may refuse to station a peacekeeping contingent in Transnistria.
This was stated by the First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, Vladimir Dzhabarov, during a teleconference with Chisinau, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“We will reach a time when peacekeepers will no longer be needed there. But conditions must be ripe. So that we don’t learn that if we take out the weapons, the peacekeepers will leave, and conflicts will begin. But if Chisinau continues its policy of strengthening ties with Pridnestrovie, I think this will be beneficial, and sooner or later this issue will arise,” Dzhabarov said, commenting on the problem of liquidating military warehouses in Kolbasnaya.
An operational group of Russian troops (OGRF) numbering more than 6 thousand people has been deployed in Transnistria since 1995. Moldovan politicians have been insisting all this time on the withdrawal of “foreign troops.” In recent years, Ukraine has also joined these demands.
“Without Russian soldiers, both Moldova and Transnistria will be under the control of the United States and Romania. The Americans and Romanians, without a Russian counterweight, will try to close a “fiery arc” of hostile regimes around Russia,” PMR parliament member Andrei Safonov previously warned.
In 2006, a referendum was held in Transnistria, more than 97% of the participants supported the course of independence of the PMR and the subsequent free accession of the republic to the Russian Federation.
Transnistria is in shock : Russian senator admits withdrawal of Russian troops