Articles and Interviews

 
11/05/15

Comments of the Head of the MFA of the PMR to mass media regarding the signing of the Moldovan-Ukrainian protocol on the organization of joint control at the international checkpoint “Pervomaisk - Kuchurgan”

 
11/04/15

The term “hybrid war” first appeared in military documents of the USA and UK in the late twentieth century. The annual data book on armed forces around the world The Military Balance 2015 calls a “hybrid war” capture and subordination of the territory with the help of large-scale, rapid informational, electronic and cyber operations, cover-up and concealment of military and intelligence operations taking place together with intense economic pressure”.

 
10/20/15

Acting Foreign Minister of the PMR spoke about the results of his visit to Moscow

Acting Foreign Minister of the PMR told Pridnestrovian journalists about his visit to Moscow. Vitaly Ignatiev said that Pridnestrovie is perceived in Russia as part of the Russian world.

 
10/08/15

Acting Foreign Minister of the PMR, member of the Pridnestrovian delegation in the Joint Control Commission Vitaly Ignatiev commented to Novosti Pridnestrovya on the course of negotiations on the platform of governing body of the peacekeeping operation

​- Vitaly Viktorovich, it is the third session when the Moldovan delegation to the Joint Control Commission blocks approval of a new representative of the Russian Federation in the JCC - Lieutenant Colonel Gachurin Aleksei Ivanovich. What could be the consequences of such an approach of the Moldovan side?

 
09/29/15

Ambassador-at- Large Sergey Gubarev’s reply to a question from TASS on negotiations on the Pridnestrovie settlement

Question: A pause in the work of the Permanent Conference on Political Issues within the Negotiation Process Towards a Pridnestrovian Settlement, also known as the 5+2 format, has lasted for over a year. Can you comment on this? What do you think about the prospects of the resumption of the official negotiations?

 
09/28/15

On the situation around Pridnestrovie in the interview to Expert – Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of unrecognized republic Vitaly Ignatiev.

Integration a-la Moldova

Relations between Moldova and Pridnestrovie have always been complex. Why current situation is called almost the most serious over the last 20 years?

 
09/22/15

Part 2

Vitaly Viktorovich, will the approaches of the Pridnestrovian side in the negotiation process on the settlement of Moldova-Pridnestrovie relations change in connection with the appointment of new political representative?

 
09/21/15

 I part

Vitaly Viktorovich, you have been appointed to a new position most recently, but you have been engaging in the negotiations for a long time. How would you describe the current relations between Tiraspol and Kishinev? In what state are they today?

 
09/18/15

 

Since August 24, 2015 the Republic of Moldova banned the movement of the Pridnestrovian transport across the border between Ukraine and Moldova by the Order of the Head of the Border Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Advisor to the Chairperson of the Government of the PMR, Head of the expert group on the development of transport and road facilities Vladimir Trandasir spoke on the current situation in that sphere to the correspondent of the IA “Novosti Pridnestrovya”.

 
09/10/15

It is difficult to discuss such statements voiced by a high-ranking diplomat of the de jure European country. We are genuinely surprised at the multifaceted fantasy of Mr. Lazurca and we have learnt with interest about his alleged informal contacts. In this context, we believe that certain “signals” that Mr. Lazurca caught very likely could come from other civilizations, but not from Pridnestrovie.

 
09/10/15

On her Facebook page the diplomat refuted the incorrect information published in the "Kommersant"

Deputy Prime Minister of the PMR for International Cooperation, Foreign Minister Nina Shtanski on her Facebook page commented Vladimir Solovyov’s article untitled “Unrecognized republic recognized failures” published by the “Kommersant”.

 
08/31/15

Exclusive interview given by Deputy Chairperson of the Government of the PMR for International Cooperation – Minister of Foreign Affairs Nina Shtanski to Novosti Pridnestrovya news agency

 
08/27/15

Nina Shtanski called Moldova’s new sanctions against Pridnestrovian car owners as “an own goal”

She said on her Facebook page that this news was a “wake-up call”. According to her, the introduction of a ban on movement across the RM’s border for vehicles with Pridnestrovian registration is not a new invention of the Moldovan side.

 
08/25/15

The Foreign Minister of the PMR Nina Shtanski called statements of Charge d'Affaires of Ukraine in Moldova Gennady Altukhov on nonconformity of the peacekeeping operation on the Dniester to the purposes of conflict settlement as provocative outbursts. This assessment is contained in the comments of the Pridnestrovian diplomat in the social network site Facebook in connection with the statements made on the eve of the flag-raising ceremony of Ukraine in Kishinev.

 
07/20/15

RD Interview: Matthew Dal Santo, a Danish Research Council post-doctoral fellow at the University of Copenhagen, met Pridnestrovie’s Deputy Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev in Tiraspol, where they discussed the frozen conflict in Pridnestrovie and post-Soviet Russian identity.

 
07/14/15

Interview of Deputy Prime Minister of the PMR for International Cooperation, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nina Shtanski specifically for the media centre “Evraziyskoie Pridnestrovie”.

Nina Viktorovna, intensive 2015 passed the “six months” mark. With what results Pridnestrovie has come to the new half year, how the current foreign policy situation looks like – this I would like to talk about.

 
07/07/15

Head of the Foreign Ministry of Pridnestrovie Nina Shtanski in an interview to the Russkaya Planeta (Russian Planet) told about the historical self-determination, external threats and the conditions for a peaceful settlement

 
07/01/15

Deputy Prime Minister of the PMR for International Cooperation, Foreign Minister Nina Shtanski said in exclusive comments to IA “Novosti Pridnestrovya” on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Operational Group of Russian Troops in Pridnestrovie.

 
06/12/15

Deputy Prime Minister of the PMR for International Cooperation, Minister of Foreign Affairs Nina Shtanski stated that during a special interview given to the “Channel 5”(St. Petersburg) for the programme “Otkrytaya Studia” (Open Studio) dedicated to the situation in Pridnestrovie.

 
06/01/15

This was the statement of the Deputy Chairperson of the Government of the PMR for International Cooperation, Foreign Minister Nina Shtanski during an interview with the special correspondent of RBC TV-Channel in the context of increasing blockade measures by Ukraine against Pridnestrovie.

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