The President of the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu, said that the congress of so-called “deputies of all levels” convened in Tiraspol on Wednesday was organized to demand money from Moscow and international organizations, and that Russian propaganda expanded the event to panic society, according to IPN and Deschide.md. In addition, the Republic of Moldova is “separating” not from Russia, but from “aggressive Russia,” President Maia Sandu said in the “Shadow Cabinet” show on Jurnal TV, stressing that “we have nothing against the Russians, but against the Russians.” tanks,” he reports Agerpres.

“I tell the citizens that they are safe. We are all safe because Ukraine is our shield. Even if Ukraine does not have all the help it needs now, this help will come. The Tiraspol regime asked for money. I saw that he appealed to Moscow and other entities, international organizations, but Russian propaganda achieved its effect and spread this panic,” said the President of the Republic of Moldova.

“This is what the Kremlin will try to do from now on, especially since we have an election year, to scare Moldovans. The Kremlin wants us to be scared, characterless, led by corrupt people who they can get along with to advance their interests. We can’t let them do that do, we must keep our calm, and our peace depends on our unity and our ability not to let ourselves be deceived, intimidated,” Maya Sandu said in the show quoted.

According to the resolution adopted on Wednesday by the so-called congress of “deputies of all levels” from Transnistria, Tiraspol appealed to the “Federation Council and the State Duma of Russia to protect Transnistria in the face of increased pressure from Chisinau.”

On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin did not mention Transnistria during his speech to the nation, Deschide.md notes.

The Republic of Moldova is safe as long as Ukraine resists the Russian invasion, said Maya Sandu, who recently returned from Tirana, where the Ukraine-Southeastern Europe summit was held and where she met with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, according to Moldovan media.

The Chisinau stake is the gradual introduction of the Transnistrian region into the legislative field of the Republic of Moldova

At the same time, Maia Sandu stated that the 5+2 negotiation format (Moldova, Transnistria, Russia, Ukraine plus the EU and the US as observers) is unworkable, and now Chisinau’s bet is to gradually introduce Transnistria into the legislative power fields of the Republic of Moldova. In her speech, she insisted that the region to the left of the Dniester will have to comply with national legislation in order to take advantage of all the benefits of moving closer to the European Union.

“The 5+2 format cannot work when two members of this format are fighting. Russia attacked Ukraine, and Ukraine does not want to participate in this format. We do what is good for our citizens. We are uniting the country and taking steps. small in various areas that will lead to this reunification so that we all benefit from the process of European integration, which means advantages until we become a member state and many other advantages after we become a member state. Transnistrian the region benefits from the provisions of the Association Agreement, in order for these benefits to be preserved and increased, the left bank of the Dniester must meet the requirements of the European Union,” emphasized Maja Sandu.

The Republic of Moldova is not “separating” from Russia, but from “aggressive Russia”, which invaded Ukraine two years ago, and “we have nothing against the Russians, but against Russian tanks”, President Maia Sandu said.

Chisinau wants to see a “peaceful and democratic” Russia in the near future in order to build “good relations” with this country, she said, the NewsMaker portal reports.

“I want to be very clear, we have nothing against the Russians, but against Russian tanks. We have nothing against them, we just want the Russian Federation, like other states, to respect the Republic of Moldova, to respect the choice of the citizens of the Republic of Moldova. We a democratic country, we still need to strengthen this democracy, but people decide what they should do, where they should go, with whom they cooperate,” said Maya Sandu.

Regarding the denunciation of a number of agreements within the framework of the CIS, the President of the Republic of Moldova stated that “these agreements are considered through the prism of the interests of citizens” of the republic. “Some agreements that are not in the interests of the Republic of Moldova are terminated, others, if they still bring certain benefits, are not. In all the actions we take, we proceed from the interests of citizens,” Maya Sandu emphasized.