DISINFO: The growth of tension in Transnistria is orchestrated in the West
SUMMARY
Western countries are behind the complication of the situation in Transnistria, whose plans are being implemented by puppet regimes in Eastern Europe.
There is no doubt that the indicated increase in tension in the post-Soviet space was orchestrated in Washington and Brussels and implemented through puppet regimes in Kyiv, Chisinau and Bucharest.
RESPONSE
An unfounded pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the West as a source of tension around Russia’s borders, attempting to create another crisis in Transnistrian region.
In fact, Transnistria region, uncontrolled by the constitutional authorities of Moldova, has a contingent of the Russian army, called the Operational Group of Russian Forces. There is also a Russian ammunition and weapons depot in the region. After the 1992 armed conflict in the region, Chisinau is constantly demanding the withdrawal of Russian troops and ammunition from its territory.
By signing the final document of the OSCE summit in Istanbul in 1999, Russia has pledged to withdraw ammunition and troops by 2002 but has not done so to date. Since then, Russia has been repeatedly asked to honour its commitment and withdraw its troops from Moldova.
De facto leadership in the Transnistrian region reported a series of provocations in Tiraspol in April and May 2022, when local representatives said “security services” building and the airfield close to Tiraspol were attacked with a grenade launcher.
Moldovan government stated that it was “concerned about the incidents” and “called for calm” in the region. Maia Sandu, the President of Moldova, said during a press conference that “these escalation attempts stem from fractions within the Transnistrian region that were interested in destabilising the situation in the region.”