This is what an officer of the Russian peacekeeping contingent dislocated in Transdniestria said on Saturday.
Transdniestria is a region in Moldova which has proclaiming itself an independent state since the early 1990s, but practically no country in the world recognizes its sovereignty. About 30% of Transdniestria’s residents are ethnic Moldavians, about 30% - Russians, and about 30% - Ukrainians.
The officer says that the Ukrainian border guards are not letting any men with Russian passports to cross the border in both directions. They are not also letting trains with cargos for Russian peacekeepers to Transdniestria. Thus, two trains with food, fuel and other cargos for Russian peacekeepers have been staying at the checkpoint in a place called Kuchurgany since February 22.
A source in the headquarters of the Russian peacekeepers in Transdniestria has confirmed this information.
On February 22, a takeover of power took place in Ukraine. The parliament – most likely, under pressure from the usurpers – ousted the former President Victor Yanukovich.
Russia does not recognize either the new Ukrainian government or the ousting of Mr. Yanukovich as legitimate.
After being ousted, Victor Yanukovich fled to Russia because he was concerned that his life would have been under threat if he stayed in Ukraine. He says that he still considers himself Ukraine’s legitimate president.
A number of regions in eastern and southern Ukraine, as well as the Crimean Peninsula, do not recognize Ukraine’s new authorities and are planning to hold referendums about whether they should remain parts of the Ukrainian state or gain independence.
Voice of Russia, RIA
http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_03_15/Ukrainian-border-guards-are-not-letting-Russians-to-and-from-Transdniestria-8531/
15/3/14
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EU must protect Moldova from Russia: Juncker...
ReplyDeleteBERLIN: Jean-Claude Juncker, former Luxembourg prime minister and a candidate to become the next European Commission chief, warned the EU on Sunday not to let Moldova become Russia's "next victim" after Ukraine.
Juncker told German newspaper Welt am Sonntag that the European Union should quickly reach out to Moldova with an association agreement like the one it got underway with Ukraine last week.
"After the events in Ukraine, it is now a matter of great urgency that the Europeans sign an association agreement with Moldova very quickly, that is, in the coming weeks," he said.
A former Soviet state with a restive Russian-speaking minority in its Transdniestr region, Moldova has expressed fears that developments in neighbouring Ukraine could set an example for its own separatists in the wake of Russia's annexation of the Crimean peninsula.
Moldova, along with Georgia, initialled an association agreement with the 28-nation EU in November. The countries are currently expected to sign the accords for closer ties by 2015.
Moldovan President Nicolae Timofti has urged the EU to hasten the process given the events in Ukraine, where anger at the pro-Kremlin regime's move away from an EU accord led to its ouster, and Russia's subsequent absorption of Crimea.
Juncker backed that call, saying: "We must beat (Russian President Vladimir) Putin to the punch, he needs to know that he cannot do in Moldova what he did in Crimea."
He said the EU needed to "stabilise Moldova and bind it to the West". "Otherwise, Moldova could become the next victim of Russian aggression," he said.
Wedged between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the east, Moldova with 3.5 million people is the poorest European country with a per capita income of $2,037 (1,475 euros) in 2012, according to the World Bank.
Ukraine's interim prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk signed the political provisions of a landmark association accord with EU leaders in defiance of Russia in Brussels on Friday.
European conservatives this month picked Juncker as their candidate to be the next European Commission president after elections in May.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/EU-must-protect-Moldova-from-Russia-Juncker/articleshow/32558042.cms
23/3/14