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– I would like the outside world to realize that de facto there are already two subjects: Moldova on the one hand, Transnistria on the other, says Vitaly Ignatiev.
In Transnistria he holds the title Minister of Foreign Affairs. In the outside world, he is called the representative of the region or main negotiator because Transnistria, three decades since its independence was declared, is not recognized as a separate country but as part of Moldova. The Moldova that separated in connection with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. In the mainly Russian-speaking region between the Dniester River and the Ukrainian border, they never wanted to leave the Soviet Union.
On the main street of the largest city in Transnistria, Tiraspol, at the height of the huge statue of Lenin that stands outside the parliament known as the Supreme Soviet, retired Ljudmila says that she would very much like to belong to Russia.
“Russia is a great power and its President Putin cares about his people,” he said.
Like many others in Transnistria, Ljudmila has a Russian passport and receives her pension from Russia. The support of Russia, politically and financially, is very important for the region.
Trapped in the park by the Dniester River, Tiraspolbon Jelena says that, above all, she wants to move out of here, as most of her friends have already done.
– There is no work here, wages are very low. We have lived through 30 years of stagnation where nothing changes for the better, he says.
