According to RISS leading research fellow, head of the RISS Dniester-Prut Centre scientific programme, Vasily Kashirin, Ukraine and Moldova are using an "alleged threat" to form argumentation justifying the long-implemented and coordinated policy of economic and transport blockade of Pridnestrovie aimed at dismantling Russia's presence and influence in the region
In his speech in the Supreme Council Dmitry Rogozin spoke about the future of economic relations between Russia and Pridnestrovie and humanitarian assistance to the country
The acting foreign minister, Vitaly Ignatyev, has commented to Novosti Pridnestrovya on the work of "The permanent conference on political issues, also known as the 5+2 format, which has resumed after a long pause