Yevgeny Shevchuk
Moscow to use Shevchuk in Transnistria to politically dominate Moldova
January 26, 2012Tiraspol’s New Leader Shevchuk: A Man We Can Do Business With? Yevgeny Shevchuk’s victory in Transnistria’s “presidential” election is an opportune development for Russia, at the opportune moment. Moscow was slow to comprehend...
To become part of Russia is desirable for Transnistria, but is hardly achievable
December 29, 2009Transnistria's special representative for parliamentary ties with other unrecognized states Grigory Marakuta, who had chaired the Transnistrian supreme soviet [parliament] for nearly 2 decades, thinks that accession to Russia is indeed very desirable...
Russia signals support for Moldovan presidential candidate Lupu
November 30, 2009By Vladimir Socor On November 21-22 in St. Petersburg, the Moldovan governing alliance’s candidate for head of state, Marian Lupu, attended the congress of Russia’s party of power, United Russia, which is officially headed by Prime Minister...
Negotiations on the Transnistria Conflict in a Deep Freeze
October 09, 2009By Vladimir Socor Authorities in Tiraspol are watching the political deadlock in Chisinau with barely concealed satisfaction. Moldova’s political and constitutional crisis since April has further deepened the freeze on both tracks of negotiations...
Transdniestrian Parliament's Speaker Steps Down
July 09, 2009The speaker of the parliament in Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region, Yevgeny Shevchuk, has resigned, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. He cited "deep disagreements" with Transdniestrian leader Igor Smirnov. Shevchuk has served as parliament...