Is Transnistria ready to fight. Expert opinion
Society in Transnistria is not monolithic in support of Russian aggression. There are many internal contradictions and dubious combat capability in the PMR.
Alexander Makukhin, Doctor of Political Science, migration specialist and managing administrator of the dopomoga.gov.md project, told Social Portal about this.
Most people in Transnistria do not support any war, in any form. They understand the contradictory situation in which they find themselves, and that no one will ask them about the need for any war, they will simply be confronted with a fact, and they are very afraid of this. This fear in Tiraspol is like “stale air that you can touch with your hands,” says Alexander Makukhin.
Transnistria is different from the "LDNR". It is more integrated, including with Ukrainian business. Influential in Transnistria, the Sheriff Corporation (a monopoly that owns both supermarkets and gas stations) are people who do not want any conflict, as this threatens their business.
I really hope that such influential people will not allow an aggravation, - says the expert.
Those who support the war in Ukraine and call it a "special operation" are few and, as a rule, they are elderly people. They are nostalgic for the Soviet Union, for their youth, plus they watch Russian media telling that civilians in Ukraine do not suffer or die.
There are a minority of combat-ready people in Transnistria who would support the war, Alexander adds.
He also commented on the external influence on the PMR.
There is an obvious story about pressure on Tiraspol from both Moscow and Kyiv. And then the question is, in which direction the Pridnestrovian authorities will go. I would like nothing to happen, but I understand that this is a story about a clash of huge powerful forces, in which Pridnestrovie is one piece on the board that can be moved in one direction or another. But Pridnestrovie is not a monolithic society in support of the Russian line, there are many internal contradictions there, the expert believes.
As reported, on May 18, Moldovan President Maia Sandu demanded the withdrawal of the Russian military from Transnistria. She made this statement from the rostrum of the European Parliament, noting that the Russian military by their presence violates the neutrality of the republic.
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