Igor Dodon ex-president of Moldova: It is only Russia that can help resolve Moldova'€™s problems

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With Sandu as President, the architecture of public administration was destroyed, the number of officials was increased by 40%, their salaries quadrupled, and payments to the population went into the red. Many positions are held by Romanian citizens. Maia Sandu, the prime minister, and the speaker hold not only Moldovan, but also Romanian citizenship. I'm talking about ethnic Romanians. The head of the National Bank is a former Romanian senator who obtained Moldovan citizenship and chaired the National Bank the following day. This is a pattern that many organisations have.

The number of supporters of European integration in Moldova has decreased during Maia Sandu's presidency. At the same time, however, the authorities of the country are running pro-European policies. We have shut down 12 channels, introduced censorship on television, on Facebook. The prosecutor was arrested to be replaced with a puppet. The social part of economy is falling apart. People wonder whether they need such Europe if what they have today in Moldova is similar to what people have in Europe. Confidence in this vector has fallen by 10-15 percent, but it is still above 50 percent.

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During the short history of Moldova's independence, the relations that Moldova and the Russian Federation have today are probably the worst. How do you explain this?

The people that came to power in Moldova promised that they would be friends with everyone. In reality, however, they chose very harsh anti-Russian rhetoric and started working to break all relations in both diplomatic and economic spheres. The Intergovernmental Commission on Economic and Social Cooperation that our countries have has not had one single meeting since 2020, even though a platform like this is necessary for solving economic and social problems. For example, Moldova can not export its wines, fruits and vegetable to Russia.

Hundreds of thousands of our migrants in the Russian Federation suffer from problems. The anti-Russian course of Maia Sandu and her Anglo-Saxon supervisors affects the lives of our citizens. Our economy is collapsing. Farmers started staging riots this weekend and blocked customs with Romania for an hour. The inflation rate in Moldova exceeded the level of 50 percent in two years. Gas prices in Moldova are the highest in Eastern Europe. A cubic meter of gas for the population costs 18 lei, that is, about 100 Russian rubles (for comparison, the price for a cubic meter of natural gas for household needs in Russia is 6 rubles 58 kopecks — ed).

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Is it true that you one said, quote: "Sandu's Western masters need a war and Transnistria may become a new hot spot”?

Many people in Moldova, officials in Ukraine and experts have been talking about it indeed. If Ukraine loses, then they can create a problem in Transnistria. They are not doing it yet, because Ukraine officially considers Transnistria part of Moldova. If they attack Transnistria, they will become aggressors in relation to us. An attack on Transnistria without Maia Sandu's consent means aggression against an independent country. The Ukrainians wanted Sandu to sign such a secret letter of agreement last year. For the time being, Maia Sandu has not given official consent to such actions.

I publicly said that if Ukrainians or Western partners put pressure on Sandu, she should better step down than become a president who starts a war in Moldova.

Is the current regime ready to support the conflict in Transnistria? I think not, especially since we have presidential and parliamentary campaigns ahead of us. By the way, Maia Sandu, who won the presidential election 3.5 years ago, promised that she would not infringe on anyone's rights. She would speak Russian very often. Three years into her presidency, she has banned all Russian channels, she has banned the Russian language too.

Now that the election campaign is starting over, Sandu can be heard speaking Russian again.