Igor Grosu. File photoCHISINAU, May 13. State institutions and intelligence agencies of Moldova and Ukraine are exchanging information and together monitoring the situation in the unrecognized Transnistrian Moldavian Republic, fearing a possible escalation, said the speaker of the Moldovan parliament Igor Grosu. The speaker of the Moldovan parliament 4- On May 5, he visited Kyiv at the invitation of his Ukrainian colleague Ruslan Stefanchuk.Moldova will buy 30 percent of the required amount of electricity from Ukraine «Security and peace in Moldova largely depend on how events develop in Ukraine, especially in the Odessa region, all state institutions — the general staffs, special services, border police of Moldova maintain contacts with Ukrainian colleagues. Kyiv and Chisinau are concerned about the situation in Pridnestrovie, the entire civilized world knows that there … there is a very dangerous — both for Moldova and Ukraine — a warehouse with weapons,» Grosu said on the air of the Moldova 1 TV channel. He also noted that there were provocations in Transnistria not so long ago, so Chisinau is also concerned about the possible development of events. The Speaker of the Parliament believes that internal forces of Pridnestrovie, interested in destabilization, are behind these provocations. terrorist act — in the building of the Ministry of State Security of the PMR in Tiraspol, near the military unit near the village of Parkany and on the tower of the radio and television center near the village of Mayak. A «red» level of terrorist threat has been introduced in the republic. The Investigative Committee of Transnistria opened criminal cases under the article «a terrorist attack committed by a group of persons using firearms.» The president of the unrecognized PMR, Vadim Krasnoselsky, said that the traces of the organizers of the explosions in Transnistria lead to Ukraine. Due to emergency circumstances, the simplified procedure for crossing the PMR border on Easter and memorial days was canceled, and roadblocks were set up at the entrances to the cities. In addition, on the night of May 7, two explosions occurred in Transnistria, explosive devices were dropped from a drone onto the runway of a former military airfield. Transnistria, 60% of whose inhabitants are Russians and Ukrainians, sought secession from Moldova even before the collapse of the USSR, fearing that, on the wave of nationalism, Moldova would join Romania. In 1992, after a failed attempt by the Moldovan authorities to solve the problem by force, Transnistria became effectively a territory not controlled by Chisinau. Chisinau
