The Transnistrian conflict, which is a black hole in the center of Europe from economic viewpoint, was skillfully used first by Russia to corrupt the elites in Chisinau. In an article published by IPN, the former director of the National Agency for Energy Regulation Victor Parlicov says that this was done by all kinds of schemes, contracts and economic ties so that these elites had financial benefits from the uncertain situation and unclear status of the Transnistrian region. This way, a dependence of the Chisinau elites on the perpetuation of this conflict was created.
Victor Parlicov said the elites of the start of the 1990s weren’t sufficiently mature to understand that we live in a new world where the Republic of Moldova is another state and where we must take care of our security, economy and own problems by ourselves. “There are proofs and references to the fact that the decisions taken by Chisinau at the beginning of the 1990s and afterward were coordinated in Moscow. And we swiftly got into a trap as our agenda and possibilities were limited by the external factor,” stated the ex-director.
The Republic of Moldova has never had self-government or self-management experience, from historical viewpoint. It was always managed by someone from outside. “If you look at our geopolitical speeches, you can see that their essence is not to solve our problems, but to bring someone from outside to solve them. Some say that we must bring someone from Moscow, others want someone from Brussels. Some say that Bucharest should assume responsibility for this territory. Not many discuss how we should learn to govern ourselves and to become attractive not only as a territory and geographical place on the map, but also as investors and partners and to become active abroad too,” said the expert.
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the declaration of Moldova’s Independence, IPN News Agency decided to depict the portrait of the current Republic of Moldova. For the purpose, it provoked a number of people, including state officials, politicians, businessmen, civil rights activists and persons without posts and titles, but who have what to say. The generic picture is called “Thoughts about and for Moldova”. The articles started to be published on July 18.
