According to the Russian expert, it has become established practice that any bilateral agreements are not regarded by the Moldovan side as a "strict imperative" to act
A commentator for the Russkaya Planeta edition analyses the risks which Pridnestrovie will encounter after the establishment of a joint Moldo-Ukrainian checkpoint at the border
The budget deficit has made it impossible for Pridnestrovie to fight the crisis by pouring funds into the banking and industrial sectors, said the minister of economic development, Alevtina Slinchenko, on Radio 1
The Russian political strategist, professor of the Higher School of Economics considers that it would be reasonable in response to "the Moldavan Maidan"
According to the chairman of the Price and Antimonopoly Committee, this decision by the Ukrainian authorities may incur up to $165 million of losses for the Pridnestrovian economy