Tiraspol, 30 August. /Novosti Pridnestrovya/. Following a negative scenario, the US dollar's exchange rate could be 69 roubles and prices could be 10−12 times as high. This is what Pridnestrovian President Yevgeny Shevchuk said at a press conference today, meaning a possible foreclosure of EU markets for Pridnestrovian exports and failure to sign a power supply contract with Moldova. These risks were looming in the late 2015-early 2016.
The head of state drew corresponding calculations by both local and foreign experts, adding that thess documents had been declassified and would be published soon.
Answering journalists' question about the activities of middlemen, such as NEK and Energocapital, Yevgeny Shevchuk focused on the fact that indicators speak for themselves. Tax deductions to budgets at all levels have considerably increased after these entities appeared.
«Until 2012 Pridnestrovie used to be losing from 10 to 15% on foreign exchange operations only for supplied power… The state interest consisted in expanding the participation of Pridnestrovian economic entities in the Moldovan market to acquire a bigger segment. Energocapital has managed to do it and increased the segment. Secondly, we have received more profits, not fewer. Therefore, it is inappropriate to claim that Energocapital is an evil," said Shevchuk.
The president noted in the meantime that there existed a possibility of losing important markets.
«If we think about retaining the markets, we must care about these enterprises and avoid prerequisites for losing these markets. And by telling unnecessary lies, we are creating the prerequisites for destabilising work on these markets, and we are losing them. If we lose 30−50% of the market, this will proportionally affect the living standards of all citizens," concluded the head of state.
