Vadim Krasnoselsky held a pre-holiday press conference. The conversation with representatives of the journalistic community on the eve of the anniversary of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic took place at the presidential executive office. The interlocutors of the President are representatives of the Pridnestrovian, Moldovan and Russian media, as well as heads of press services of state authorities and administration. They conversation lasted more than two hours.
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“The Pridnestrovian people – people-defender, people-worker, people-winner. It is impossible to bend or break Pridnestrovian people”.
“If we recall the Immortal Regiment on May 9 this year: rain, downpour and hundreds of thousands of these umbrellas. People came in such weather and will come in any weather. No one drove them away, no one called them there, people just came. Why? Because people remember their history, remember their ancestors, respect them. This is even a form of civil protest”.
“We do not live in Moldova. We live in the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic. We have our own choice and our own view of history. We will never call our grandfathers and great-grandfathers occupiers, they are liberators. That's the question”.
“I am convinced that if we are to build some kind of common state called Moldova, it must be exclusively federal or confederative, otherwise it will not survive”.
“I am glad that there is dialogue at least at some level and stage. I do not see any general consolidation, any general agreement to resume work in the "5+2" format. This is an internationally recognized platform, and not all of its participants are ready for it yet”.
“The forecast is as follows: I think everything will be fine and stable. We are ready for any development of events. Of course, we are not sitting idly by. Those who generated the gas crisis were sure that Pridnestrovie would simply collapse, that hospitals would not work, there would be no heat in places of detention, correctional institutions, orphanages, kindergartens, schools, and so on. But they were wrong. They were wrong and disappointed that we were able to prepare”.
“Naturally, it is not only impractical, but physically impossible to provide all schools, 160 of which are with boilers. We are quite capable of creating training centers equipped with heat. Which is what we are doing”.
“We have plans "A", "B", and "C".
“I would like good investments in Pridnestrovie, so that people invest money here, revive enterprises, and Pridnestrovie develops further. The people definitely deserve this, and it will happen sooner or later”.
“I am ready to talk to any party, any leader, because, as I have already said, any issues should be resolved at the negotiating table, no matter how difficult it may be”.
“Human life is at the forefront: do everything to save a person's life, the rest is probably secondary”.
“We repaired or built about six hundred facilities. These are healthcare facilities, social facilities, schools, kindergartens, correctional facilities, orphanages, housing and communal services facilities, sports grounds, parks, and so on. It's all in plain sight, basically, you can see it all with your own eyes”.
“No one is talking about throwing these children out on the street and depriving them of the right to attend kindergarten. In no case. We are talking about consolidating these kindergartens, going in this direction”.
“Why were validators needed at all? What is a validator? No one understands this word yet. It is just accounting, roughly speaking, for a general understanding, it is a cash register”.
“I have also spoken about this and am speaking about it: we need to come up with a mechanism so that those who systematically violate traffic rules are also deprived of their driving license and are forced to retake exams, and take some psychological tests and so on, passing certain bureaucratic barriers to obtain the right to drive a vehicle”.
“if we compare the figures for prosecution for non-medical drug use, for illegal drug trafficking, of course, they are per thousand of the population is several times less than in neighboring countries. This is the result of the prevention and the fight that the Ministry of Internal Affairs, other law enforcement agencies, and the state as a whole are waging”.
“I am personally happy with the youth. I love our youth. We have good youth in Pridnestrovie. The youth is decent”.
“I understand what the army is. I understand its problems. I understand how these problems can be solved, how the education of a young fighter should be built. This is important. Of course, the army is very useful for young people”.
“Our task is not just to recruit young people into the armed forces, where they serve a year in the line and then leave. No, absolutely not. The task is to teach people how to survive in modern conditions, in the conditions of modern combat. To teach new technologies, among other things. To be a defender of your homeland, your family, and ultimately yourself. How else? You need to preserve yourself in order to defend your homeland later. That's about it”.
“There are many events traditionally. A military parade without equipment. This is a military parade of personnel – precisely those units that stand in defense of our statehood. I will tell you this, this was a message from the units themselves, from their commanders, from the personnel, from the people who want to see their defenders on Republic Day. It is beautiful. It is right. It is good”.
“The Pridnestrovian people deserve stability, to be confident in the future. Do our people deserve this? I think so. They deserve it with their history, their respect for memory, for history, for their neighbors, they deserve stability, peace, confidence in the future”.
“The world will only become better if Pridnestrovie is recognized as an independent state tomorrow”.
