Unionists from Moldova were not allowed to enter Pridnestrovie. According to Komsomolskaya Pravda, Moldovan unionists were heading towards Rybnitsa to persuade the local population to vote for them in the July 11 parliamentary elections. However, a metal strip with spikes was rolled out at the checkpoint in front of their bus.
“Here is the thought that came to mind: the fact that the AUR bus was not allowed to enter Pridnestrovie should be perceived by the unionists as a blessing. Because it would not be very funny to watch how the Pridnestrovians, who remembered victims of the Bendery Tragedy these days, reacted to the calls of the unionists to enter the womb of their motherland, Romania. At worst, they would have been kicked, at best, they would have been given a thick ear,” the author of the article in KP.MD commented on the situation.
The Romanian Conservative Party Alliance for the Unification of Romanians (Alianța pentru Unirea Românilor - abbreviated as AUR), which is headed by George Simion, a supporter of the unification of Moldova and Romania, will take part in the early parliamentary elections. Party representatives aggressively promote the unification of the two countries and Pridnestrovian presence within Moldova.
It was the Uniri supporters who were at the forefront of the nationalism that swept through Moldova in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The movements initiated by them led to mass protests on the left bank of the Dniester and the re-establishment of the Republic of Pridnestrovie. And it was the nationalists who were the instigators of the armed conflict between Moldova and Pridnestrovie, stopped by Russia and the peacekeeping mission under its leadership.
