This is what Supreme Council speaker Alexander Scherba said following State Duma hearings on the situation around Pridnestrovie. He assured that Russia was taking every opportunity to abolish the existing border crossing regime with Ukraine
During a press briefing, the president said that Pridnestrovie was in favour of a negotiating process in any format — both "5+2" and "1+1" — and was ready to discuss without preconditions issues of concern to ordinary people
In an interview with Russia's Nezavisimaya Gazeta, the president said that Pridnestrovie was expecting Moldova to take reciprocal steps to accommodate the existing agreements