Tiraspol asks Moscow to intervene in what is happening in the region. This is connected with the threat of a humanitarian catastrophe looming over the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic (PMR).

The plan of Chisinau and Kiev to establish checkpoints on the Transnistrian-Ukrainian section of the border could turn into an economic blockade for the unrecognized republic, Izvestiya explained to the Chairman of the Supreme Council of Transdniestria Alexander Shcherba. And this will inevitably affect the lives of the local population.

The damage that the blockade will cause the economy of Transnistria, in Tiraspol was estimated at $ 38 million.

Moldova and Ukraine agreed to start the construction of joint checkpoints on the Transnistrian section of the border in February. They intend to open 13 control points, the first of which should be earned this year.

The unilateral agreements between Moldova and Ukraine violate the norms of international law - "equality of the parties and the rejection of threats and the use of force", which Moldavia took upon itself, signing the Moscow memorandum and agreeing to the "5 + 2" format under the patronage of Russia and the OSCE,. At the same time, Russia, he said, can save the situation.

At the plenary session of the Supreme Council "they prepared and unanimously adopted an appeal to Russia," the chairman said.. Russia, he said, "for 25 years carrying out a peacekeeping international mission in the DMR," should intervene.

Appeal with the call not to release the situation from the control of Transdniestria sent to the OSCE and the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

Russia did not intend to stand aside. This is also evident by the fact that after Igor Dodon joined the presidency of Moldova, Moscow and Chisinau became more frequent contacts, and the issue of Transnistria is on their agenda.

Adds hopes for the resumption of the "5 + 2" format and the recent meeting of the US Ambassador to Moldova James Pettit with the head of Transnistria Vadim Krasnoselsky. At this meeting, the American said about the expectations in Washington for progress in the negotiations and lamented that they had not yet been able to agree on a new round.

The fact that the pause was delayed, not so long ago, and the Russian Foreign Ministry. In particular, the Ambassador at large, the Russian Foreign Ministry, the Russian representative in the negotiation process on the Moldovan-Transnistrian settlement, Sergey Gubarev, expressed concern over the protracted pause in the "5 + 2".

The diplomat also assured Russia's readiness to act as a mediator and guarantor of compliance with the agreements that can be reached between the parties.

Moscow "can not be an outside observer," as about 200,000 Russian citizens live in the PMR, explained the chairman of the State Duma committee for CIS affairs Leonid Kalashnikov.

Moldova and Transnistria participate in the "5 + 2" format as parties to the conflict, Russia, Ukraine and the OSCE - as mediators, and the EU and the US - as observers.