Residents of the unrecognized Transnistrian Moldavian Republic (PMR) on Sunday, December 12, will chose a new president. Elections began at 7:00 local time (8:00 in Moscow), 255 polling stations opened. Reports about it TASS.
Fight for the presidential chair will be the operating head of the Republic of Vadim Krasnoselsky and the deputy of the district council of Grigoryopol Sergey Pynzar. Voting will be completed at 21.00 local time (22:00 in Moscow). Elections will be considered that at least a quarter of the total number of voters included in the lists (405,294 people) take part in them.
Elections will be held in the conditions of an unfavorable emidemic environment due to coronavirus: mask mode is maintained in the republic, the requirement to comply with social distance and fines for violating these requirements, as well as there is a special legal regime that allows you to quickly limit the movement of people.
December 10, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Transnistria accused Moldova’s authorities in a rough violation of the rights and freedoms of Russian citizens who followed the country to the country, including – to observe the presidential elections.
Previously, Moldavian President Maya Sanda called illegal elections of the head of Transnistria. According to her, Chisinau wants the resolution of the conflict with the Tiraspol, but this is a long process, and “there are no light and fast solutions.”