Botan: Federalism will weaken Chisinau strengthening Comrat and Tiraspol

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The regional capitals – Comrat and Tiraspol – will be able to say “a more meaningful word in international relations” than official Chisinau. It was a commentby political scientist Igor Botanon the idea of federalization of Moldova. According to the analyst, rise to powerof the Moldovan Alliance for European Integration in 2009 brought “high expectations of a “success story” making Transnistrian residents “jealous of the progress of the Republic of Moldova.” Vladimir Voronin explains why he refused to federalize the country in 2003. However, “a billion was stolen” in a few years. “That is, they have no reason to envy us,” Botan said to Europa Libera. He is sure that “if President Putin decides that the time has come, he can begin to exert pressure on Dodon and potentially the Socialist Party that won the electionto advocate a new federal state formula together with his colleagues from Gagauzia.” And the federation, in turn, “will weaken Chisinau, thanks to which the two regional capitals – Comrat and Tiraspol – can speak out oninternational relations louder than Chisinau.”