Russian-Pridnestrovian Interparliamentary Dialogue continues

The head of the Pridnestrovian parliament Alexander Shcherba met with a representatives of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. The Russian delegation included the Chairman of the Committee on the Affairs of the Union of Independent States, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots Leonid Kalashnikov, the committee's chief of staff Mikhail Krotov and deputy chairman of the expert advisory committee of the board Oleg Lebedev. From Pridnestrovian side, the meeting was attended by Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council Galina Antyufeeva, Head of the Committee on Development of Business and Industry Viktor Guzun.

According to Alexander Shcherba, "such a high delegation visited the Supreme Council for the first time in the last five years".

As Leonid Kalashnikov said the hearing will focus on addressing specific issues that raise compatriots living in different countries.Fo

r our republic, where more than 180 thousand citizens of the Russian Federation live, the question remains obtaining Russian citizenship by the simplified scheme for Pridnestrovians, born after January 1, 1992. It was mentioned at various platforms, and was a subject of discussion during the recent visit of the first persons of our state and the Supreme Council Deputies in Moscow. During today's meeting they also talked about ways to address this urgent problem.

In the course of Russian-Pridnestrovian meeting the issues of concern to Pridnestrovians were discussed. They talked about the possibility of putting our exam graduates of schools with Russian standards on the territory of Pridnestrovie, pensions, social projects, primarily such as "mother's capital".