The eastern European country summoned Russia's ambassador on Tuesday, after Moscow decided to open polling stations for Russian elections in the Transnistrian region without its consent.
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00:00 Russia has stood by its decision to open polling stations in the breakaway region of Transnistria
00:08 without Moldova's consent for the Russian elections, the 15th to the 17th of March.
00:15 The Republic of Moldova is acting where it can control the media and we will not admit
00:22 to being in the way of the constitutional authorities.
00:26 As I said, the protest was preceded by Ambassador Vasnetsov and once again I repeat,
00:35 everyone had to respect the state of the Republic of Moldova and through it the citizens of the Republic of Moldova.
00:40 The Russian ambassador said Russian diplomacy would respect the right to vote of all Russian citizens
00:45 it considers to be living in Transnistria.
00:48 A large number of appeals were sent to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation,
00:54 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and to the embassy
00:59 with a request to ensure the legal right to vote.
01:06 On Monday, a publication in Tiryspol, a city that has separated from mainland Transnistria,
01:15 announced Russia would open six polling stations in the Transnistria region
01:19 and that even people with expired or Soviet-era passports will be able to vote.
01:24 Voting will extend to the annexed territories, including Crimea and the so-called
01:28 Special Military Operation area in Ukraine.
01:31 Despite the discontent shown by Kyiv, voting by Russian military personnel,
01:35 who are currently part of the Special Operation on Ukrainian territory, has already begun.