Vladimir Sandutsa. Transnistrian authorities have been conducting a dialogue on the establishment of the Transnistrian-Russian expert working group on investment and ekonomrazvitija, said on the last working day of the week the head of the PMR Yevgeny Shevchuk on the air of TV channel " 1st Transnistrian ".

"We have been conducting a dialogue. Expect that a proper consensus will be achieved ", - said Shevchuk.

according to his statement, during the working group are expected to conduct audits of all revenue generating plants in the Republic irrespective of their form of ownership With the audit of offshore transactions. In addition, it is planned to identify the most perspective investment spheres of the economy, as well as the additional specific steps to minimise the fall.

for the period From January of this year the unrecognized Transnistrian Moldovan Republic is experiencing an acute shortage of public money. According to the government, the budget revenue of Transnistria does not cover half of all expenses. The government created the state Commission on the distribution of public money by the end of February, adopted an opinion on salary payments to state employees and pension to 70% of the required funds. At the end of September Shevchuk gave the order to pay From October 1, pensions and salaries for state employees in the amount of 80% of the required funds, i.e. 10% more than was paid every month Since February.

Shevchuk drew attention that supported the payment of pensions and wages in full, but this requires an operating business and tax revenues.

Transnistria, 60% of the inhabitants are Russians and Ukrainians, sought to secede from Moldova even before the destruction of the USSR, fearing that on the wave of nationalism Moldova will join Romania. In 1992, after the failed attempt of the authorities of Moldova force to solve the problem, Transnistria was in fact not controlled by the Chisinau area.

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