Rogozin Institutionalizing Direct Relations with Transnistria
Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 9 Issue: 79
April 20, 2012
Dmitry Rogozin, Russian presidential envoy “for Transnistria” and chairman on the Russian side of the Russia-Moldova inter-governmental cooperation commission (Source: entrynews.com)
On April 16-17 Dmitry Rogozin, Russian Deputy Prime Minister overseeing the arms industry, visited Chisinau and Tiraspol for the first time in his parallel capacities: Russian presidential envoy “for Transnistria” (po Pridnestrovyu) and chairman on the Russian side of the Russia-Moldova inter-governmental cooperation commission. Russia’s outgoing president, Dmitry Medvedev, appointed Rogozin to the special envoy’s post on March 21, undoubtedly at the behest of incoming president Vladimir Putin, whom Rogozin will serve.