The Republic of Moldova is facing economic problems – In the world
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RADIO ROMANIA NEWS – Due to the war caused by Russia in Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova is facing growing economic problems, the devaluation of the national currency and the accelerated rise in prices.
The problems are not only manifested on the right bank of the Dniester, but also in the Transnistrian separatist region, as stated by the correspondent of Radio Romania News, Mario Balint: “In the Republic of Moldova lei per liter, and petrol will cost 30 lei at the pump tomorrow morning. Prime Minister Natalia Gavriliță announced today that the edible oil will be included in the list of basic foodstuffs to which a limited commercial addition will be made, and in today’s government meeting she approved in the largest retroactive area from May 1 the compensations granted employees with income. small in the budget sector, with 400 lei, so that no employee in the budget sector has a salary lower than 3,500 lei. According to reports, the situation on the left bank of the Dniester is even more critical, and the Sheriff has begun to close a number of businesses. The economic analyst Viaceslav Ioniță illustrates the complete picture of the economic situation.
Viaceslav Ioniță: “The Republic of Moldova is not an extremely attractive country. We are the poorest in Europe, but compared to them, we are in a different situation. Until 2016, the salary in Transnistria in real terms was higher than in Moldova. Since 2016, their economy has grown, their salary is somewhere 50% lower than in the Republic of Moldova and the discrepancy is not much, but it is growing every year. We, who are the poorest, are on the left bank of the Dniester, where the worst situation is. We have the largest migration on the right bank of the Dniester, except on the left bank of the Dniester, where migration is highest. Everything that was negative for us, you multiply them not by two, but you multiply and the discrepancy increases. ”
The Government of the Republic of Moldova is acting with caution, with advance analysis, to anticipate things, and not to react, Prime Minister Natalia Gavriliță also stated. In this context, the chief executive asked the representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture to update within a month a strategy for ensuring food security in the Republic of Moldova. “
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