Vadim Krasnoselsky
Vadim Nikolaevich Krasnoselsky (; ; born 14 April 1970) is a Transnistrian politician who is the 3rd and current President of Transnistria. Previously, he served as a member of the Supreme Council of Transnistria from the 7th district, as 6th Speaker of the Supreme Council (2015–2016) and the 7th Minister of the Interior. Biography. Krasnoselsky was born in the Zabaykalsky District of the Russian SFSR of the Soviet Union. In 1978 his father was transferred to a military base in Bender in the Moldavian SSR. After leaving school in 1987 Krasnoselsky started studying in Odessa, but left during his first  year to join a Military Aviation Engineer Higher School in Kharkiv, from which he graduated in 1993. He subsequently joined the Transistrian security forces, later becoming a high-ranking official in the Ministry of the Interior. Vadim took his degree in law at the Pridnestrovian state university in 2002. In 2007 Krasnoselsky became Minister of the Interior, serving until 2012 when he started working in business. He was elected to the Supreme Council in the 2015 elections, and was appointed as the body's Speaker. Presidency. Supported by the Sheriff conglomerate, he defeated incumbent President Yevgeny Shevchuk in the 2016  presidential elections, receiving 62% of the vote. He was inaugurated on 27 December at the Nadezhda Aronetskaya State Drama Theatre. On 4 January 2017, he received newly elected Moldovan President Igor Dodon in Bender, who was the second Moldovan leader to visit the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) in several years. In September 2018, his first major state visit outside of the PMR was to Sukhumi for Abkhazia's Independence Day celebration. In January 2019, he attended the opening of the PMR representative offices in Moscow, replacing the Cooperation Center "Pridnestrovie". On 29 May, he announced the creation of an international  lawsuit against Moldova in which the PMR asks for compensation for "the aggression against the people of Transnistria". In August, he attended a ceremony at the base of the Operational Group of Russian Forces with Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu dedicated the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of Moldova in the Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive. In late October, he met with President Dodon at his presidential residence in Holercani ahead of the Bavaria Conference, scheduled for 4–5 November. During his presidency, he revived the traditional New Year balls, in which he takes part with his spouse. In September 2017, he  ordered the creation of the Tiraspol Suvorov Military School, the youth cadet school of the Armed Forces of Transnistria. He has expressed his support for Transnistria being a part of Russia on numerous occasions. Views on Transnistrian culture. Krasnoselsky has proposed raising statues of notable Imperial Russian leaders such as Generalissimo Alexander Suvorov and Prime Minister Pyotr Stolypin. He has stated that he is a constitutional monarchist, going as far as to say the following during a presidential campaign: Controversies. In March 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Moldova gave 1,810 vaccines which were donated by Romania to Transnistria. Krasnoselsky incorrectly  stated they came from the World Health Organization (WHO). He later corrected himself and thanked Romania. In the 2021 Transnistrian presidential election, only Russian observers from the State Duma, were allowed to monitor the vote, posing questions about its legitimacy. Family. His wife, Svetlana Krasnoselskaya, is a philologist and Russian language teacher. He has one son, Ivan, and two daughters, Genevieve and Sofia.