Igor Tulyantsev: “Moldova faces a civilization choice!”

The round table “Russia-Moldova: traditional Eurasian ties. Synthesis and unity of orthodox forces” passed in Kishenev. The head of public organization “Homeland — the Eurasian Union” Igor Tulyantsev told why the people of Moldova don't agree with the pro-European course of the government and seeks for integration on east direction:

-Now Moldova endures the period of the history which it is possible to call a civilization choice. There are two civilizations: western and east. There are two unions: European and Customs. Both unions have supporters and opponents. There are arguments why it is necessary to unite either with one, or with other union.

All of us well understand that in order that Moldova developed, the investments and sales markets are necessary to the Moldavian enterprises. But, unfortunately, the industrial capacity of the country is almost destroyed for the last two decades of unreasoned reforms and experiments. Production of agricultural production fell in times in comparison with the last years of the Soviet power. We are limited in the opportunities to expand own production because sale is necessary to production.

But, nevertheless, even today the economic capacity of Moldova is sufficient and in order that not only to support itself but also to make much more. And everything that we make today, it is necessary to sell in foreign markets. It won't be sold anywhere without special conditions of cooperation with larger interstate associations which the European and Customs unions are, without difficult customs agreements.

Unfortunately, we note that the European choice of Moldova was proclaimed in due time by the country leaders more on political, than for economic motives. And though the Moldavian people always gravitated sympathies for the East, nobody especially was indignant about it several years ago. But with the advent of alternative, the Eurasian direction, it appeared that the leadership of Moldova isn't ready to prove economically a favorable vector (western or east) of the integration development of the country. There are no comparable estimates, figures, arguments and conclusions. Nobody while economically convincingly prove the fidelity of the European choice for Moldova neither on governmental, nor on expert levels and didn't raise a question of need of such proof. Statements for importance of introduction of European standards in economic, political and social life of the country aren't supported with necessary economic calculations of effects for our economy as a whole and its separate sectors.

We are disturbed by that fact that in spite of the fact that supporters of the Eurasian integration in Moldova are much more, they are separate and work unorganized and inconsistently. Various political parties and non-governmental organizations couldn't while develop the mechanism of interaction arranging all in this important direction for us.

Any neutral consolidating mechanism, discussion and organizational platform of supporters of the entry of Moldova in the Customs Union are necessary for us. It is represented to us that activity of constantly operating round table organized by public organization “Homeland — the Eurasian Union” can become such mechanism of association of all pro-Eurasian forces.

What is that organization and what is engaged in?

It is the non-governmental organization uniting citizens, the non-governmental public and ethno-cultural organizations of the Republic of Moldova supporting the Eurasian vector of development of the modern Moldavian state.

Moldova is many centuries is an integral part of the Russian world. The republic could keep the statehood and the unique identity peculiar to only big multinational communities. So it developed that this identity developed within the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. Today, when modern Russia is the initiator of the new perspective of Eurasian integration project, the multinational people of Moldova feeling as part of uniform with other Eurasian people of cultural and civilization space, want to know more about those integration processes which take place in the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, to take part in creation of new Eurasian supranational association.

Having proclaimed a course on the European integration, Moldova borders on Romania being the member of the European Union, and also on Ukraine which while conducts a course of closer interaction, both with the European Union and with the Customs Union. Sociological polls of the population of Moldova steadily show recently the growth of supporters of east, Eurasian direction of development of the state. From 55 to 80 percent of the population of Moldova support priority of the Eurasian economic integration contrary to the pro-European vector of development carried out by the country leaders. Society feels need for receiving reliable information about the processes which are taking place on the Eurasian open spaces and about economic and ideological bases of new integration processes.

The public organization “Homeland — the Eurasian Union” considers that a basis of the general ideological platform of the Eurasian movement in Moldova are some fundamental moments:

1 - General political, economic, welfare and historical past of the Eurasian people, experience of thousand-year joint successful accommodation and interaction;

2 - Common economic space and century mutually advantageous, integration and cooperation communications of the Eurasian people and the states making earlier one economic industrial and agrarian economic complex;

3 – Orthodox belief which always was a moral core and a powerful uniting factor for the people of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova;

4 – The uniform language of international communication, economic integration and a cultural exchange – the Russian, uniting all Eurasian people.

As we already noted, Moldova faces very important civilization choice of a further way of the development. The people of the USSR making a basis of the Eurasian civilization, 70 years ago in the years of World War II won a victory over fascism and helped the European states to find freedom, and further the opportunity for association within the European Union. Only thanks to courage, heroism and enormous victims which were incurred by the Soviet people in that terrible world the fight with Nazism plague, the European continent has opportunity to live in peace and wellbeing. Today countries of the Customs Union, Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, making a basis of the arising Eurasian economic union, carry out the new integration project which resists to expansion of a world globalism, the world capital and the next attempt of repartition of the world. The world oligarchy and financial and industrial groups combat for possession various resources and for expansion of sales markets.

The answer to a question “Where is more favorable and safer to be to Moldova?” arises by itself. Certainly, where you are well known, where you don't put forward the new, infinite and obviously impracticable conditions. Certainly where there is a various raw materials, oil, gas, metal, wood. Where there are workplaces and a sales market of the production. There where there are general, uniting our people, language of communication both moral and cultural values. Also it is the Customs Union, it is the Common economic space of the Eurasian people.

Not casually an emblem of our organization is the house image. The idea of centuries-old accommodation of the Eurasian people in one joint house which is transformed in absolutely new on quality and plan design of the new modern house uniting his inhabitants on an equal and mutually advantageous basis is put in an emblem of the national movement "The Homeland — the Eurasian Union".

We would like to emphasize one very important point especially. Non-governmental organization “Homeland – the Eurasian Union” doesn't apply for any exclusive or leading situation in processes of consolidation of supporters of the Eurasian integration in the Republic of Moldova.

“Homeland – the Eurasian Union” sets as the main objective creation of the all-Moldavian coordination and discussion platform of representatives of all political parties, the non-governmental public and ethno-cultural organizations, representatives of civil society and the mass media supporting idea of accession of the Republic of Moldova to the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, with introduction prospect, in the near future, in the Eurasian economic union. For realization of the specified purpose “Homeland – the Eurasian Union” will be engaged in the organization of various conferences, thematic round tables, sociological expert polls, active promotion of the Eurasian integration ideology among the population of Moldova, to maintain the partner relations with political parties, public organizations and mass media.

We consider that only consolidation of all supporters of the Eurasian integration on the general ideological and organizational principles, their coordinated general activities for promotion of benefits and prospects from participation in the Eurasian integration project, formation of powerful national movement in its support can help the Moldavian people to make a right choice.