Monarchists' Endowment in Development of Foreign Policy

Soldiers in historic uniform in honour of Grand Duke Georgiy Mikhaylovich in Tiraspol

The events of the end of August and the beginning of September 2010 in the Russian monarchical movement were connected to foreign relations of our country.
The Heir of the Throne Grand Duke Georgiy Mikhaylovich held the official visit to Transnistria. Transnistria is a little republic on the banks of Dniester River. The independence of the republic was proclaimed in 1990. It is recognised only by Abkhasia and South Ossetia, because of the official position of Moldova to force Transnistria to return under the sovereignty of Moldova. Two attempts of Moldova to force Transnistria to refuse from independency by use of armed forces in 1990 and 1992 were unsuccessful.


Grand Duke presents gifts to handicapped sportsmen

Grand Duke Georgiy participated in official ceremonies connected to the 20th anniversary of the independence. He opened a monument in honour of prince Grigoriy Potemkin, a famous Russian warlord of XVIII century. Then Grand Duke visited a brandy factory “KVINT” and sport competitions of handicapped people, where the Heir presented gifts to the winners.


Grand Duke with the Minister of Internal Affairs of Transnistria general Krasnoseltsev in the Law Institute

Also Grand Duke visited on 1 September the Law Institute in Tiraspol. The Institute is under the patronage of the Head of the Russian Imperial House Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna. It is a part of the Highest Programme to develop higher education system in the former Russian Empire.
On 29 August and on 2 September Grand Duke met to president of Transnistria Sir Igor Smirnoff. The questions of cooperation between the Dynasty and Transnistria were discussed.
The visit continued from 26 August to 3 September 2010. The Heir visited Transnistria and Odessa (the Ukraine).
In Moscow on 29 August the Moscow Nobility Assembly held the round table on topic “Russia and Central Asia”. The round table was dedicated to discussion about relations between Russia and countries of Central Asia, first of all, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. The participants discussed problems in attitude to joint history of the countries and the role of Russia in development and progress of the region. The estimations are different in surveys of historians and politicians from different countries, but, the participants underlined, such estimations shall always be based on true facts with no falsification.
On 30 August in Moscow the conference “The relations between Russia and Belarus” was held. The participants of the conference were famous Russian and Belarusian politicians and experts from liberal and monarchical political parties and movements, including democratic candidate to Belarusian presidency Mr Jaraslau Ramanchuk. The monarchists’ side was presented by an expert from the Movement “For Faith and Fatherland”. The delegates discussed different questions of bilateral relations, current crisis in relations between Alexander Lukashenka and the Kremlin, possibilities to win the general elections by the opposition in Belarus, prospects of further economic and political cooperation between Russia and Belarus.