FROM THE HEAD OF THE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL HOUSE

To Vadim Nikolaevich Krasnoselsky

President-Elect of the Transnistrian Moldavian Republic

Dear President-Elect Krasnoselsky,

I write to offer my sincere congratulations on your election as President of the Transnistrian Moldavian Republic.

I have known you for many years and see in you an outstanding statesman, a patriot, a citizen who values the legacy of the past and a leader who deeply understand and senses the needs of the present and the future.  You are an experienced and highly professional leader who has the capacity for dialogue with people of diverse and different views.

I feel certain that, with your faith, personal honour, and love of country, you will do everything in your power to fulfill the responsibilities entrusted to you by your fellow citizens.

I and my son and heir, the Grand Duke George of Russia, wish you health, strength, courage, wisdom, and God’s help in serving the people of Transnistria, in supporting the cause of peace, in providing for the wellbeing of your countrymen, and in strengthening the historical ties between the Transnistrian Moldavian Republic and Russia, and all nations.

Very sincerely yours,

H.I.H. the Grand Duchess Maria of Russia

Madrid

December 12, 2016