Renato Usatii raised the issue of the fate of the railroad property, saying that thousands of railroad cars had been taken out of Moldova through various schemes and one-day firms since the early 2000s.
“I can state with all certainty that there were several investigative and international commissions. The last document I saw about five years ago clearly showed that several thousands of wagons were taken out of Moldova through phantom firms and various schemes. I assure you: there are thousands of wagons outside the country, not a few units, as it is claimed. What is the fate of these railcars today? Someone simply “wrote them off,” as they say,” Renato Usatii said from the parliamentary rostrum.
He also demanded that the responsible bodies – the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Moldovan Railroad – provide clear information about the fate of this property.
In response, the representatives of the parliamentary majority said that the provisions of this agreement became irrelevant back in 1993, after the division of the Soviet property.
“Everything that happened after 1993 is the responsibility of the Moldovan authorities,” said PAS deputy Adrian Balucel.
According to the 1993 agreement, Moldova got about 13,000 railcars.
As of 2023, the fleet of the State Enterprise “Railroad of Moldova” (CFM) had only about 1,200 freight cars, more than 700 grain carriers and about 650 universal wagons. At the same time, the majority of railcars and locomotives (about 90%) had reached the end of their useful life, and some of the old rolling stock was for sale.
Recallthat today the Parliament adopted in the final reading the draft denunciation of the Agreement with the Commonwealth of Independent States on the division and joint use of freight cars and containers of the former USSR Ministry of Railways.
