The Ministry of Justice of the PMR held an extended meeting. The Board was attended by invited guests, including the PMR President, heads of state authorities and government agencies, ministries, departments, and state administrations. The keynote address was given by the Minister of Justice of the PMR Alexandra Tumba and the co-presenter was Vitaly Ishchenko, Head of the State Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice of the PMR. Anatoly Guretsky, Prosecutor of the PMR, and Alexander Rozenberg, Chairman of the Government of the PMR, delivered analytical and advisory comments at the meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Justice of the PMR. The PMR President Vadim Krasnoselsky assessed the agency's performance and issued instructions.
The reports indicate that the Ministry of Justice received 2153 draft legal acts for legal and anti-corruption review and 280 laws for approval in the 2025 reporting year. Experts issued comments on 616 documents, and negative opinions were issued on 164 drafts. Additionally, 816 departmental regulations were submitted for state registration, 315 orders for publication, and 35 drafts for approval, the minister reported. She described the work being done to improve and systematize current legislation, noting that the Ministry of Justice had received 178 requests for clarification on various provisions from government agencies, and 157 from citizens.
Alexandra Tumba reported that the development of the "Legal Literature" state information system, conceived by its developers as a standard electronic database of laws and other legal acts, is in its final stages. It is currently operating in test mode. Another innovation, effective from 2025, is the free availability of the "Inheritance Case Database" resource on the official website of the Ministry of Justice. It contains all information on this area since 2005. Public notaries opened 4697 inheritance cases this year. Overall, according to the minister, the registration and notarial services sector in Pridnestrovie is represented by 24 public and 18 private notaries, who performed 105494 transactions last year. It was noted that public notaries are now being used more frequently than private notaries. Notaries' activities are being monitored: eight scheduled inspections were conducted last year. A new service for verifying revoked notarial powers of attorney is planned for 2026. A register of these powers of attorney will be posted on the official website, which will minimize the risk of fraud.
Informing about the registration of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs, Alexandra Tumba reported that 163 organizations, 4308 individual entrepreneurs, and 126 peasant farms were added to the state register in 2025. The Ministry of Justice is overseeing the electronic conversion of civil status records. Previously, 2500 documents were digitized per month, now at a rate of 35000. This 14-fold increase in the speed of the process will allow Pridnestrovian civil registry offices to complete the conversion of civil status records made between 1970 and 1993 by the end of 2026.
The number of services provided by the Ministry through the "Portal of public services of the PMR" is growing. Four items were added to the list in 2025: registration of a legal entity created by incorporation; provision of an extract on a specific licensee from the Unified State Register of Licenses; registration and renewal of licenses for architectural activities, engineering surveys for construction, design of buildings and structures, and urban planning of territories and settlements; and issuance of a duplicate certificate of state registration of a civil status act.
The staffing level of the Ministry of Justice's divisions is 63.7%. Staffing levels are low in most structural units, including the State Service of Bailiffs. A relatively stable situation remains only in the registration and notary sphere, stated Alexandra Tumba. Her deputy Vitaly Ishchenko reported that the service he heads is only 58.5% staffed. The head of the State Penitentiary Service focused among other things on the training of convicts in his report. According to him, 356 prisoners received vocational training in 2025 (compared to 449 the year before), including six minors who received a degree in "Computer Operator" at the Kamenka Polytechnic College. The speaker noted that special contingents are involved in participating in sporting events as part of their educational efforts. 745 events were organized for convicts and citizens undergoing treatment at the treatment and preventive care facility, including volleyball and mini-football tournaments, in 2025. As for employment, there are challenges. The Ostrog enterprise (manufacturing garments, building materials, metal products, and carpentry) under the jurisdiction of the State Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice of the PMR) currently employs nine convicts out of a staffing level of 54. Fifty-nine contracts were signed during the year (98 last year). The decline in employment is due to the suspension of operations at several partner enterprises. The availability of government contracts is an important aspect.
Following a discussion of the reporting information, the President instructed the government together with the Ministry of Justice to intensify efforts to staff the agency's departments, including the bailiffs' service and the penitentiary service. Regarding lawmaking, it is recommended not simply to point out gaps, conflicts, and discrepancies in regulations, but to take steps to eliminate it. The government is recommended to facilitate the successful participation of organizations subordinate to the Ministry of Justice in competitive bidding for government contracts. Heads of state administrations are instructed to facilitate the employment of citizens who have served their sentences and acquired a profession while incarcerated. The leadership of the State Penitentiary Service is also instructed to inform state administrations about the release and return to society of specific individuals, indicating the profession they acquired in prison. The parole system is under special presidential oversight. Vadim Krasnoselsky emphasized that the parole system must operate effectively. He noted that the number of people serving sentences in penitentiary institutions has been reduced by 3.5 times over nine years, which has also reduced the financial burden on the state. Regarding the amnesty, it is an act of goodwill of the state, that is, the people, based on the principles of humanism, and it is important that everyone covered by the amnesty can benefit from it, Vadim Krasnoselsky emphasized, noting the responsibility of the relevant agencies for timely and comprehensive information. Addressing the staff of the Ministry of Justice of the PMR, Vadim Krasnoselsky thanked them for their work and urged them to pay special attention to improving their professionalism and professional competence, using all available educational resources.
