Supported by the
Sheriff conglomerate, he defeated incumbent President
Yevgeny Shevchuk in the
2016 presidential elections, receiving 62% of the vote. He was inaugurated on 27 December at the Nadezhda Aronetskaya State Drama Theatre. On 4 January 2017, he received newly elected Moldovan President
Igor Dodon in Bender, who was the second Moldovan leader to visit the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) in several years. In January 2019, he attended the opening of the PMR representative offices in Moscow, replacing the Cooperation Center "Transnistria". On 29 May, he announced the creation of an international lawsuit against Moldova in which the PMR asks for compensation for "the aggression against the people of Transnistria". In August, he attended a ceremony at the base of the
Operational Group of Russian Forces with Russian Defence Minister
Sergey Shoigu dedicated the 75th anniversary of the Soviet re-occupation of Moldova in the
Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive. In late October, he met with President Dodon at his presidential residence in
Holercani ahead of the Bavaria Conference, scheduled for 4–5 November. During his presidency, he revived the traditional New Year balls, in which he takes part with his spouse. In September 2017, he ordered the creation of the
Tiraspol Suvorov Military School, the youth cadet school of the
Armed Forces of Transnistria. He has expressed his support for Transnistria
being a part of Russia on numerous occasions.
Greening and urban improvement Krasnoselsky pursued a policy of greening and beautification of cities, primarily through the creation of new parks, squares, and the reconstruction of existing ones. During these improvements, he also undertook the renaming of parks and areas that were previously named during the communist era, restoring them to their original pre-revolutionary names or assigning new ones inspired by Russia's imperial past or figures from that era in 2021 and 2020.
Military reform Since 2017, a series of transformations have been implemented in the Armed Forces of Transnistria. Firstly, military service has shifted to a "workday" regime. Soldiers report for duty in the morning and leave in the evening, thereby reducing instances of hazing and unauthorized departure from military units to isolated cases. Secondly, during their army service, students from higher education institutions switch to distance learning, ensuring the continuity of the educational process.
Conscripts are granted leave during exam sessions. Thirdly, there has been a technical upgrade of military units, ranging from new uniforms to the repair of existing facilities and the construction of new barracks.
Views and actions on the Transnistrian culture '
Cornelius (Titov) (left) with Bishop
Eumenius (Mikheyev) of Chișinău and all Moldova (center) and
President of Transnistria Vadim Krasnoselsky (right), during the Metropolitan's visit in
Transnistria He considers the
October Socialist Revolution of 1917 as a "catastrophe" and refers to the
Bolsheviks as "traitors" and "usurpers." He also was one of the main supporters for the establishment of the first museum in Transnistria dedicated to the victims of political repression, and he has stated he views the policy of
decossackization as "genocide based on class criteria." He adheres to the opinion that in Transnistria, the
Holodomor was organized by the communists in power at the time
in the region, and supported and instructed to explore the installation of a monument in
Bender dedicated to the victims of Soviet repression. He also spoke positively about one of the leaders of the
White Movement,
Mikhail Drozdovsky, the Monarchist general who led the
Iași–Don March. Krasnoselsky has proposed raising statues of notable
Imperial Russian leaders such as
Emperor Alexander III, Generalissimo
Alexander Suvorov and Prime Minister
Pyotr Stolypin. He actively involves himself in changing the tourist image of Transnistria. He believes that Transnistria should be associated not as a "fragment of the USSR" and Soviet monuments but with positive images. For example, a monument of
Vladimir Lenin in the Bender Fortress was dismantled as part of this initiative. He has stated that he is a
constitutional monarchist, going as far as to say the following during a presidential campaign: While still being the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Vadim Krasnoselsky initiated the installation of banners featuring the image of the imperial family with the words: "Forgive us, sovereign, for our lost children." He initiated the construction of a chapel
in honor of the imperial family of Nicholas II in Bender and a chapel on the site of the former Intercession Church in Tiraspol which was demolished in the Soviet era. He also sharply criticized the religious policy of the USSR. On 13 February 2021, at the Cossack Circle, the president confirmed that even now he continues to commemorate important Imperial historical events and personalities in this way. More generally, Krasnoselsky is implementing a policy of returning the pre-revolutionary flags and emblems to Transnistrian cities. He stated that he considers Soviet symbolism to be "Irrelevant". In 2017, at the initiative of Vadim Krasnoselsky, the annual celebration of the regimental holiday of the 55th Podolsky Infantry Regiment of the Russian Imperial Army was revived in Bender on 29 August. Traditionally, the events begin at the military memorial complex near the Church of the Unfading Savior, with the laying of flowers at the reverential cross and the rendition of the anthem "
God Save the Tsar!" Following this, the participants proceeded in a procession to the monument of Russian glory, where a military parade took place. Subsequent thematic events occurred within the territory of
Bender Fortress and at the Alexander Nevsky Church. of
Chișinău and All Moldova He has stated that he supports the idea of traditional marriage being between a man and a woman. Holy Royal Martyrs. == Controversies ==