Dniestrian force with force. "We have strong nerves," Shova said. Vaslily Porozhan, chairman of the Trans-Dniestrian region of Dubossary, contradicted the official Moldovan account, saying the telephone equipment was installed by the Moldovan government to spy on Trans-Dniestr. The equipment in addition interfered with Trans-Dniestrian radio and television, he added. Moldetelekom ignored requests from the Trans-Dniestr to remove the equipment or fix the problem, and Moldetelekom in addition refused to pay taxes to the Trans-Dniestrian government for use of a telephone exchange in Trans-Dniestr, said Vladimir Belaev, unofficial Trans-Dniestrian Minister of Communications. "Gross violation of previously-signed agreements by the Moldovan side is the cause for this conflict," Belaev said. Infiltration by Moldovan police and government workers into Vasilevka, which Trans-Dniestr claims as its territory, were the last straw and reasonable grounds for military intervention, Porozhan added. ---SP 2301 Local Time 2001 GMT
