[3] Supported by the Sheriff conglomerate,[7] he defeated incumbent President Yevgeny Shevchuk in the 2016 presidential elections, receiving 62% of the vote.

[10] In January 2019, he attended the opening of the PMR representative offices in Moscow, replacing the Cooperation Center "Transnistria".

[11] 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".

[13][14][15] In late October, he met with President Dodon at his presidential residence in Holercani ahead of the Bavaria Conference, scheduled for 4–5 November.

[21][22] Krasnoselsky pursued a policy of greening and beautification of cities, primarily through the creation of new parks, squares, and the reconstruction of existing ones.

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.

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.

"[29] He also was one of the main supporters for the establishment of the first museum in Transnistria dedicated to the victims of political repression,[30] and he has stated he views the policy of decossackization as "genocide based on class criteria.

"[31] He adheres to the opinion that in Transnistria, the Holodomor was organized by the communists in power at the time in the region,[32] and supported and instructed to explore the installation of a monument in Bender dedicated to the victims of Soviet repression.

[33] He also spoke positively about one of the leaders of the White Movement, Mikhail Drozdovsky,[34] the Monarchist general who led the Iași–Don March.

[38]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.

[42] 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.

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!"

[46] Due to his openly monarchist and anti-communist views and policies, Krasnoselsky regularly faces criticism from the Transnistrian Communist Party and left-wing activists, as well as in the newspapers "Pridnestrovie Pravda" and "Voice of the People".