Moldovan Foreign Ministry Declares Russian Embassy Official Persona Non Grata

The ambassador of the Russian Federation to Moldova, Oleg Vasnetsov, who was summoned to the Moldovan Foreign Ministry, said this. Yesterday, the Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Organized Crime, together with the SIS, reported the detention of two officials of the Parliament and the Border Police suspected of treason and conspiracy against Moldova. The facts incriminated against them took place since 2023. Thus, one of them is suspected of high treason after he collected and passed to an employee of the Russian Embassy information that could be used against the interests of the Republic of Moldova. Representatives of the Russian Embassy deny these accusations.