Russia reacted to the expulsion of diplomats from Moldova

Moldova made a mistake when it decided to expel Russian diplomats and technical staff from the country. This is how Vladimir Dzhabarov, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, reacted to Chisinau’s decision.

“I think Moldova is making a big mistake. The fact is that they are trying to quickly get into NATO and the EU, not realizing that they still have many interests in the East. In addition to Moldova itself, Transnistria remains, which is part of Moldova. In Transnistria, 60 or 70 percent of the people are Russian citizens. I think they are not happy about breaking with Russia, much less uniting with Romania, as Sandu dreams of. I think that there are not so many people in Moldova itself who are interested in breaking off relations with us,” the senator said.

Scandal with the expulsion of diplomats

On July 26, Moldovan government spokesman Daniel Voda announced that the number of employees at the Russian embassy in Chisinau would be reduced to 10 diplomats and 15 technical workers. The official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic, Igor Zakharov, specified in an interview with TASS that 45 employees of the representative office will leave the country.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Moldova is deliberately putting relations with Russia in a very miserable state, and this can only be regretted. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, noted that Moscow would respond to Chisinau’s decision. She called the actions of the Republic hzikhidtidekrt unfriendly.

The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the country, Nikolai Popescu, spoke about Moldova’s plans to expel some of the employees of the Russian representative office. The authorities of the republic suspected them of “destabilizing the situation in the country.”