Moldova summoned Russia’s ambassador, Oleg Vasnetsov, to protest against the Kremlin’s decision to open six polling stations in Transnistria “contrary to the position of the Moldovan authorities,” the foreign ministry said.
It said it informed Vasnetsov that an unnamed embassy worker was a “collaborator” who was declared persona non grata and must leave the country.
I will be mildly shocked if Russia doesn’t try something in Transnistria in the next few years.
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Moldova summoned Russia’s ambassador, Oleg Vasnetsov, to protest against the Kremlin’s decision to open six polling stations in Transnistria “contrary to the position of the Moldovan authorities,” the foreign ministry said.
It said it informed Vasnetsov that an unnamed embassy worker was a “collaborator” who was declared persona non grata and must leave the country.
Russia had previously agreed to open just one polling station at its embassy in Moldova’s capital of Chisinau.
Moldovan officials have repeatedly accused Russia of conducting a “hybrid war” against their country by funding anti-government protests, meddling in local elections and running vast disinformation campaigns to try to topple the government and derail the country from its path toward full European Union membership.
It isn’t recognized by any U.N. member country, including Russia, which maintains close ties to the region that is home to about 220,000 Russian citizens.
Russia maintains about 1,500 troops in Transnistria as so-called peacekeepers, who guard Soviet-era weapons and ammunition stockpiles.
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