Press conferences following the results of the parliamentary elections in Moldova. Archive photoCHISINAU, May 5.Economic relations between Moldova and Russia are almost completely blocked due to the fault of Chisinau, although they need to be improved, said the ex-president of the republic, head of the Moldovan-Russian Business Union Igor Dodon. «Economic relations with Russia are almost completely blocked due to the fault of the Moldovan side, the situation is very difficult, I I hope that it will not get worse. If Moldova is included in the list of unfriendly countries, then any deals with Russia will stop,» Dodon said on the air of the Publika TV channel. .jpg» />Former President Dodon: Moldovan authorities jeopardize the security of citizensAccording to him, it is necessary to be friends with Russia, since the conflict in the region will end, and countries will need to sit down again at the negotiating table. He believes that Chisinau should start improving relations with Moscow now. Earlier, the speaker of the Moldovan parliament, Igor Grosu, said that the republic fully supported financial sanctions against Russia. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
