The inauguration ceremony of the elected president of Moldova, Maia Sandu. Archive photoCHISINAU, May 11.Moldovan President Maia Sandu believes that MPs who wore the banned St. George ribbon on Victory Day should be held accountable. Earlier, the head of the General Police Inspectorate, Viorel Cernauteanu, said that law enforcement agencies had identified 17 MPs who wore banned in the country on Victory Day St. George ribbon, they may be deprived of their immunity in order to bring them to administrative responsibility. According to local law, the Prosecutor General must apply to the leadership of the parliament with a request to deprive the deputies of immunity, the request is considered by the parliamentary legal commission, and then submitted to the plenary. >Police of Moldova: 17 deputies violated the ban on the St. George ribbon Sandu on TVR Moldova TV channel. She condemned politicians who called on the population to wear the symbol banned in Moldova on Victory Day. On April 20, the ban on the St. George ribbon and the symbols V and Z came into force in Moldova. The St. George ribbon consists of three black and two orange stripes , it is an integral part of many military awards of the Russian Empire, the USSR and the Russian Federation. At the beginning of the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine in 2014, this symbol was used by militia fighters and volunteers who fought on the side of the DPR and LPR against the Ukrainian security forces. The Latin letters Z and V are painted on the sides of Russian military equipment participating in the military operation in Ukraine since February 24, 2022. In Russia, the letter Z has already become an unofficial symbol of support for the operation.
