Searchs at the house of former Moldovan President Igor DodonCHISINAU, May 24.Investigators have been conducting searches for more than eight hours as part of the case of ex-President of Moldova Igor Dodon, RIA Novosti was told in the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic. «Investigative measures are ongoing, we will provide details after they are completed,» the department added. , go not only to Dodon's house in Chisinau, but also to his parents in the Calarasi district, as well as in the office of the Moldovan-Russian Business Union, which is headed by the politician, and at several other addresses. actions are carried out by employees of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office and the Information and Security Service of Moldova. Dodon is suspected of treason, passive corruption, illegal enrichment and financing of the party at the expense of a criminal organization. Local media reported that the politician was detained for 72 hours, but this was denied by the supervisory authority.The Moldovan opposition called the case against Dodon custom-madeIgor Dodon served as President of Moldova from December 2016 to December 2020. In 2020, former MP Iurie Renita published a video recording of Dodon's meeting with one of the richest businessmen in Moldova and leader of the Democratic Party Vladimir Plahotniuc and his deputy Sergei Yaralov in June 2019. These footage shows how Plahotniuc handed over to the head of state a package, according to Renita, with a large amount of money. In June 2020, the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office announced that it had found no signs of a crime and refused to initiate a case against Dodon. This decision was supported by the court of Chisinau, but the Court of Appeal overturned the decision of the court of first instance. Plahotniuc himself in Moldova is accused of money laundering, illegal enrichment and the withdrawal of a billion dollars from the banking system. In June 2019, a few days after a videotaped meeting with Dodon, he illegally left the republic. The court in Chisinau issued several times a warrant for the arrest of Plahotniuc in absentia, the prosecutor's office of Moldova insists on his extradition. In Russia, the Moldovan oligarch was arrested in absentia in November 2017 and put on the international wanted list in the case of attempted murder. In addition, in April 2020, Plahotniuc and another Moldovan politician Renato Usatom were charged in absentia with the withdrawal of 500 billion rubles from Russia. protest action in support of Dodon
