Igor Dodon. Archival photo CHISINAU, May 25. The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office of Moldova filed charges against ex-president Igor Dodon on four counts, which include treason and corruption, lawyer Maxim Lebedinsky told RIA Novosti. «The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office today officially nominated Dodon charges on four counts, including corruption, as well as treason,» Lebedinsky said. Kyiv's allies took on pro-Russian politiciansUnder local law, the prosecutor's office can ask the court to place the accused under preliminary arrest for 30 days if there are suspicions that he may influence the course of the investigation. Employees of the anti-corruption prosecutor's office on Tuesday detained Dodon for 72 hours, whom the authorities suspect of passive corruption, illicit enrichment, financing of the party through a criminal organization and betrayal of the motherland. Searches and investigative measures were carried out in the house of the former leader. The leadership of the Party of Socialists called on its supporters to take part in a rally in support of Dodon. Later, the party announced mass protests on Wednesday. Dodon, through his lawyers, said on social networks that he had evidence of his innocence. The politician regarded the actions of law enforcement agencies and his detention as «a political matter that is sewn with white threads.» The politician called on supporters of the Socialist Party to support the protests, he expressed confidence that the opposition «with a firm position and courage» will put in place and «eliminate, if the citizens so demand, the regime that destroys Moldova» of the ruling party «Action and Solidarity».
The lawyer announced the detention of the brother of Dodon's wife
