CHISINAU, Jun 13The wife of ex-president of Moldova Igor Dodon is involved in the same case as he is, the press service of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office reported on Monday. Previously, ex-president of Moldova Igor Dodon, who was under house arrest, said that his wife Galina Dodon was handed a summons to the prosecutor's office. We confirm that Galina Dodon was indeed given a summons to the prosecutor's office today. She is involved in the same case as her husband. Let us recall that in this context, charges have been brought against several persons,» the anti-corruption department said. The press service of the institution clarified that refers to the case under the general name «Kulek». We are talking about video footage published in 2019 from the office of the Democratic Party of Moldova. In the video, oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc, who headed the party, hands Dodon a package that supposedly contained money. Dodon then stated that the published footage was a video montage, and the charges against him were fabricated by order of President Maia Sandu. On May 24, employees of the anti-corruption prosecutor's office detained Dodon, whom the authorities suspect of corruption, illegal enrichment, financing 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 next day, formal charges were brought against him, the prosecutor's office insisted on a preliminary arrest for 30 days, but the court ruled that Dodon would spend this period under house arrest. The prosecutor's office and the lawyers of the ex-president himself protested this decision, but the Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the court of first instance. judges, accusing them of corruption. Earlier, 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» would put in place and «eliminate, if the citizens so demand, the regime that destroys Moldova» of the ruling Action and Solidarity party.
