
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Archive photoMOSCOW, 16 Jun. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke about the West's desire to undermine stability in Moldova, following the example of neighboring Ukraine.
"Of course, they are clearly trying to make a second Ukraine out of Moldova", he said in an interview with NTV.< /p>In addition, the diplomat accused Chisinau of begging in the situation with gas supplies. «By and large, extortion, playing tricks: if you don’t do it to us, then we will go to Europe faster. And if you do, we will go anyway, but more slowly This is how I read these signals,” Lavrov said. The final decision will be made by the heads of state and government of the EU at the summit in Brussels on June 23-24, taking into account the recommendation of the European Commission.

