Marina Tauber. File photoCHISINAU, Oct 20 Prosecutors banned the vice-chairman of the opposition Shor party in Moldova, Marina Tauber, from leaving Chisinau. financing, after which the parliament deprived Tauber of parliamentary immunity, and then she was placed under arrest in a pre-trial detention center, which was extended more than once. In September, the politician was transferred to house arrest. On Tuesday, October 18, the district court of Chisinau decided to transfer Tauber from house arrest to judicial control (similar to a written undertaking not to leave). >The authorities of Transnistria expressed concern about the military exercises of MoldovaMembers of the political force and its supporters declare the political nature of the case in the context of the persecution of the opposition. «Although they (prosecutors — ed.) did not find any legal grounds and evidence to convict me of what they unfairly and falsely accused me, they applied another restriction to me. I am forbidden to leave Chisinau,” Tauber wrote on social networks on Thursday. The protesters are outraged by the unprecedented increase in prices for gas, other energy resources and food, as well as high inflation and falling living standards. The protesters accuse the authorities of failing to cope with the crisis, point to a record inflation over the past 20 years, which in September amounted to 33.97% on an annualized basis. The country's leadership has been criticized for its unwillingness to negotiate better gas prices with Russia, as well as for political pressure on opposition representatives. Moldova representatives «Shor» has grown to 24 people
