Go to media bankFlag on the building of the residence of the President of Moldova in Chisinau. File photoCHISINAU, Oct 26The anti-Russian rhetoric in Moldova under President Maia Sandu turned out to be worse than when the country was informally ruled by the oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc, former head of the republic Igor Dodon said in an interview with RIA Novosti. «Now the anti-Russian rhetoric is worse than it was under Plahotniuc, worse than at the time when the president's activities were blocked. Now Maia Sandu's regime is much worse. You also know what is happening in the internal media market of Moldova — all Russian-language media are completely censored,» he said. Dodon.
«People in despair.» A parallel government was created in MoldovaAccording to him, now Western curators — Americans and Europeans — are making «crazy investments» in Russian-language content, hundreds of programs funded by the US and EU in Russian have been launched in Moldova. «Here again, it's about the same thing that happened in Ukraine, that is, an attempt to change the mentality of the Russian-speaking population of Moldova … These are attempts to change public opinion,» Dodon added. Plahotniuc, an ex-deputy and one of the richest businessmen in Moldova. In November 2017, the Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested Plahotniuc in absentia and put him on the international wanted list for attempted murder. In February 2019, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that the police had stopped the activities of the international criminal community, which in 2013-2014 brought more than 37 billion rubles out of Russia. In April 2020, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation indicted in absentia the Moldovan politician Renato Usatii in the case of the withdrawal of 500 billion rubles from Russia together with the oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc. In his homeland, Plahotniuc is accused of money laundering, fraud and illegal enrichment, as well as the withdrawal of a billion dollars from the country's banking system, the oligarch illegally left Moldova in June 2019. The court in Chisinau issued several times a warrant for Plahotniuc's arrest in absentia, the Moldovan prosecutor's office insists on his extradition to his homeland. From 2010 to 2019, Plahotniuc led the Democratic Party of Moldova, which was part of the ruling structures.Read the full text of Igor Dodon's interview >>< /strong>
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