MOSCOW, September 13 Charge d'Affaires of Moldova Sergiu Goncherenco left the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he was summoned in connection with the deportation of the head of Sputnik Moldova, the correspondent reports.
The diplomat stayed in the ministry for about 20 minutes. He did not comment on the results of his visit to the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Earlier, the head of Sputnik Moldova, Vitaly Denisov, said that he would be deported from Moldova. He explained that in Chisinau, migration service officers came to his home, put him in a car and took him to the airport with a deportation order on the first flight. According to Denisov, the Moldovan authorities believe that he poses a threat to national security.
The situation was commented on by Dmitry Kiselev, general director of the Rossiya Segodnya media group. He noted that the destructive policy of the Moldovan authorities crosses all adequate boundaries of interstate relations.
At the end of February last year, after the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, the Information and Security Service of Moldova blocked Sputnik Moldova, explaining this by the risk of spreading “disinformation affecting national security «. On March 7, the agency's radio station also stopped broadcasting. The Russian embassy condemned the actions of Chisinau and called the accusations against Sputnik Moldova biased and politicized.