Dodon called the case against him fabricated

Igor Dodon. Archival photo CHISINAU, May 26. Former Moldovan President Igor Dodon, accused of corruption and treason, was taken out of the courtroom, he managed to declare that the case against him was fabricated, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. Employees of the anti-corruption Prosecutors on Tuesday detained Dodon for 72 hours, whom the authorities suspect of passive 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. On Wednesday, he was formally charged, the prosecutor's office wants to place Dodon under preliminary arrest for 30 days. Dodon was taken to the Chisinau courthouse under escort, he was not allowed to talk to the press. He spent less than 15 minutes in the courtroom, after which he was taken out again. «The case is political, it is fabricated,» Dodon managed to tell journalists with whom he was forbidden to communicate. Through his lawyers, Dodon 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 urged supporters of the Party of Socialists to support the protests, he expressed confidence that the opposition «with a firm position and courage» will put in place and «eliminate, if the citizens so demand, the regime that destroys Moldova» of the ruling party «Action and Solidarity».Dodon said he was advised not to criticize the government and flee the country