The European Union has imposed sanctions against Igor Chaika, a Russian businessman and son of former Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika, due to the «destabilization» of the Republic of Moldova, according to the EU official journal.
According to the European Union, Chaika Jr. is responsible for financing “FSB projects aimed at destabilizing Moldova”, and also supported actions “threatening the sovereignty, independence, democracy, rule of law and stability of the republic.”
The EU also introduced restrictions against Moldovan politicians and oligarchs Vladimir Plahotniuc and Ilan Shor, accused in Moldova on fraud cases, the latter’s deputy Marina Trauber and the leader of the Building Europe at Home party, Georgy Cavkalyuk. US Treasury. Restrictions included Igor Chaika and his eight companies, including Charter, which deals with waste management in several districts of Moscow, the Moscow region and other regions of Russia.
The US Department of the Treasury stressed that Chaika is connected with members of the hacker group Evil Corp, which is also under sanctions, and had plans to «undermine the position of Moldovan President Maia Sandu and return Moldova to Russia's sphere of influence.»
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At the same time, Plahotniuc and Shor were added to the sanctions list, who, as the US agency indicated, collaborated with the Russian authorities during the presidential elections in Moldova in 2021, as well as Shor's wife, the Russian singer Jasmine.