{"id":3934,"date":"2023-02-14T15:23:09","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T15:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=3934"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:36:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:36:26","slug":"russia-denies-the-claims-to-destabilize-moldova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/analysis\/defense\/war\/russia-denies-the-claims-to-destabilize-moldova\/2023\/02\/14\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia denies the claims to destabilize Moldova"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOSCOW<\/span> (AFP)<\/span> \u2014<\/span> Russia<\/span> on<\/span> Tuesday<\/span> angrily<\/span> rejected<\/span> the<\/span> Moldovan<\/span> president’s<\/span> claims<\/span> about<\/span> an<\/span> alleged<\/span> plot<\/span> by<\/span> Moscow<\/span> to<\/span> overthrow<\/span> her<\/span> government<\/span> and<\/span> accused<\/span> Moldovan<\/span> authorities<\/span> of<\/span> trying<\/span> to<\/span> distract<\/span> public<\/span> attention<\/span> away<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> country’s<\/span> own<\/span> domestic<\/span> problems.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Moldova’s<\/span> President<\/span> Maia<\/span> Sandu<\/span> said<\/span> Monday<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> purported<\/span> Russian<\/span> plot<\/span> envisioned<\/span> attacks<\/span> on<\/span> government<\/span> buildings,<\/span> hostage-takings<\/span> and<\/span> other<\/span> violent<\/span> actions<\/span> by<\/span> groups<\/span> of<\/span> saboteurs<\/span> in<\/span> order<\/span> to<\/span> put<\/span> the<\/span> nation<\/span> \u201cat<\/span> the<\/span> disposal<\/span> of<\/span> Russia\u201d<\/span> and<\/span> derail<\/span> its<\/span> hopes<\/span> to<\/span> join<\/span> the<\/span> European<\/span> Union.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Responding<\/span> Tuesday,<\/span> Russia’s<\/span> Foreign<\/span> Ministry<\/span> spokeswoman<\/span> Maria<\/span> Zakharova<\/span> dismissed<\/span> Sandu’s<\/span> claims<\/span> as<\/span> \u201cabsolutely<\/span> unfounded<\/span> and<\/span> unsubstantiated.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u201cThey<\/span> are<\/span> built<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> spirit<\/span> of<\/span> classical<\/span> techniques<\/span> that<\/span> are<\/span> often<\/span> used<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States,<\/span> other<\/span> Western<\/span> countries<\/span> and<\/span> Ukraine,\u201d<\/span> Zakharova<\/span> said.<\/span> \u201cFirst,<\/span> accusations<\/span> are<\/span> made<\/span> with<\/span> reference<\/span> to<\/span> purportedly<\/span> classified<\/span> intelligence<\/span> information<\/span> that<\/span> cannot<\/span> be<\/span> verified,<\/span> and<\/span> then<\/span> they<\/span> are<\/span> used<\/span> to<\/span> justify<\/span> their<\/span> own<\/span> illegal<\/span> actions.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Sandu’s<\/span> claim<\/span> came<\/span> a<\/span> week<\/span> after<\/span> neighboring<\/span> Ukraine’s<\/span> President<\/span> Volodymyr<\/span> Zelenskyy<\/span> said<\/span> his<\/span> country<\/span> had<\/span> intercepted<\/span> plans<\/span> by<\/span> Russian<\/span> secret<\/span> services<\/span> to<\/span> destroy<\/span> Moldova.<\/span> Moldovan<\/span> intelligence<\/span> officials<\/span> later<\/span> said<\/span> that<\/span> they<\/span> confirmed<\/span> the<\/span> allegations.<\/span> Zakharova<\/span> accused<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> officials<\/span> of<\/span> alleging<\/span> Russia’s<\/span> plans<\/span> to<\/span> destabilize<\/span> Moldova<\/span> and<\/span> draw<\/span> it<\/span> into<\/span> a<\/span> conflict<\/span> with<\/span> Russia.<\/span> She<\/span> said<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> Moldovan<\/span> authorities<\/span> “used<\/span> the<\/span> myth<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Russian<\/span> threat<\/span> to<\/span> divert<\/span> the<\/span> attention<\/span> of<\/span> Moldovan<\/span> citizens<\/span> from<\/span> internal<\/span> problems<\/span> stemming<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> disastrous<\/span> socioeconomic<\/span> course<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> current<\/span> government<\/span> and<\/span> to<\/span> escalate<\/span> the<\/span> fight<\/span> against<\/span> their<\/span> opponents<\/span> and<\/span> political<\/span> opponents.”<\/span> ”<\/span> he<\/span> claimed.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Zakharova<\/span> said<\/span> Russia<\/span> is<\/span> not<\/span> a<\/span> threat<\/span> to<\/span> Moldova<\/span> and<\/span> she<\/span> wants<\/span> to<\/span> develop<\/span> mutually<\/span> beneficial<\/span> cooperation,<\/span> she<\/span> stressed.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Since<\/span> Russian<\/span> forces<\/span> invaded<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> nearly<\/span> a<\/span> year<\/span> ago,<\/span> Moldova,<\/span> a<\/span> former<\/span> Soviet<\/span> republic<\/span> of<\/span> about<\/span> 2.6<\/span> million<\/span> people,<\/span> has<\/span> sought<\/span> closer<\/span> ties<\/span> with<\/span> its<\/span> Western<\/span> partners.<\/span> Last<\/span> June,<\/span> it<\/span> was<\/span> given<\/span> EU<\/span> candidate<\/span> status<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> same<\/span> day<\/span> as<\/span> Ukraine.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> December,<\/span> Moldova’s<\/span> National<\/span> Intelligence<\/span> Service<\/span> warned<\/span> that<\/span> Russia<\/span> could<\/span> launch<\/span> a<\/span> new<\/span> offensive<\/span> aimed<\/span> at<\/span> creating<\/span> a<\/span> land<\/span> route<\/span> through<\/span> southern<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> independent<\/span> Moldovan-backed<\/span> Transnistria<\/span> region.<\/span> .<\/span> Transnistria<\/span> became<\/span> independent<\/span> after<\/span> the<\/span> civil<\/span> war<\/span> in<\/span> 1992,<\/span> but<\/span> is<\/span> not<\/span> recognized<\/span> by<\/span> most<\/span> countries.<\/span> It<\/span> stretches<\/span> for<\/span> about<\/span> 400<\/span> kilometers<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> eastern<\/span> bank<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Dniester<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> border<\/span> with<\/span> Ukraine.<\/span> Russia<\/span> nominally<\/span> deploys<\/span> about<\/span> 1,500<\/span> troops<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> segregated<\/span> area<\/span> as<\/span> “peacekeepers”<\/span> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MOSCOW (AFP) \u2014 Russia on Tuesday angrily rejected the Moldovan president’s claims about an alleged plot by Moscow to overthrow her government and accused Moldovan authorities of trying to distract public attention away from the country’s own domestic problems. Moldova’s President Maia Sandu said Monday that the purported Russian plot envisioned attacks on government buildings, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[276,24,26,2480,2482],"tags":[132,154,156,170,174,1083],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/rssia.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3934"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3934"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3936,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3934\/revisions\/3936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}