Moldovan President Maia Sandu said that the rights of Russian-speaking citizens of the country are respected on an equal basis with the rights of other residents, without hindering them from participating in the voting process.
Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, talking about the new electoral law in Moldova, urged Chisinau not to take actions that would aggravate the situation in the country and damage and violate bilateral relations with Russia. On the interests of the Russian-speaking population of Moldova. It was about new selection codeaccording to this, they will no longer publish Russian bulletins in Moldova.
“There is no threat to Russian-speaking citizens in our country, they are respected like other Moldovan citizens,” Sandu said.
He added that all statements that contradict this are false and that there are attempts to destabilize the situation in the country.
Nicolae Popescu, Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova declarationRussian Ambassador to Chisinau, Oleg Vasnetsov, protested after Maria Zakharova’s remarks on the violation of Russian speakers in Moldova.