At a government meeting, Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean instructed the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration to withdraw the accreditation of two employees of the Russian embassy at the airport. This was reported by the TV channel. TV8.
Recean said the right of Russian diplomats to travel in Moldova should be “restricted” and said he believed at least one of the Russian embassy staff “deserves deportation”. This is how he reacted to the scandal of the President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov not being admitted to Moldova.
He noted that Chisinau “will not allow anyone to interfere in the internal affairs of the Republic of Moldova”.
“The accreditation of two representatives of the Russian embassy at the airport should be cancelled. Mr. Deputy Prime Minister, look, does either of these two deserve to be deported?” Rechan said.
Former Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova stated The Russian side considers Moldova’s decision to refuse the entry of Tatarstan leader Rustam Minnikhanov to the country as “another hostile step”.
Moldovan Border Guard Service announced Refusal of entry to Minnikhanov “interfering in the internal affairs of the country”.
April 17 Tatarstan President Minnikhanov declarationThat the Moldovan authorities did not allow him to enter the country.