INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russia on Friday expelled three Moldovan diplomats in a tit-for-tat relocation after Chisinau kicked out Russian embassy officials accused
of helping a pro-Moscow lawmaker flee the country.Earlier this week, Moldovan authorities bought the expulsion of 3 Russian diplomats after
they implicated the Russian embassy of assisting lawmaker Alexandr Nesterovschi who was dealing with prison time leave to the pro-Moscow
breakaway region of Transnistria.Authorities in Russia rejected the claims and stated Friday that they would expel 3 Moldovan diplomats in
Any efforts to implicate the Russian diplomatic mission of interfering in the internal affairs of the Republic of Moldova have no premises
whatsoever, Russias Foreign Ministry stated in a statement.Nesterovschi vanished prior to a Moldovan court sentenced him to 12 years in
jail for corruption and unlawful funding of a celebration connected to fugitive business owner Ilan Shor, who is currently living in
Russia.Russia and Moldova have expelled lots of diplomats in the last few years, with relations even more strained as Moldova seeks to join
the European Union and since Moscow released its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
