Moldova said Tuesday it has expelled a Russian diplomat after Moscow opened polling stations for its presidential election in Moldova’s pro-Russia breakaway region of Transnistria.
Moldova summoned Russia’s ambassador, Oleg Vasnetsov, to protest against the Kremlin’s decision to open six polling stations in Transnistria “contrary to the position of the Moldovan authorities,” the foreign ministry said.
It said it informed Vasnetsov that an unnamed embassy worker was a “collaborator” who was declared persona non grata and must leave the country. Russia had previously agreed to open just one polling station at its embassy in Moldova’s capital of Chisinau. Russia has opened polling stations in Transnistria in previous presidential elections as well.Moldova faces multiple threats from Russia as it turns toward EU membership, foreign minister saysMoldova destroyed explosives found in a Shahed drone that strayed from the war in Ukraine
Transnistria was declared a breakaway state by pro-Russia forces after a short war in the early 1990s. It isn’t recognized by any U.N. member country, including Russia, which maintains close ties to the region that is home to about 220,000 Russian citizens. Russia maintains about 1,500 troops in Transnistria as so-called peacekeepers, who guard Soviet-era weapons and ammunition stockpiles.
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