(ANSA-AFP) - CHISINAU, SEP 13 - Moldova on Wednesday expelled
the country chief of Russia's Sputnik news agency, accusing the
outlet of spreading "propaganda and disinformation," as tensions
between the two nations run high. A 56-year-old Russian citizen
"was removed under escort" from Moldova after being "declared an
undesirable person... for a period of ten years," Moldova's
interior ministry said in a statement. "The measure to remove
the foreigner was ordered in connection with his involvement in
the internal affairs of the Republic of Moldova, a fact that
endangers the informational security of our country," it added.
Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year, tensions between
the two countries have increased. The current pro-EU government
of the former Soviet republic has firmly condemned the invasion
and alleged a Russian plot to try and overthrow it. (ANSA-AFP).
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