The former pro-Russian president of the Republic of Moldova, Ihor Dodon, remains under house arrest after the magistrates of the Court of Appeal on Monday rejected the appeal of his lawyers to cancel the measure of house arrest, Radio Chisinau and Deschide.md reported. , reports Agerpres.

Ihor Dodon, detained by the Moldovan prosecutor’s officePhoto: video shooting

At the same time, the magistrates also rejected the request of the prosecutors to apply additional restrictions on Dodon, including the prohibition of telephone conversations.

The prosecutor in the case of Petru Yarmalyuk told the press that he provided new evidence regarding the risks of interference in the criminal investigation, destruction of evidence, commission of new crimes and interaction with other participants in the criminal case.

“In the period from May 26 to June 10, 700 calls, 36 messages, and more than 600 Internet connections were made from the mobile phone used by Ihor Dodon. The criminal investigation body does not know with which people he communicated. Perhaps with individuals , involved in the crime. criminal case,” he said.

Ihor Dodon, now the honorary president of the (left, pro-Russian) Socialist Party, which he founded, was detained on May 24. Later, on May 26, by the decision of the Chisinau court, he was placed under house arrest, Deschide.md notes

The former socialist president is suspected of illegal enrichment, passive corruption, illegal financing of the party and treason. Igor Dodon’s mother, his wife, as well as his brother-in-law Petru Merinyanu, who is in pre-trial detention center No. 10001, are in the pre-trial detention center. 13 from Chisinau. Likewise, Dodon has the status of an accused in the “Energokom” case.

A part of Ihor Dodon’s property has been seized

According to the prosecutors, a total of 2,145,000 lei was seized, the money was found in the residence of the former head of state, in his car, as well as in the house of the former president’s mother in Sadova, writes tv8.md.

The Chisinau press reminds that on June 23, anti-corruption prosecutors seized Dodon’s house and land in Chisinau, as well as the land and real estate he owned through intermediaries.