Several Montenegrin boxers who came to participate in an international tournament were forced to return home after they were denied entry to the territory of the Republic of Moldova, writes Deschide.md, as foreigners are subject to special controls upon arrival in the country. On Monday, President Maia Sandu said that Russia had prepared a plan to violently destabilize the Republic of Moldova, and several Serbian fans of the Belgrade team “Partizan” were not allowed to enter the country on Monday night.

Five boxers and a coach arrived from Montenegro to participate in the international tournament “Pavlo Lucesky”, which will be held in the Republic of Moldova on February 15-17.

“At Chisinau airport, the police did not let our team into the Republic of Moldova without giving us any explanation. After several hours of waiting, our boxers were given their documents and asked to return on the first plane that leaves tomorrow at 9:20 a.m. to Istanbul, after which they will transfer to another plane at 7:40 p.m. to their destination Podgorica. “Unfortunately, the participation of our boxers in the international tournament has ended before it started,” the Facebook page of the sports club to which the boxers belong says.

The spokeswoman of the Moldovan border agency, Raisa Nowicki, said that in the last 24 hours, several foreign citizens were refused entry to the Republic of Moldova on the grounds that they did not meet the conditions for permission to cross the state border.

“We remind you that after February 24, 2022, in connection with the establishment of an emergency situation related to military operations, in the immediate vicinity of the state border of the Republic of Moldova, upon entering the country, all foreign citizens will undergo a special control, in the context elimination of some security risks Novychi also said.

The President of the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu, announced on Monday that Moscow has a plan to undermine the country “with the involvement of saboteurs with military training, camouflaged in civilian clothes, who will carry out violent acts, attacks on some government buildings and take hostages.”

A group of “saboteurs” from Serbia would have arrived in the Republic of Moldova this week as part of Partizan Belgrade football team fans, which had scheduled a football match on Thursday, PAS deputy Andrian Cheptonar said.