The Vice President of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, reacted to the fact that the Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova, Dorin Rechan, announced that several Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin, are on a blacklist and are not allowed to enter the country. The former president of Russia said that the Republic of Moldova no longer exists as a state because “it was sold” to Romania.

Dmytro Medvedev in his characteristic style commented on the statement of the Prime Minister of Moldova Dorin Rechan, who announced on TV8 on Thursday evening that a “black list” of officials from the Russian Federation, recognized as undesirable on the territory of the Republic of Moldova, had been drawn up. .

The list includes the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, as well as a businessman who has close ties in the political environment of Russia and the Republic of Moldova, Ihor Chaika, NewsMaker reports.

In response, Dmitry Medvedev stated that Russian officials “for now” have no intention of coming to the Republic of Moldova, which no longer exists as a state, as it was “sold” to Romania by the pro-Western government, at which he asked Moldovan officials to respect ” the sovereignty of the Dniester Moldavian Republic”, under which Transnistria is called.

“A mysterious creature named Recean announced that neither the president of Russia nor Russian officials will be able to enter their country – Moldova. First, no one was even going to go there. Maybe, somehow, later… Secondly, there is no such country either. Local leaders sold it to Romania, becoming traitors to their own country,” Medvedev wrote.

“And it makes no sense to discuss with them. Let people figure it out with them. And let them finally decide who they are – Moldovans or Romanians,” added Medvedev, quoted by NewsMaker.

At the end of the message in the postscript, Medvedev says: “Obviously, with the indication that all “Rechenians” and “Alde Sandu” must respect the sovereignty of the Dniester Moldavian Republic.”

Tension between Moscow and Chisinau

Medvedev’s statements came amid strained relations between Chisinau and Russia and in the context of Sunday’s elections to appoint a regional leader (Başcanul) in the predominantly pro-Russian semi-autonomous region of Gagauzia.

This electoral context forced the authorities of the Republic of Moldova to ban the entry of the leader of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan into the country on April 17, a diplomatic incident that subsequently caused mirror gestures in Chisinau and Moscow: the ambassadors were summoned to the offices of the respective foreign ministries and informed of the expulsion of one member of their diplomatic staff

Russia also banned some Moldovan officials from entering the country: Interior Minister Ani Revenko and several MPs from President Maia Sandu’s Action and Solidarity Party: Oazu Nantoi, Olesa Stamate and Lilian Karp.

Relations between Russia and the republic The situation in Moldova worsened significantly after the coming to power in the neighboring country of the pro-Western government of President Maia Sandu, who repeatedly accused Moscow of trying to destabilize the country after the invasion of Ukraine.

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