Two Russian citizens, who were part of a CIS election monitoring mission to Moldova have been jailed.
The representatives of the CIS-EMO international organization, who were detained Saturday night on the border between Moldova and the Russian-speaking Dniester region for allegedly being involved in a fight, were immediately charged with violating the administrative code.
The Russian government is, of course, outraged.
"Alarming reports have arrived from Chisinau about the local administration’s provocative moves with regards to Russians citizens – head of a mission of the international non-governmental organization for monitoring elections in countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States Alexei Kochetkov and a member of this organization Vladimir Lebyodkin. On July 9, they were detained on the outskirts of Bendery in an act of crude lawlessness," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
"No official explanations were provided following this yet another act of crude lawlessness, despite the Russian embassy’s repeated inquiries to the Moldovan Foreign Ministry," the release says.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said Moscow demands that the Russian citizens detained in Moldova be immediately released. "Otherwise, responsive measures will be taken. The Moldovan authorities must take note of this," the ministry said.
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There is no democracy in Russia. Moldova invited international observers to monitor the election. Russia could easily observe the election with international observers’ team – but no, they decided to be above everybody!!!
There is no such thing as “international organization CIS-EMO”. CIS-EMO only recognised in Russia. And Moldova is not a Russia. Stupid Russian propaganda…
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