On Friday, Russia banned several Moldovan officials following the “unfriendly” decision of Moldova to hand 22 Russian diplomats to Moscow, the Russian foreign ministry said, making another worsening of already weakened bilateral relations.
Moldova has been buffeted by Moscow’s battle in the war-torn country, Ukraine. Maia Sandu, Moldovan president has criticized the Russian attack and blamed Russia for trying to weaken her country, Moldova.
22 Russian diplomats flew out of Chisinau, the capital of Moldovan on August 14, fleeing behind a skeleton staff.
In a statement, the Russian foreign ministry said that this “unfriendly” step leads to the other collapse of Moscow-Chisinau links, which are already in a deep situation due to the steps of the Moldovan side.
The ministry said that the representative was informed that as an asymmetric reply, entrance into the Russian Federation was closed to several officials of the Republic of Moldova.
But they didn’t specify who and how many Moldovan officials were affected by the ban.
