The former head of Moldova questioned the existence of the list with a ban on entry for Putin

The leader of the opposition Party of Communists of Moldova, the country’s ex-president Vladimir Voronin, said that the parliament did not accept documents prohibiting Russian President Vladimir Putin from entering the republic.

“We have not seen this list, which, according to the so-called prime minister, includes the president of Russia. This list did not pass through the parliament, and we also heard only verbal statements from the government. There is no documentary evidence anywhere, no one knows anything,” declared Voronin RIA Novosti.

According to Voronin, the country’s authorities could not make such a decision on their own, since they are financially dependent on Western grants and loans. It is not clear whether any measures were actually taken, but if “instructions were sent in the EU colonies”, then the Moldovan authorities will implement them. “They follow a list that was born somewhere in the bowels of Brussels or in America. There is no sovereignty and independence,” the politician said.

On April 27, Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean said that a rather “long list” of high-ranking Russian leaders, including President Vladimir Putin, was banned from entering the country, and there would be fine for wearing the St. George ribbon on May 9 Victory Day.

After that, on April 28, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev sharply commented on the words of the Moldovan Prime Minister on his Telegram channel.

“A mysterious creature named Recean said that neither the President of Russia nor Russian officials will be able to enter his country – Moldova. Well, firstly, no one is going there now. Maybe later… And secondly, there is no such country anymore. Local chiefs sold it to Romania,” Medvedev wrote. In his opinion, it makes no sense for Moscow to conduct a dialogue with the Moldovan authorities.

Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, commenting on Medvedev’s post during a briefing, recalled that in March a law was adopted in Moldova to rename the Moldovan language into Romanian. The Kremlin also believes that Moldova is “rapidly drifting in the direction of the very well-known Russophobia,” which, according to Peskov, may be associated with the desire for European integration and does not correlate with the mood in society.