Diplomatic retaliation from Russia to Moldova

The Russian Foreign Ministry reported that it declared a diplomat working at the Moldovan Embassy in Moscow as "persona non grata".

In the written statement made by the Ministry, it was reminded that in October, Moldova decided to declare a Russian diplomat "persona non grata" on the grounds of the presence of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on its territory.

The statement emphasized that this was not a "friendly step" and said, "The lack of evidence proving that the UAV in question is of Russian origin shows that the decision taken is unfounded. The main purpose of this decision is to further damage the deep-rooted Russia-Moldova relations and to create conditions that will complicate the work of the Russian Embassy in Chisinau." expressions were used.