Russia on Tuesday rejected accusations from the pro-western Moldovan president Maia Sandu that it is seeking to destabilise the Republic of Moldova, with the Russian foreign ministry dismissing the accusations as „unfounded and unsubstantiated.” Russia says Ukraine seeks to provoke tension between Moscow and Chișinău and draw Moldova into a confrontation with Russia. Reports of a Russian plot to overthrow the government of the Republic of Moldova are „deeply worrying”, said John Kirby, the spokesman for the National Security Council at the White House. At a news conference in Washington, he admitted the alleged plot was not verified independently, but that „it is not outside the bounds of Russian behaviour”. He reiterated his country’s support for the president and the people of the Republic of Moldova. On Monday, president Maia Sandu accused Moscow of planning a coup d’état in the Republic of Moldova with the help of mercenaries from Russia, Belarus, Serbia and Montenegro. The theory of a Russian plot to destabilise Moldova was first launched last week in Brussels by Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky.
