BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Moldova accused Russia’s intelligence service on Thursday of intimidating politicians and other officials, amid an investigation in the former Soviet republic into alleged money laundering by Russian officials.
Moldova’s Parliament said Russia intelligence agents had “abusively stopped…. interrogated, and treated in a humiliating manner” 25 Moldovan lawmakers, intelligence officials, and pro-European politicians in recent months and also sought to put Moldovan officials under “international monitoring” based on inaccurate information.
A statement said the alleged harassment coincided with an ongoing probe into a $22-billion money laundering case involving money sent from Russia to the private Moldinconbank.
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Source: KXAN
