The government in Chișinău intends to sever relations with Russia and expel its ambassador, claims a propagandist in Tiraspol who misquotes Moldovan Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu.
NEWS: Professor Dmitri Soin, a former member of the Tiraspol parliament, believes that Maia Sandu's regime is deliberately pushing for a break in the relations with Russia, talking about the possibility of expelling Russia's ambassador to Chișinău, Oleg Ozerov. This possibility has been recently raised by the Ukrainian Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova, Alexandru Munteanu. According to him, the country's government is considering the option of declaring Russian Ambassador Ozerov persona non grata and expelling him from the republic.
What does this mean? The ruling elite in Moldova is consciously leading the country toward a break in relations with Russia. Soros's protégés in Chișinău have set themselves the main goal of severing all ties with Russia and, in pursuit of this goal, are prepared to commit terrible crimes against their own people. Soin explained that Ozerov's expulsion could lead to a sharp decline in diplomatic relations or even their severance.
Who will suffer from this? Russia? No, hundreds of thousands of Moldovan citizens living in the Russian Federation will suffer. Producers in the agricultural and wine-growing sectors will be hit. They will lose their markets. For Maia Sandu's regime, these are trifles, as they are only carrying out the orders of their external curators to draw the country into the conflict in Ukraine. In Soin's opinion, Moldova's statehood is currently being dismantled so that NATO infrastructure can take its place”.
NARRATIVES: 1. Chișinău intends to expel the Russian ambassador and sever diplomatic relations with Moscow. 2. NATO is destroying Moldova's statehood in order to deploy its military infrastructure on its territory.
PURPOSE: To induce the perception that the authorities in Chisinau are deliberately acting to sever diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation; to accredit the idea that the Republic of Moldova is losing its statehood under NATO's influence; to suggest that state institutions are being deliberately dismantled to make way for Western military infrastructure; to undermine public support for the pro-European path by presenting it as an existential threat to the country's sovereignty.
WHY THE NARRATIVES ARE FALSE: First, the author clearly misinterprets Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu's statements. When asked on a TV show to comment on the defiant statements made by the (unaccredited) Russian ambassador Oleg Ozerov, Munteanu actually said that expulsion would be a "last resort" and that the Republic of Moldova must maintain diplomatic relations with Russia. "Expulsion has been proposed and discussed, but I believe it is a last resort. We have a diaspora in Russia and we need to maintain a minimum level of diplomatic relations. We have to make pragmatic decisions. It's easy to slam the door...", said the Moldovan prime minister.
In fact, the false claim about the government's intention to expel the Russian ambassador and break diplomatic relations with Moscow is part of a broader narrative, increasingly promoted by Russian propaganda about the Chisinau government’s so-called Russophobia. The main goals of this narrative are, on the one hand, to draw a parallel between the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine, where Russia started the war under these very slogans, and, on the other hand, to rally the ranks of the Russian-speaking ethnic minorities. Veridica has debunked several fake news stories and pieces of disinformation on this subject, including claims that the government is preparing to close Russian-language schools that history textbooks are being rewritten to justify the confrontation with Russia , and that the Transnistrian conflict was triggered by Russophobia and Romanianism.
And the fear of a war in which the Republic of Moldova would be involved at the request/pressure of the West remains one of the main scare tactics. Veridica has also debunked narratives ranging from the alleged conditionality of Moldova’s entry into the war in order to be able to join the EU , to NATO’s intention to involve Romania and Moldova in the war as "cannon fodder," or even Chișinău's intention to provoke a civil war in order to bring the Romanian army into Moldova.
LOCAL CONTEXT/ETHOS: Prime Minister Munteanu's statements regarding the Russian ambassador's behavior stem from an interview he gave to Sputnik, in which, in addition to promoting virtually all of Moscow's false narratives, he also behaved in a less than diplomatic manner.
Moldova's relations with Russia have indeed become tenser since the start of the military invasion of Ukraine, which Chisinau has officially condemned. Moscow was involved in the last elections in Chisinau, trying to bring loyal political forces back to power.
Oleg Ozerov was appointed ambassador to the Republic of Moldova in September 2024, but has not yet been officially accredited by the authorities in Chișinău. Since the Russian Foreign Ministry entrusted him with the mandate, Ozerov has made several contradictory statements and false claims, including some debunked by Veridica, such as that there is no Russian propaganda in Moldova, or that the EU is turning into a dictatorship.
* This refers to the self-proclaimed legislature, which is not recognized internationally.
** Munteanu is referred to as the Ukrainian prime minister because he worked for several years in Kyiv in the business sector, and propaganda considers him to be "Kyiv's man" in Chișinău.
