{"id":15279,"date":"2026-11-10T23:25:58","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T23:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=15279"},"modified":"2026-11-10T23:25:58","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T23:25:58","slug":"russia-expels-moldovan-diplomat-in-tit-for-tat-move-vladimir-putin-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=15279","title":{"rendered":"Russia expels Moldovan diplomat in tit-for-tat move | Vladimir Putin News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Relations between Moscow and Chisinau have worsened since the 2022 Ukraine war.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Russia has expelled a Moldovan diplomat in retaliation for Chisinau\u2019s expulsion of a Russian embassy employee over the crash of a drone in Moldova.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday that it had summoned Moldova\u2019s ambassador, Lilian Darii, and informed him that a member of the Moldovan embassy\u2019s staff had been declared unacceptable \u201con the basis of the principle of reciprocity\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\u201cA strong protest was lodged with the ambassador after the Moldovan authorities on October 23 declared an employee of the Russian embassy in Chisinau persona non grata,\u201d the ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n

It said Moldova\u2019s decision was made \u201cunder the formal pretext of the alleged discovery on the territory of the republic of debris of an unmanned aerial vehicle carrying explosives\u201d, calling it \u201canother unfriendly step\u201d.<\/p>\n

The ministry said the \u201ctrue goal\u201d of the move was \u201cto further undermine the centuries-long history of Russian-Moldovan relations\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u2018Crashed near homes\u2019<\/h2>\n

Last month, Moldovan President Maia Sandu said a \u201cRussian attack drone\u201d had violated the country\u2019s airspace and \u201ccrashed near homes and an energy facility\u201d.<\/p>\n

Moldova then declared a staff member of the Russian embassy \u201cpersona non grata\u201d.<\/p>\n

Drones have penetrated Moldovan territory on multiple occasions since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.<\/p>\n

Since then, Russia\u2019s relations with former Soviet states, such as Moldova, have hit an all-time low, compounded by the push by some of those states to join the European Union.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Moldova officially launched a new power line<\/a> connecting the country to neighbouring Romania and the European grid to reduce its dependence on Russian energy.<\/p>\n

The 400-kilovolt extra-high-voltage line, which runs from the city of Vulcanesti to Chisinau, allows Moldova to cut reliance on the Cuciurgan thermal power plant in Transnistria.<\/p>\n

Other European-aligned states in the Black Sea region say they are experiencing renewed attacks allegedly carried out by Moscow, such as a drone strike that sank a cargo ship<\/a> off Romania\u2019s Black Sea coast in October.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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