Russia issues protest to Moldova over embassy bomb alert

Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that Moldovan police had violated diplomatic protocol by blocking entrances to its embassy in the capital of Moldova.

Relations between Russia and ex-Soviet Moldova’s pro-European government have deteriorated sharply, with Moldovan President Maia Sandu repeatedly denouncing Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and accusing the Kremlin of trying to unseat her.

A statement on the Russian Foreign Ministry’s website said security forces in Chisinau prevented people from entering or leaving the embassy on grounds that a bomb threat had been received.

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