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14 Apr, 6 tweets, 2 min read
#Ukraine_Moldova: The scandal surrounding the kidnapping of former Ukrainian judge Ceaus allegedly by Ukrainian citizens with connections to special services is getting worse. 1) The Moldovan MFA requested the Ukrainian embassy in Chisinau to lift the diplomatic immunity of ⤵️
the military attaché Sergey Smetanyuk. This would allow to initiate the investigation into the alleged participation of him in the committed kidnapping of Ceaus. The Ukrainian embassy apparently declined the request. 2) At the same time, the Ukrainian embassy informed Kyiv ⤵️
that President Sandu made several attempts to contact Zelensky's office, without success. Zelensky apparently doesn't have a plan / reaction. 3) As stated by the MFA of Ukraine, no Ukrainian authority has participated in the kidnapping. This leaves however unexplained the use ⤵️
the car with diplomatic numbers that allegedly belong to the Ukrainian embassy in Chisinau. 4) The Ukrainian embassy agreed to organize a meeting between its military attaché Smetanyuk and the Moldovan prosecutors on the embassy territory. 5) The Ukrainian ambassador has ⤵️
Kyiv that President Sandu is suffering an image blow from the kidnapping of Ceaus. Pro-Russian forces in Moldova pressure Sandu to take political responsibility for the case or toughen the tone towards Kiev. Here are more details about the case. 👇
PS. Many voices concur that the Ceaus case is a provocation by Russian intelligence.

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2.The presidential elections in November 2020 and the victory of Maia Sandu can produce qualitative changes at the level of the president's institution. Therefore, under Sandu's leadership, the president's office needs to escape from "isolation", and less so the country.
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