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Five get long jail terms in case on illegal withdrawal of over $2B to Moldovan bank

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow has sentenced five people to prison terms ranging from 15 to 19 years for illegal currency transfers amounting to more than 126 billion rubles (about $2.15 billion at the time of writing) with the use of falsified documents to BC Moldindconbank S.A.

18:16 12.07.2022

Moscow court to look into case on illegal withdrawal of over $1.6B to Moldovan bank

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow is to consider a criminal case over illegal currency transfers amounting to more than 126 billion rubles (about $1.6 billion) with the use of falsified documents to BC Moldindconbank S.A.

13:04 13.04.2021

Human rights council urges states closing air travel to help stranded Russians get home

Russia’s Presidential Council for Human Rights is concerned with the situation hundreds of Russian citizens have found themselves in as they are unable to return home from countries, which have closed air travel due to the spread of the coronavirus.

14:28 19.03.2020

Eurasian Alliance of Ombudsmen to be extended – Moskalkova

The Eurasian Alliance of Ombudsmen has great possibilities for provision of assistance to people and will be extended, according to the Russian human rights commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova.

16:37 16.09.2019

Inter RAO ex-board member charged with cooperation with Moldavan secret service – lawyer

A former board member for Inter RAO energy holding Karina Tsurkan is being charged with working for a Moldavan secret service.

10:59 12.07.2018

Moldovan Democratic Party leader’s arrest in absentia upheld

The Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld an order to arrest businessman and chairman of the Democratic Party of Moldova Vladimir Plakhotnyuk, charged with attempted murder, in absentia.

11:28 10.01.2018

Appeal against Moldovan Democratic Party leader’s arrest in absentia set for January

The Moscow City Court has set January 10 as the hearing date for an appeal against arrest of businessman and chairman of the Democratic Party of Moldova Vladimir Plakhotnyuk in absentia.

16:53 14.12.2017

Moldovan Democratic Party leader arrested in absentia by Moscow court

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court has issued an arrest warrant in absentia for businessman and chairman of the Democratic Party of Moldova Vladimir Plakhotnyuk charged with attempted murder.

14:54 06.12.2017

ECHR holds Moldova responsible for dismissal of libel claim against ex-president

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday that the rights of two Moldovan nationals were violated when their libel claims against former president of the country Vladimir Voronin had been dismissed.

16:39 02.12.2014

Police investigate withdrawal of $18 billion from Russia via Moldova - report

Russia’s law enforcement agencies are investigating the withdrawal of nearly 700 billion rubles (over $18 billion) from Russia via 21 banks, Vedomosti newspaper writes on Monday.

11:23 22.09.2014

Moldovan lawmaker sues watchdog for suspension of Russian TV channel

Moldovan lawmaker Grigore Petrenko has filed a lawsuit against the Coordination Council for Television and Radio Broadcasts which suspended broadcasts of Russia’s Rossiya-24 TV channel in the republic.

15:39 15.08.2014

Russia bans fruit imports from Moldova

Russia’s food safety agency has approved a temporary ban on fruit imports from Moldova, the agency announced on its website.

13:39 18.07.2014

Moldova suspends Russian state-run TV channel until 2015

Moldova’s television watchdog has suspended the broadcasts of Russia’s Rossiya-24 TV channel in the republic until January 1, 2015, RIA Novosti reports on Friday.

17:11 04.07.2014

Transnistrian leader proposes using Russian legislation

Transnistrian President Yevgeny Shevchuk has submitted a bill to parliament on introducing Russian legislation in the breakaway republic.

13:55 05.12.2013

Moldova court suspends Chisinau airport concession

Moldova’s Constitutional Court has suspended the government’s resolution to give a Russian company the right to run the key Moldovan airport.

10:05 12.09.2013

Anti-corruption forces search Moldovan government building

Officers of the National Anti-Corruption Center searched the offices of the Moldovan government members and tax officials on Friday morning, says the center's spokesperson Angela Starinschi.

14:19 15.02.2013

Moldovan ministers suspected of corruption

Moldova's National Anti-Corruption Center is suing three ministers of the Liberal-Democratic Party.

16:06 13.02.2013

Moldova launches money-laundering proceedings over Magnitsky funds

In response to a claim filed by the UK-based Hermitage Capital, Moldova has launched criminal proceedings which, according to an EU Observer report, implicate the country’s largest bank, the “Russian mafia,” and six European countries.

12:42 11.02.2013