Image: RFE/RLA secret plan by Russia’s security service, the FSB, lays out detailed options to destabilize Moldova – including preventing Moldova from joining NATO, supporting pro-Russian groups, utilizing the Orthodox Church, and threatening to cut off natural gas supplies, CNN reports. The document was obtained and first disclosed by a consortium of Europe-based media, and reviewed by CNN. Asked about the document on 16 March, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “We know nothing of the existence of such a plan. Russia has always been and remains open to building good-neighborly, mutually beneficial relations, including with Moldova,” according to CNN. Tags: Moldova, Russia

Source: The Guardian March 17, 2023 14:18 UTC