Truth about Moldova

Public Designation, Due to Involvement in Significant Corruption, of Former Moldovan Official Plahotniuc U.S. Department of State, January 13, 2020 Today, I am designating former Moldovan official and oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc due to his involvement in significant corruption. In his official capacity, Plahotniuc was involved in corrupt acts that undermined the rule of law and severely compromised the independence of democratic institutions in Moldova. This designation is made under Section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020 (Div. G, P.L. 116-94). Under Section 7031(c), once the Secretary of State designates officials of foreign governments for their involvement, directly or indirectly, in significant corruption, those individuals and their immediate family members are ineligible for visas to the United States. The law also requires the Secretary of State to either publicly or privately designate or ide...

DECLARATION on the recognition of the captive nature of the Republic of Moldova Chisinau, 8 June 2019 The Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, in its capacity of the supreme legislative body of the people and the sole legislative authority of the country, pursuant to Article 60 of the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova, confirmed in this role as a result of the parliamentary elections of 24 February 2019, finds with concern that the country’s state and law enforcement institutions have been captured. All the citizens of our country are suffocated by endemic corruption, by theft and illegal privatisation of public property, by the total control over the judicial system exercised by the oligarchy, and numerous attacks on citizens’ rights and freedoms. We, the Members of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, are obliged to stop the country from derailing into dictatorship, by building the rule of law and restoring democracy in the Republic of Moldova, as enshrined in ...

On 11 May 2018, The Observer published the article “Why Did the US Ambassador to Germany Defend a Human Trafficker?”, by John R. Schindler. The author is a security expert and former National Security Agency analyst and counterintelligence officer, specialist in espionage and terrorism. The article addresses the relationship between the newly appointed US Ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell , and the Moldovan oligarch and dictator, Vladimir Plahotniuc . We insert the most relevant fragments below, along with more information on the American lobbyists at the service of Plahotniuc. Why the US Ambassador to Germany defends Plahotniuc Richard Grenell, US Ambassador to Germany To anyone versed in Moldova’s nasty and obscure politics — not a large group in America — Grenell was going to bat for Vladimir Plahotniuc , the most powerful political player in Moldova, not to mention the country’s wealthiest oligarch. In the summer of 2016, Plahotniuc’s charmed life as his country’s ...