Citizens brought from Russia to Moldova for free to vote in elections - media
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150 Moldovan citizens were transported from Russia via Istanbul free of charge to participate in the second round of elections. The transportation was carried out by plane and bus through Turkey and Bulgaria.
About 150 Moldovan citizens have been brought from Russia to the second round of the presidential election in Moldova, which will take place on Sunday, November 3. This was reported by IPN, according to UNN.
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It is noted that three buses with Moldovan citizens returning from the Russian Federation arrived at the Cahul-Oancha checkpoint on the night of November 2.
Sources in the Customs Service and the Border Police told the publication that there were about 150 people on the three buses who flew free of charge from Moscow to Istanbul and then continued their journey by bus.
The interlocutors add that in Turkey, passengers who flew in for free from Russia were met by three buses with Moldovan license plates, which headed to Bulgaria.
There, the passengers were transferred to three other buses belonging to a Bulgarian company, which took them to the Kahul-Oancha border crossing.
After talking to the passengers, customs officers found out that they had not paid for the flight or for the vehicle.
In the Russian Federation, they were told that free transportation was organized for citizens who wished to return home to participate in the second round of the presidential election.
Recall
The Moldovan police claimedthat Russia transferred $15 million to 130,000 citizens to vote against joining the EU. The funds were transferred through the network of pro-Russian oligarch Ilan Shor.
