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First of all, I want to congratulate you all on your return to your homeland. Now I want to address those of you who are directly involved in military service. I want to thank you for your loyalty to the oath, your duty, and the homeland, which has never forgotten you for a minute – and here you are at home,
We regard this unfriendly step as yet another manifestation of the aggressive anti-Russian policy of the current Moldovan leadership, which is irresponsibly destroying Russian-Moldovan ties that have deep historical roots,
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Thursday It is safe to say that you have worthily represented the Russian Federation, the Border Service of the FSB [Federal Security Service] of the Russian Federation all these years,
Maksim Seleznev, the minister-counselor of the Russian Embassy in Armenia, was quoted as saying We have a small number of diplomats left in the embassy... the investigation is still ongoing, as you know... Strangely, the declaration of persona non grata is taking place at a time when the evidence has not yet been collected."
Asked whether he was aware You know that Russia always finds a response. There will definitely be a response."
Asked whether Russia would react to Chișinău's decision, he replied We perceive all these actions as very unfriendly,
the Russian ambassador said in a conversation with journalists after being summoned to the Moldovan Foreign Ministry, as quoted by Moldovan news outlet Newsmaker