Moldovan General Police Inspectorate says state's institutions vandalized by people trained in Moscow, paid with large sums of money

Chisinau, 27 September /MOLDPRES/ - Law-enforcers have detained two young people, after last night, more people vandalized the headquarters of the Labour Ministry and of the government. They said that they were members of a group of 20 people lured and then trained in Moscow, in order to vandalize state’s institutions from Moldova on purpose of destabilization. Policemen today carried out more searches in this case.    

According to the police, last night, more people vandalized the headquarters of the Labour and Social Protection Ministry by throwing paint in this institution. Half an hour later, the same actions occurred at the government’s headquarters. Shortly afterwards, the law-enforcers detained two persons. It is about a 21-year-old man, caught in the Stefan cel Mare Public Garden and another 20-year-old one caught nearby the parliament building.    

The young men said they were members of a group of 20 young people, ‘’lured to vandalize the state’s institutions from Moldova, on purpose of destabilization.’’ According to them, they were paid 5,000 euros for the government building alone. One of the young men said that ‘’he was also in charge of identifying young people for their subsequent training in Moscow, where they should be informed about the actions due to be organized in Moldova, being monthly paid with 500 euros each.’’    

„All 20 people left for Moscow, by a flight with stopover in Istanbul, where they were met by Russia’s citizens and accommodated in a hotel and on the day after, they went to a shooting range outside Moscow and were trained how to create protests in Chisinau, destabilizations within them, the guard of the instigating person, etc. Also there, they received money and phones with which they were communicating,’’ the General Police Inspectorate (IGP) said.      

These people subsequently returned to Moldova where, according to the police, they bought paint, gloves, sneakers and bags. After the carrying out of the vandalism actions, the video material with the young people’s actions was to be placed on Telegram as proof of the mission’s fulfillment.   

IGP said that 13 out of the 20 people who went to Moscow for trainings had been already identified by the police, including a 26-year-old person in charge of the luring of people who were going to Russia.   

In this case, law-enforcers carried out a string of searches at the homes of four persons and raised more boxed with paint, gloves, cards, identity acts, which confirm their trips to Moscow, as well as other objects which can serve as evidence in the criminal file.

The investigations continue in this case.