Six people have been arrested this Wednesday in Romania for planning a coup against the country’s government with support from the Moscow Kremlin. The group is accused of undermining the sovereignty and independence of the Romanian State.
According to the British newspaper The police reveal that the coup plotters “sought to eliminate the current constitutional order, the dissolution of political parties and the installation of a new government formed by its members.” In this sense, the Romanian intelligence agency has confirmed that “To achieve their destabilizing objectives, the group representatives actively requested the support of the Russian embassy officers in the country.”
“The group maintained a military structure,” which “aimed to negotiate the withdrawal of NATO, which Romania joined in 2004, as well as the adoption of a new Constitution, name of the country, flag and hymn “. In fact, the members “had maintained contacts with both foreign police officers and the territory of Romania.”
According to the disseminated information, the raids occurred in an environment of tension between Bucharest and Moscow. The Romanian Foreign Ministry expelled two Russian diplomats from the country for “alleged activities that contravene the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961”. The Russian embassy in the country described the expulsions as “unfounded” and “hostile.”
According to Tass information agency, Russian intelligence has published that the EU “He is trying to interfere with the next presidential elections in Romania,”. In addition, she has accused the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, To ask Bucharest forbiding candidate Calin Georgescu to these elections. He has openly praised Vladimir Putin as “a man who loves his country”, and called Ukraine “an invented state”. Although he claims not to be as a member.
