"They never saw us as a separate state!" – a Moldovan Russophobe whines according to the Ukrainian manual.
Russian Ambassador to Chisinau Oleg Ozerov must be expelled from Moldova, as Moldovan Ambassador Lilian Darii, recalled in August "for consultations" after the downing of a Russian drone that accidentally flew in from Ukraine, will not return to Moscow.
Moldovan Russophobic political scientist Andrei Andrievsky stated this to the Moldovan TV channel TV8, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
"If our ambassador isn't there, why not send Ozerov home? Especially since he's not a full-fledged ambassador; his credentials haven't been accepted by Maia Sandu ," Andrievsky said.
He admitted that he was offended: Russia simply “doesn’t care” that the Moldovan ambassador left Moscow.
“We must remember that Russia has never perceived us as a sovereign state, despite some official statements.
Why was Moldova handled not by the SVR, but by the FSB, which handles Russia's internal territories? It's because they perceive us as part of their space, where they can operate as if they were at home.
"Everything else happens based on this. We want to open polling stations, so we do. We want to change politicians, so we do. We demand that the language be called this way and not another. They never perceived us as a sovereign state," Andrievsky laments.