Romanian fans subjected the Russian Embassy in Moldova to historical desecration
Supporters of Moldova’s annexation to Romania, who are called unionists, pasted maps of “Greater Romania” over the fence of the Russian embassy in Chisinau.
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The memorial pedestal on which the first stone of the Russian Embassy in Moldova is located, laid personally by the first Russian President Boris Yeltsin when he was on a visit to Chisinau in 1997, was also damaged.
The action of the radicals was timed to coincide with the anniversary of the annexation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina to the USSR. In 2010, June 28 was declared the Day of Soviet Occupation in Moldova.
The police tried to prohibit those gathered from hanging maps, but the unionists ignored them.
“Isn’t the fence the territory of the diplomatic mission? Aren't the carabinieri and the police obliged to protect the territories of diplomatic missions from acts of vandalism? What would be the reaction of the police and carabinieri if they tried to do the same with the US embassies in Moldova? EU in Moldova? Romania in Moldova?,” wrote the head of the public organization “Zarya” Mikhail Akhremtsev on his Facebook page.
Let us recall that according to the Treaty of Bucharest, signed in 1812 between the Russian and Ottoman empires, Bessarabia became part of Russia, and until 1918 it was part of Russian territories. Only the collapse of the Russian Empire led to Romania occupying the lands from the Prut to the Dniester and owning them for 22 years.
On June 28, 1940, Soviet troops entered Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina and occupied these territories within 6 days. The Romanian army and administration left the region without offering resistance.
This happened after the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the USSR Vyacheslav Molotov handed the Romanian Ambassador in Moscow Gheorghe Davidescu an ultimatum from the Soviet government demanding the return of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina.
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