West Could Orchestrate Dodon's Impeachment If Socialists Win Vote In Moldova - Nikolai Patrushev

The West will likely orchestrate a state coup in Chisinau and President Igor Dodon's impeachment if socialists win the upcoming parliamentary elections in Moldova, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 14th February, 2019) The West will likely orchestrate a state coup in Chisinau and President Igor Dodon's impeachment if socialists win the upcoming parliamentary elections in Moldova, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said.

In an interview to the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper, Patrushev stressed that the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova (PSRM), which was headed by Dodon before he was elected as the country's president, currently leads the electoral campaign. The party advocates for rapprochement both with Russia and the European Union and opposes "romanization" of independent Moldova.

"However, the West is not satisfied with that. In this regard, the country's right-wing forces with Western support are trying to discredit popularly elected President Igor Dodon, seeking to impose a view that removal of socialists from the election campaign is necessary.

Moldovan society is pushed to a split and conflicts, voters are divided on the principle of 'for or against the West.' This is a usual policy of the creators of 'color revolutions'. We have already witnessed the same in Ukraine in 2014, when the coup was carried out," Patrushev said.

"If socialists win the election the West will likely encourage the country's rightists to create the Moldovan 'Maidan' in Chisinau and push them to impeach the president ... However, I would like elections in Moldova to be fair and impartial," Patrushev added.