Greece delivered the few Plahotnium to Moldova in a billion dollar fraud case

The lack of Moldovan and former senior politicians from Greece accused of participation in the theft of $ 1 billion (748 million pounds).

Local officials said that Vladimir Belhohotnik, 59, was transferred from Athens to Cisenao on Thursday morning and then transferred to a detention center in the capital of Moldova.

Fellows, who faced many long -term criminal cases in Moldova, have repeatedly denied any violations and pledged to prove his innocence.

His delivery comes days before the parliamentary elections on Sunday, with President Mia Sando warns of Moldova’s independence and European future in danger Because of Russia’s attempts to raise violence and spread misleading information.

Vladimir Baldhoutnik fled Moldova in 2019, when his democratic party was voted on power.

On Thursday morning, escorted from the plane he arrived by the Moldovan police and Interpol officials.

Then put in a car and expel away from the airport.

In a post on social media, President Sando wrote: “If you don’t give up when it is difficult and continues to fight – the entire society continues to fight – even criminals who seemed invincible.”

His lawyer, Lucian Rojak, accused the supportive government of the European Union of converting the delivery of his client “into a tasteless political scene” before the main elections.

The lawyer also said that the “basic rights” of his client had violated during the delivery process that started on July 22 with his arrest at Athens Airport at the request of Moldova.

Tycoon is one of the main suspects in the disappearance of one billion dollars from three Moldovan banks in 2014 – a case known as the “theft of the Century”.

At that time, the value of the amount was reported more than 10 % of GDP in Moldova.

His delivery comes at a time when the poor country between Romania and Ukraine is preparing for the September 28 elections, which will determine whether Moldova continues to integrate with the European Union, or returns to the political influence of Russia.

Earlier this week, Sando accused Moscow of “pouring hundreds of millions of euros” in Moldova in an attempt to stir violence and spread information and fear.

“The Kremlin believes that we are all offered for sale. We are younger than resisting … but Moldova is our home. Our home is not for sale.”

The British Broadcasting Corporation recently revealed evidence of a network with relationships with Moscow and the fugitive businessman Illan Shore, who was working to spread misleading information.

A secret correspondent of people was paid to publish a fake content online, It aims to undermine the ruling party before voting. The posts were millions of views. Shor did not respond to the BBC request for comment.

Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Voludimir Zelinski warned that Europe could not lose Moldova to the Russian influence, after it failed to save Georgia and Belarus from the orbit of Moscow.

Zelinski said that Russian President Vladimir Putin – who launched a large -scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 – “will continue to lead the war forward and deeper” if it does not stop.

Meanwhile, Moldova’s parties loyal to Russia Sando have accused them of trying to intimidate them – and the impact of voting.

They also say that her government will not go far enough to treat widespread corruption.

This week, European Intelligence service in Russia accused European countries of planning a “flagrant forgery” of the result on Sunday in order to stir up protests.

SVR warned that the European Union could run a “armed incursion and an effective profession in Moldova, falsely claiming that the European Union was deploying the forces.

Moldova announced its independence with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, but it has a large number of Russian -speaking population. The separation area of ​​Transnistria, which is supported by Moscow, is still home to the care of the Russian forces.