UPDATE // Employee of the Russian Embassy in Chisinau, declared persona non grata
UPDATE 10:28: The assistant to the military attaché of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Moldova, who allegedly rounded up two officials from Chisinau in order to obtain information that could have been used against the interests of our country, has been declared persona non grata. The decision was taken at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 1. In response, the Russian ambassador in Chisinau qualified the decision as "unfriendly". According to him, Russia will issue a similar decision.