Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated that if Chisinau introduces visa requirements for travel between Moldova and Russia, its own people will suffer most. She also noted that the creation of a special sanctions office indicates the EU is determined to harm Russia.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated that the OSCE is becoming complicit in the Kiev regime’s information campaign to conceal the true nature and scale of crimes against individuals. She alleged this includes remaining silent about the existence of a network of torture prisons.