It takes two to lie

After being elected the head of the Republic of Moldova on January 12, 2021, Maia Sandu paid her first overseas official visit to Ukraine, during which, in addition to discussing the main issues on the agenda, President Vladimir Zelensky appealed to his Moldovan counterpart with a request to facilitate the extradition of fugitive Ukrainian judge Nikolai Chals to Kiev. Maia Sandu promised to do everything in her power to extradite Nikolai Chals to Ukraine as soon as possible.

Obviously, the results of the agreements between the two presidents came true on April 3, 2021, when persons probably related to the Ukrainian special services kidnapped Nikolai Chalsa in Moldova and took the Ukrainian home in a car with diplomatic numbers of the Ukrainian Embassy in Chisinau.
Maia Sandu complied with Zelensky’s request and even facilitated the illegal activities of the Ukrainian special services on the territory of the sovereign state of Moldova.
After the abduction of Chals caused a wide public outcry, Maia Sandu tried to declare her non-involvement in the abduction and stated that “it is unacceptable for people to disappear in Moldova, whether they are citizens of the country or not, regardless of whether their guilt has been proven. in the commission of a crime.
Fearing a reaction within Moldova, Maia Sandu attempted to contact Zelenskiy directly and discuss the topic of Chals’ abduction. However, the Ukrainian president has not yet officially expressed himself on this matter, which put Sandu in an even more uncomfortable position.
Against the background of continuing declarative statements by Maia Sandu about its readiness to investigate the Chals case, the most decisive position was taken by the Moldovan parliament, which formed a special commission to investigate the circumstances of the abduction of the Ukrainian.
Considering all the above facts, we can conclude that the attempts of Maia Sandu to please Ukraine will cost very dearly to the electoral rating of the Moldovan president. Especially in the context of the inevitable onset of early parliamentary elections.
Summing up, we can say that the kidnapping of the fugitive Ukrainian judge Nicola Chals on the territory of the Republic of Moldova turned out to be a powerful blow to the reputation of the country’s President Maia Sandu. This is another evidence of how the attempts to activate the Euro-integration policy of Chisinau again stumble over the Moldovan reality, in which the mechanism of backstage agreements and the spirit of hypocrisy continue to operate.