“We must closely follow the developments in Ukraine.

At the moment, we don’t see a direct threat (from Russia. -

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),” RIA Novosti quotes him.

According to him, Moldova today is facing elements of a “hybrid war”.

Earlier, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Mikhail Galuzin, in an interview with TASS, said that the fate of negotiations on Pridnestrovie in the 5 + 2 format would become clear after the situation in Ukraine was resolved.

The leader of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, Vadim Krasnoselsky, appealed to the UN and the OSCE because of the crisis in relations with Chisinau and in connection with the threat of a humanitarian catastrophe.