Contents tagged with Yevgeny Shevchuk
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Fugitive ex-president of Transdniestria is suspected of taking $1 million bribe
Kommersant newspaper reports that among the crimes that the Transdniestria Prosecutor's Office suspects Yevgeny Shevchuk, the former leader of the unrecognized republic, has committed is a bribe "within the bounds of a million dollars." However, no official charges have yet been raised.
The head of the Prosecutor's Office, Anatoly Guretsky, told the publication that the investigation had information from the deposition of a certain businessman. "Shevchuk received [the bribe] from the …
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Former president of Transdniestria has secretly fled to Moldova
Yevgeny Shevchuk, the former president of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), has secretly left the country, as reported on Wednesday, June 28, on Facebook by the speaker of the PMR Supreme Council, Alexander Shcherba.
"During the night, he crossed the Dniester River on a vessel and reached Moldova," the chairman of the Transnistrian parliament wrote.
According to Shcherba, the former leader of Transdniestria was to attend a session of the Supreme Council which was …