(ANSA-AP) - CHISINAU, 13 JUN - Russian President Vladimir
Putin has strongly backed Moldova's new coalition government,
which has been locked in a power struggle with a rival group
amid a surge in political tensions in the ex-Soviet nation.
In an interview with the Mir television station in Russia,
Putin on Thursday lashed out at the previous Moldovan government
which has refused to cede power to the new authorities creating
a political deadlock. The new coalition government in Moldova
includes the pro-Russia party of President Igor Dodon and the
pro-Europe ACUM group, while the previous authorities are
dominated by the Democratic Party, controlled by powerful
oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc.
Putin says "we are certainly supporting President Dodon" and
his coalition who want to "get rid of those people who have
usurped power in Moldova." (ANSA-AP).
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