“Yes, the faces have been identified. We do not know more, because the case has not yet been closed. The investigation is still in progress, but we already know who exactly did it. For example, the Minister of Internal Affairs voiced these names to us, other representatives. There are no other versions. The Ukrainians participated in this abduction, “Nesta noted.
The Moldovan official added that the investigation has yet to find out if these Ukrainians are connected with the state authorities.
Context:
- Chausa is suspected of bribery in Ukraine. September 6, 2016 Verkhovna Rada removed immunity from him, later Solomensky court authorized his detention… November 11, 2016 judge Chaus was put on the international wanted list… In Ukraine, he faces imprisonment for a term of eight to 12 years.
- On March 1, 2017, it became known that Chaus detained in Chisinau… The then anti-corruption prosecutor of Moldova Viorel Morar on April 10, 2017 stated that Chaus will be in custody pending the completion of the extradition procedure. On April 24, NABU director Artem Sytnik said that in Moldova Chaus is under house arrest in his rented apartment..
- October 4, 2017 Chaus removed from office judges.
- On March 3, 2021, the Moldovan media reported that Moldova finally denied political asylum to Chaus… Ukraine March 15 filed a request for the extradition of a judge. However, his lawyer assured April 3, that the Supreme Court of Moldova has not yet considered the application for political asylum and a decision on it is expected at the end of April. And about. Minister of Internal Affairs of Moldova Pavel Voicu also said that the case is pending before the Supreme Court.
- Chaus was kidnapped in the center of Chisinau in the afternoon on April 3. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the country, the ex-judge was kidnapped by a group of people who left the territory of Moldova across the border with Ukraine… The abductors corresponded in Ukrainian. One of the suspects was detained by the Moldovan law enforcement officers.
- Moldovan media published a video which supposedly filmed the moment of the abduction of Chaus.
- Ukrainian law enforcement officials said that know nothing about the kidnapping… Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba April 7 held a telephone conversation with the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Moldova Aureliu Chocoy, during which he assured that Ukraine was not involved in the abduction.
- On April 8, the editions “Slidstvo.Info” and RISE Moldova reported that Ukrainian military intelligence could be involved in the abduction of Chaus. The first part of the journalists’ investigation states that how at least two out of 10 likely kidnappers are intelligence-related and they crossed the border on foot at the checkpoint “Mogilev-Podolskiy – Otach” on the day of the abduction of Chausa.
- At the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense deny involvement in the incident… “We believe that this is a provocation by the Russian special services to discredit the military intelligence of Ukraine and in order to embroil the two fraternal peoples,” said agency spokesman Andriy Chernyak.
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