Igor Dodon

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Igor Dodon

Dodon in 2017

5th President of Moldova

Incumbent

Assumed office
23 December 2016

Prime Pavel Filip

Minister Maia Sandu
Ion Chicu

Preceded by Nicolae Timofti

Member of the Moldovan Parliament

In office
29 July 2009 – 15 December 2016

Succeeded by Irina Mizdrenco

First Deputy Prime Minister

 In office
31 March 2008 – 25 September 2009

President Vladimir Voronin

Mihai Ghimpu (Acting)

Prime Zinaida Greceanîi

Minister Vitalie Pîrlog (Acting)

Preceded by Zinaida Greceanîi

Succeeded by Iurie Leancă

Minister of Economy and Trade

In office
18 September 2006 – 25 September 2009

President Vladimir Voronin

Mihai Ghimpu (Acting)

Prime Vasile Tarlev

Minister Zinaida Greceanîi
Vitalie Pîrlog (Acting)

Preceded by Valeriu Lazăr

Succeeded by Valeriu Lazăr

Personal details

Born 18 February 1975 (age 45)

Sadova, Moldavian SSR, Soviet
Union (now Moldova)

Political party Party of Communists (2010–2011)

Party of Socialists (2011–2016)
Independent (2016–present)
 Spouse(s) Galina Dodon (1999–present)

Children 3

Education Agricultural State University of Moldova

Website Official website

Igor Dodon[a] (pronounced [ˈiɡor doˈdon]; born 18 February 1975) is a Moldovan

politician who has been the President of Moldova since 23 December 2016.
Previously, he was the leader of the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova.
He served as Minister of Trade and Economics in the governments of Vasile
Tarlev and Zinaida Greceanîi from September 2006 to September 2009 and was a
member of the Parliament of Moldova from 2009 to 2016.

Contents

 1Early and personal life

o 1.1Studies and didactic activity
o 1.2Personal life
 2Professional career
 3Political career (2005-2016)
o 3.1Local elections in Chișinău, 2011
o 3.2Activity within PSRM
 4Presidency (2016-present)
o 4.1Suspensions
o 4.2Foreign policy
 4.2.1Surrounding countries
 4.2.2Russia
 4.2.3On Europe
 4.2.4Other countries
 4.2.5Position on Transnistria
 4.2.6On neutrality
 4.2.7Foreign visits
 4.2.8State and official visits hosted by Dodon in Chisinau
 5Controversies
o 5.1Flag change proposals
o 5.2Position related to the annexation of Crimea by Russian Federation
o 5.3Expulsion of the Turkish professors
o 5.4Negotiation of 8–9 June 2019
o 5.5Accusations and denunciations against Igor Dodon
o 5.6Lukashenko election
 6Notes
 7References
 8External links
Early and personal life[edit]
Igor Dodon was born on 18 February 1975 in Sadova village in the Călărași
District of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic to Nikolai (died 2012[3]) and Galina
Dodon.
Studies and didactic activity[edit]
He graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the State Agrarian University of
Moldova in 1997, then the Factulty of Management at the Academy of Economic
Studies of Moldova in 1998. He later graduated from the Faculty of Law in
economics at the International Management Institute. [when?] He obtained the scientific
title of Doctor in Economic Sciences at the Academy of Economic Studies of
Moldova, the Department of Banks and Stock Exchanges. [4] From 1997 to 2005,
Dodon also carried out pedagogical activities. [5] This is where he would meet his
wife Galina in May 1995.[6] Thus, he holds the positions of assistant lecturer at the
Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova (Banks and Stock Exchanges
Department), senior lecturer at the Free International University of Moldova (Banks
and Stock Exchanges Department), the International Institute of Management
(Finance Department) and the State University of Moldova. Igor Dodon is also a
member Examination Committees at the university graduation exames within ULIM
and IIM.
Personal life[edit]
Besides his wife, Dodon has three children who are all boys. [7][8] His oldest son
Vladislav (Vlad) is a passionate player of water polo. [9] His brother Aleksander is a
co-owner alongside Igor Chaika (son of Yuri Chaika, Prosecutor General of Russia)
of the Industrial Ecological Operator company which deals with waste. [10]
Aside from his native Romanian, he also speaks Russian, French, and English,
however has only used the latter two only in public speeches. [11][12] He is considered to
be a good friend of Colonel General Victor Gaiciuc, who is currently one of his
adviser and someone who he had proposed for the position of defense minister
following his rejection of Eugen Sturza to the office.[13] He is a supporter of the Union
of Officers of Moldova, where he holds the honorary rank of Major of the Reserve.[14]
On 9 September 2018, Dodon was involved in a car accident on the Chisinau-
Călărași highway.[15] Although Dodon wasn't injured himself, his mother and his
middle son Nicolae sustained serious injuries. [16][17] His accident came hours after
Abkhazian Prime Minister Gennadi Gagulia was killed in a car accident in the
Abkhazian city of Myussera.

Professional career[edit]
After graduating from educational institutions, since July 1997 Igor Dodon has been
employed at the Moldovan Stock Exchange. Thus, between 1997-2001 he works as
senior specialist of the Clearing Department, of the Listing Department, administrator
of the Electronic Trading Systems and then, Director of the Marketing, Listing
Department within the Moldovan Stock Exchange. Between November 2001 and
May 2005, he served as chairman and member of the Board of Directors of the
National Depository of Securities of Moldova SA. From September 2002 to May
2005 he was the chairman of the Universal Commodity Exchange of Moldova.
Between February 2003 - May 2005, Igor Dodon is a member of the expert
committee to the National Securities Commission of Moldova. Also, between March
2004 - May 2005, he is also a member of the Arbitration Commission of the Stock
Exchange. He publishes scientific articles in scientific journals, being the editor of the
Newsletter "Stock Exchange of Moldova" and of the Stock Market Bulletin of the
Universal Commodities Exchange "Stock Exchange - Stock market quotations". [18]

Political career (2005-2016)[edit]

Laying wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow.

Dodon was appointed to the post of Associate Minister of Trade and Economics in
May 2005, during the second Tarlev Cabinet. He assumed the position of Minister of
Trade and Economics in September 2006. He held the position until September
2009, when the government of Zinaida Greceanîi ended. Dodon also held the post of
Associate Prime Minister under Greceanîi from 2008 until 2009. [19][20]
In 2005, the PCRM also had won the elections [21] having an open pro-European
platform, with a pro-European slogan "I Vote", where the European stars
surrendered the hammer and sickle on the red Communist wallpaper. [22]
In 2007, a trend for all political forces was to adopt a pro-European platform for the
elections in 2009. In this regard, Igor Dodon, during his work trips to Brussels, had
assured the high rank European officials on how he and an entire Communist party
were pro-European.[23]
In September 2009, after 8 years of governing, the Communist Party came into
opposition. Igor Dodon has lost the Minister position. He became an MP in the
Parliament, which was reelected in November 2010. He had the 6th position in the
PCRM list of the candidates.[24] The Communists has changed the European vector,
and in 2010 they drifted to east, and self-declared as pro-Russians. [25]
Igor Dodon, in only a year, since 2009 by 2010, became a convinced pro Moldovan –
no Europe, neither Russia. "Moldova can become a contact point for different
countries; an area where first of all will interfere the economic interests of our
neighbors and partners. We are in a very advantageous position in terms of the
common interest of CIS and EU and this objective shall become an issue of the
external policy."[26]
Local elections in Chișinău, 2011[edit]
In June 2011, Dodon lost to Dorin Chirtoacă at the elections for mayor of Chișinău.
He took 49.4% of the votes.[27] The local elections have been an occasion for the
Communist Party to return to power, at the least at the local authority level. During
the election campaign, Igor Dodon went to Brussels where he had meetings with the
European officials[28] in order to establish the potential partnerships: "I am at the
working trip in Brussels, where I have several meetings in my agenda, including with
the Mayors of some big towns of Belgium, with the acting Prime Minister of Belgium
and some high rank officials of the European Commission".[29]
Inside the PCRM, an internal fight had existed between Igor Dodon and Mark
Tkaciuk. Dodon has had some separate opinion on some policy issues. This
independence had raised some fears from Tkaciuk side, and Dodon was considered
a social threat. Dodon has shown that he had an internal support, from some rayon
committees of the party. An independent position of Igor Dodon, his rating within the
party and in the society, his political ambitions in overtaking the power, first of the
Mayor Office and then, in PCRM – all this were interpreted by Tkaciuk as a threat,
the fact that made him to speed up and force the actions that led to marginalization
of Dodon in PCRM, by misinforming methods in order to prevent him to be delegated
at the position of the Mayor of the Capital. [30][31]
Activity within PSRM[edit]
In November 2011, Dodon left the Party of Communists of the Republic of
Moldova (PCRM) citing hopes that a deal could be worked out with the
ruling Alliance for European Integration to elect a president and end a constitutional
crisis that had dragged on since the resignation of Vladimir Voronin in 2009.
[32]
 Greceanîi and Veronica Abramciuc left at the same time. [33][34] "Our decision has a
common and complex goal: to avoid early elections, the elections of the president of
the country, reshaping of the government and political and social stability. This is the
society wish, and this is what the Republic of Moldova is needed – a stability and the
economic development once and for all… We left the PCRM in order to cut the
"Gordian knot" of the hate and distrust which for the last two years made impossible
any constitutional decision needed for the Republic of Moldova stability" Igor Dodon
has declared.[35]
On 18 December 2011, Dodon joined the Party of Socialists of the Republic of
Moldova (PSRM) and, at the Xth Congress of PSRM, he was elected chairman of
the party.[36][37]
Dodon with Vadim Krasnoselsky.

On 16 March 2012, three former communists (Dodon, Greceanîi and Abramciuc)

voted for the Alliance for European Integration (AIE) candidate Nicolae
Timofti as President of Moldova. Later, Dodon stated that he regretted his vote for
Timofti.[38][39]
After he was elected as the President of Moldova, due to specifics of Moldovan law,
Dodon resigned as PSRM chairman and left the party, being replaced by Zinaida
Greceanîi as interim leader.[40]

Presidency (2016-present)[edit]
See also: Moldovan presidential election, 2016 and 2019 Moldovan constitutional
crisis
Dodon in Baku, Azerbaijan in June 2017.

Dodon was sworn in on 23 December 2016 in the Palace of the Republic.[41] Among

the honoured guests included Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry
Rogozin, Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Mikhail Rusy and Hungarian Deputy
Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén.[42] Three days later, the flag of the European Union that
was hanging next to the Moldovan flag was removed from the building of the
Moldovan presidential administration. On 4 January 2017, in the Dodon met with the
President of the breakaway republic of Transnistria Vadim Krasnoselsky. This
meeting was the first meeting of the leaders of Moldova and Transnistria in 8 years.
[43]
 In October 2017, Dodon signed a law that provides for the reform of the Academy
of Sciences of Moldova.[44]
After being elected president, in an interview with Deutsche Welle, Dodon said:[45][46]
"I believe that we have many problems that need to be addressed together with
Russia, this is true. But at the same time, I am not a pro-Russian, not pro-Western,
but a pro-Moldavian politician, a supporter of our statehood. I believe that the most
important thing is to respect the interests of our own country. My "pro-Russian, is a
cliche that my political opponents are trying to introduce into the consciousness of
citizens."
In 2018, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was the first foreign head of
state to meet Dodon in Moldova.[47] Dodon has also acted to make the Russian
language mandatory in Moldovan schools.[48]
On 5 May 2018, Dodon announced a campaign, which would bring legislation into
parliament, which would transition Moldova from a parliamentary republic to
a presidential republic.[49] According to the polls carried out in 2019 related to the
most respected politicians of the Republic of Moldova, Igor Dodon enjoys the highest
trust, ranking first among politicians in which Moldovans have the highest trust. [50][51][52]
[53][54][55]
 In the early years of his presidency, steps were taken to renovate
the Presidential Palace in Condrița with the help of the Turkish government. Some of
the renovations included a play ground for Dodon's young children and a wine cellar.
[56]
 The renovated palace was opened on 17 October 2018 by Dodon and Turkish
president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.[57]
Dodon attending the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final in July 2018.

On 16 October 2018 Dodon declared that his country would be prepared to host a
Pan-Orthodox Council, where the situation with the Ukraine autocephaly and the
Moscow–Constantinople schism should be discussed. He also said that "Moldova
will remain a canonical territory of the Moscow Patriarchate." [58][59][60] In early 2019,
President Dodon ordered a National Coordination Committee to plan national events
and celebrations dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of Moldova in
the Jassy–Kishinev Offensive. The events would include the restoration or
reconstruction of monuments and military graves and the filming of a documentary
on the offensive.[61] At the same time, Dodon presided over the celebrations of the
660th anniversary of Moldovan statehood in early February.

Dodon with Sergey Shoygu in August 2019.

During the 2019 Moldovan constitutional crisis, Dodon was temporarily relieved of

the powers and duties of the presidency by a Moldovan court because of the
reluctance to dissolve the parliament as mandated by the Constitutional Court of
Moldova in a previous ruling and replaced by the former prime minister Pavel Filip as
the acting president of the country. [62]
In late October, he met with Transnistrian President Krasnoselsky at his residence
in Holercani ahead of the Bavaria Conference, scheduled for 4–5 November. [63]
In 2020, the he ordered the creation of a National Heraldic Commission that would
look into the concept of awarding medals to war veterans in honor of the 75th
anniversary of the end of World War II.[64] On 15 April, he ordered the postponement
of the Victory Day celebrations to 24 August (Liberation Day) due to the coronavirus
pandemic in Moldova.[65][66]
Dodon announced his candidacy for another term on 9 September, saying he is
doing it "on behalf of the people". In his campaign message, he pledged to dissolve
the parliament after the elections.[67]
Suspensions[edit]
On 17 October 2017, the Constitutional Court of Moldova decided that Dodon is
temporarily unable to perform his duties for failing to swear in proposed Defence
Minister Eugen Sturza.[68]
On 2 January 2018, the Constitutional Court of Moldova decided that Dodon is
temporarily unable to perform his duties for failing to swear in a number of seven
ministers.[69]
Several days later the Constitutional Court once again temporarily suspended
Dodon, due to his veto on a bill on restricting Russian news broadcasts. This allowed
the parliament to bypass his veto and enact a law restricting Russian television
broadcasts.[70] The law bans television channels from broadcasting news and
analytical programs from countries that have not signed the regional agreement for
the European Broadcasting Area, such as Russia.[70]

Dodon with Putin, Mohammad bin Salman, Nikol Pashinyan and Nursultan Nazarbayev at

the 2018 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony in Russia.

On 24 September 2018, he was again suspended from his duties for not approving
the candidate for Minister of Health. [71][72]
On 9 June 2019, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova decided to
temporarily suspend Igor Dodon as president, and Prime Minister Pavel Filip was
appointed the interim president, who signed the decree on the dissolving parliament
and holding early elections on September the 6th. [73] The document was cancelled on
11 June 2019 on the ground that it did not comply with the constitutional standards. [74]
Foreign policy[edit]
See also: Moldova–European Union relations, Moldova–Russia relations, Moldova–
NATO relations, Moldova–Ukraine relations, and Moldova–Romania relations
Surrounding countries[edit]
In January 2017 Dodon stated that Moldova would not officially recognize Crimea as
Russian, stressing that "we need to build friendships with Ukraine, we need to solve
the Transnistrian problem."[75] In September of that year, Ambassador of Ukraine to
Moldova Ivan Hnatyshyn stated that he does not expect a visit to Kiev by Dodon
because he "doesn’t respect the territorial integrity of my country". [76][77] During a
meeting with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, Dodon reiterated that
the Gagauz city of Taraclia, which is inhabited by ethnic Bulgarians, will not be
affected his government's planned territorial administrative reform. [78]
As of March 2020, Dodon has never undertaken an official visit to the Romanian
capital of Bucharest. In March, he announced his belief that Romanians who support
the Unification of Romania and Moldova as the country's "number one enemy", going
further in an interview with Radio Free Europe by saying that the Bucharest
government supports any attempt at unionism. [79][80] During a meeting with
President Klaus Iohannis in New York City, Dodon told his Romanian counterpart
that the development of Romanian relations was a "key priority" for his government.
[81][82]

Russia[edit]
See also: Kozak memorandum
Igor Dodon is considered a pro-Russian politician and in favor of the federalization of
Moldova, which is in line with the views of Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry
Kozak and his 2003 Kozak memorandum.[83][84] In late September 2019, months after
the Constitutional Crisis, Dodon states that the country had abandoned its anti-
Russian stance through its partnership with the Party of Action and Solidarity led by
Prime Minister Maia Sandu.[85] In late August, he announced his plans to take the
Russian COVID-19 vaccine during a visit to Russia in September-October, justifying
this by saying that he has "more trust in a Russian vaccine than in an American
one".[86]
On Europe[edit]
During a 2020 speech to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, he
stated that "we support the idea of creating a united Europe
from Lisbon to Vladivostok."[87]
Other countries[edit]
Speaking in Comrat in August 2018 when referencing the country's allies, Dodon
said "we have friends who are close to Gagauzia, and I believe to Moldova, as well,
they are Russia and Turkey."[88] In December 2018, following his state visit to Israel,
he reportedly said that he is considering moving the Moldovan embassy from Tel
Aviv to Jerusalem.[89]
Position on Transnistria[edit]
Dodon has regularly changed his stance on the future of Transnistria. At the
beginning of his presidency, he suggested that Moldova be federalized. Currently,
Dodon believes that the region should receive autonomous status like Gagauzia. In
regards to the withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers, Dodon supports the Moldovan
parliament on this issue.[90]
On neutrality[edit]
On 3 October 2017, Dodon became the first Moldovan leader to ever hold a working
meeting with commanders of units in the National Army. [91] During this meeting, he
layed out his vision for the armed forces, according to his foreign policy doctrine he
instituted the previous month. The doctrine he outlined had called for a complete ban
of the participation of servicement from the Moldovan National Army in overseas
exercises without his consent.[92]
Foreign visits[edit]
See also: List of international presidential trips made by Igor Dodon

Dodon with Russian veterans at the 2020 Moscow Victory Day Parade.

His first two international visits were to Moscow, and Brussels.[93][94] Since he took

office in December 2016 he has made 47 foreign visits to 19 different countries, with
20 of those visits being to Russia.[95] In late October 2019, he visited Istanbul to
attend the opening ceremony of Istanbul Airport as well as the ceremony for
the Turkish Republic's 95th anniversary.[96] In February and September 2019
respectively, he attended the Munich Security Conference in Germany[97] and
the Seventy-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York
City both for the first time.[98] During the UN visit, he referred to his attendance as "a
successful one" during which he and his delegation "were able to promote the
interests and aspirations of the Republic of Moldova on the international arena". [99] He
attended the 2018 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony in Moscow in June
2018[100] and the 2019 European Games in Minsk just over a year later.[101] In October
2018, he attended a summit of the Organisation internationale de la
Francophonie in Yerevan where he delivered a speech in the French language.[102]
State and official visits hosted by Dodon in Chisinau[edit]

Country Leader Date(s) Notes

Alexander
 Belarus April 2018
Lukashenko

 Republic of 16–18 July

Gjorge Ivanov [103]

North Macedonia 2018

Recep Tayyip 17–18 October

 Turkey [57]

Erdogan 2018

 Hungary Viktor Orban 15 March 2020 [104]

Potentially in
 Russia Vladimir Putin [105][106]

late 2020

 Bulgaria Rumen Radev 2020 [107]

Controversies[edit]

The proposed flag for Moldova by PCRM and PSRM

Flag change proposals[edit]

In 2010, the Party of Communists (PCRM) started promoting a new official flag for
Moldova.[108] In March 2012, Igor Dodon and the Party of Socialists (PSRM) invited
PCRM to initiate a referendum to change the national flag of Moldova from the
original tricolour (similar to Romania's, except charged with Moldova's coat of arms)
to a red-blue bicolor flag.[109][110] The proposed flag is considered by the Academy of
Sciences of Moldova as a "pure political invention".[108]

Igor Dodon and Vladimir Putin, 2017

In November 2012, Dodon posted on his Facebook profile a photo that shows him

wearing clothes printed with a patch of the Russian flag, which was criticized as a
sign of Dodon's alleged Russophilia.[111]
Position related to the annexation of Crimea by Russian
Federation[edit]
In October 2016, during the presidential election campaign, Igor Dodon affirmed
that Crimea, the subject of a territorial dispute between Russia and Ukraine, "is a
territory of the Russian Federation". [112][113]
Expulsion of the Turkish professors[edit]
In September 2018, seven Turkish teachers, from the "Orizont" High School
administration have been declared undesirable by the competent bodies and
expelled from country. Due to this, on 11 June 2019, the European Court of Human
Rights condemned the Republic of Moldova, and imposed the Republic of Moldova
government to pay 25 thousand Euro to five of the seven Turkish citizens. [114][115]
Opposition leaders accused President Igor Dodon and the Democratic Party of
Moldova, the ruling party, of intentional violations of law and human rights in order to
gain benefits from Ankara authorities, including the renovation of the Presidency
building from Turkey's money.[116] The "Our Party" municipal councilor Ilan Cașu
considered that this SIS's operation was the President Dodon payment for the
renovation of the Presidency building that was renovated with Turkish money.
Previously, before coming to power, the ACUM's block position was based on the
fact that behind the Turkish teachers "expel" would be Igor Dodon. The PAS's
statement, published on the party's Facebook page, was mentioned, "For money
designed to the renovation of the Presidency building and for the other goods
procurement, the human rights are violated in Moldova and this is inadmissible". The
leader of the Dignity and Truth Platform Party, Andrei Năstase, the former Deputy
Prime Minister and former Minister of Internal Affairs compared the SIS with
the NKVD. In his opinion, the workers of this institution have acted on the command
of the leader of the Democratic Party Vladimir Plahotniuc and of the president
Dodon. However, their position changed after the establishment of the Parliamentary
majority with PSRM. The chairman of the National Security Commission and the MP
of the Dignity and Truth Platform, Chiril Moțpan, who is investigating the expel of
Turkish teachers, claimed that the president had no attribution to this case. [117][118]
Negotiation of 8–9 June 2019[edit]
On 7 June 2019, at the Democratic Party headquarter, according to Andrian Candu,
the President Igor Dodon has negotiated with Vladimir Plahotniuc the conditions of
establishing the coalition between PSRM and DP. [119] Andrian Candu has announced
only some "criteria for creating the coalition". According to him, the socialists have
asked for federalization of the Republic of Moldova and providing the special statute
to the Transnistrian region, launching the negotiation among Republic of Moldova,
European Union and Russian Federation on trade policy, changing the Constitution
of the Republic of Moldova, and the election of the President of the Republic of
Moldova by the Parliament.[120][121]
On 8 June 2019, before the Meeting of Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, the
temporary coalition ACUM-PSRM was established,[122] Dodon has declared that there
were some pressure on him to tender the resignation, anticipating the appearance of
some compromising videos.[123][124]
Later, after the statements made by the Andrian Candu, deputy head of the DPM,
some videos have appeared at the Publika TV, one of the TV posts owned by the
democratic party leader, where Igor Dodon has confirmed to Vlad Plahotniuc, that he
has received the money from Russian Federation on monthly basis for PSRM
maintenance,[125][126] and also about presentation of federalisation plan of the Republic
of Moldova coordinated with Russian Federation. [127][128][129][130][131] The President Igor
Dodon has recognized that the negotiations took place to establishing the majority,
the discussion at which has participated the businessman Serghei Iaralov.
[132]
 Regarding the videos that have appeared in public space he has declared that
"All these, and some of them are ripped out of context or were montages."[133]
[134]
 Vladimir Plahotniuc has confirmed the fact that negotiated with Igor Dodon within
3 months period: "The coalition DP+PSRM was almost made, but failed, because I
refused to sign for the country federalization".[135][136]
Accusations and denunciations against Igor Dodon[edit]
In November 2014, the socialist politician of Russian ethnicity Valentin
Crîlov [ro] accused Igor Dodon of being an "instrument of scenarios that would cause
'bloodshed' in Moldova", and labeled the Party of Socialists as "being in the service
of another country" such as Russia. He also accused the party of becoming a threat
to the "stability, peace and the very existence" of the Republic of Moldova and its
extraordinarily large base of financial resources — the origin of which bear
"reasonable doubt".[137][138]
On 29 August 2017, the criminal complaint against Igor Dodon was submitted
by Maia Sandu at the General Prosecutor's Office, by which was requested the
criminal liability for Igor Dodon for committing the offense of Treason against the
State and for the crime related to Instigation to hate, differentiating and division by
national, ethnical, racial and religious criteria. [139][140][141]
The Party of National Unity has filed a criminal complaint at the General Prosecutor's
Office against President Igor Dodon. On 8 August 2019, at the press conference with
the topic "Presentation of the criminal complaint against Igor Dodon. Arguments and
facts" the criminal complaint was presented by Anatol Șalaru, the executive
president of the party, an MP in the first Parliament of the Republic of Moldova and
the deputy-president of the Liberal Party. The reason serves the video tape that
reflected the discussions held among Igor Dodon and former PD leader Vladimir
Plahotniuc, which appeared in the press in June 2019. [142][143][144]
In October 2019, Octavian Țîcu requested to be established the investigation
Committee “to investigate the actions treason committed by Igor Dodon”. [145] The Bloc
“ACUM”s MPs, Iurie Reniță and Lilian Carp, have joined these initiative.[146]
The MP Iurie Reniță at the press conference has accused the socialists of money
laundering in the large proportions, requesting the Prosecutor General to hold the
involved persons liable.[147] According to the documents, to which the MP has
referred, the money have been transferred to Moldova through Exclusive Media Ltd.,
that belonges to Corneliu Furcutliță, who is the MP from PSRM side. Based on some
loan contracts, the billions of MDL have been transferred from this company to the
party's sponsors. In the document published by Reniță, the reporter officer has
mentioned that the money came from offshore have been used in the presidential
electoral campaign,[148] that at the end has been won by Igor Dodon, the PSRM leader
at that time.[149]
In March 2020, the MPs Iurie Reniță, Octavian Țîcu and Lilian Carp have presented
the documents that would confirm the PSRМ's MPs implication. According to the
documents at least 30 MPs affiliated to the Socialist Party, have received from
Russia, through an off-shore from Bahamas some funds, whose main beneficiary is
Igor Dodon.[150][151][152] Later, the MP Iurie Renița has published a document that
demonstrated the First Lady of the Republic of Moldova, Galina Dodon has a right
for the banking signature on behalf of the "Exclusiv-Media" LLC. The MP has
mentioned that: "one of the sources for illegal financing of the presidential campaign
of the Igor Dodon held in 2016 was from the Russian Federation through Bahamas,
via laundering of about 1,5 million Euros. Further these money were "lend" through
the "Exlusiv-Media" LLC to several PSRM."[153]
In May 2020, the former head of the Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office Viorel Morari
declared, during the show Cabinetul din Umbră on Jurnal TV, that in the bag that Ilan
Shor has shown to the public at the press conference at the beginning of 2019,
sending a message to President Igor Dodon, it would have been 1.5 million Euros.
According to Viorel Morari, the Dodon family would have accepted the payment of
the flights and luxury trips from the money coming from the economic agents
managed by Ilan Shor. [154]
According to the 4 July 2020 article published by The Brussels Times, several voices
in the Republic of Moldova believe that the pro-Russian government crosses all red
lines in order to maintain power in Chișinău in the interest of Russia. [155][156] The source
mentions that "the case of Dr. Gațcan[157][158] shows how far President Igor Dodon can
go, who actually controls the power in Chișinău." The source also refers to the
increasingly frequent accusations regarding the establishment of the dictatorship in
the Republic of Moldova, but also to the efforts of opposition politicians to mobilize
their forces to reduce the influence of Igor Dodon and the administrative resources
he can benefit from at the election campaign in autumn. [159]
Lukashenko election[edit]
Following the 2020 Belarusian presidential election, Dodon congratulated
President Alexander Lukashenko on his controversial victory.[160] After this, a group of
protesters demonstrated in front of the Belarusian embassy in Chișinău, coming with
banners saying "Down with dictatorship!", "Down with censorship!", and "Belarus will
be free!". The protesters particularly criticized Dodon for allowing himself to
congratulate Lukashenko on behalf of the Moldovan people, in spite of the negative
feelings towards the Belarusian leader at the time. [161]

Notes[edit]
1. ^ Unofficially also with patronymic as Igor Nicolaevici Dodon (pronounced [ˌnikola
ˈe.vitʃʲ]), as a Romanianization of the full former Soviet (Russian) name.[1][2]

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