{"id":1944402,"date":"2023-06-05T13:37:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T17:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-sanctions-russians-over-plot-to-destabilize-moldovan-government\/"},"modified":"2023-06-05T13:40:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T17:40:53","slug":"us-sanctions-russians-over-plot-to-destabilize-moldovan-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-sanctions-russians-over-plot-to-destabilize-moldovan-government\/","title":{"rendered":"US imposes sanctions on Russians for attempting to destabilize Moldova&#8217;s government."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-sanctions-russians-over-plot-to-destabilize-moldovan-government%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1944402&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>US Imposes Sanctions on Russian Intelligence-Linked Group for Destabilizing Moldovan Government<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>The United States has announced sanctions against seven members of a Russian intelligence-linked group for its alleged role in attempting to destabilize the Moldovan government.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>During February and March of this year, thousands of protesters participated in anti-government rallies in the Moldovan capital of Chisinau. The Russia-connected group sought to capitalize on these protests to &#8220;seize the Moldovan Government House,&#8221; according to a statement from the Treasury Department.<\/p>\n<h3>What is ESG and How Does it Affect You?<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;These actors are a part of Russia\u2019s global information operations that have also targeted the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and countries in the Balkans,&#8221; U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These operatives provoke, train and oversee groups in democratic countries that conduct anti-government protests, rallies, marches, and demonstrations with the goal of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-sanctions-russians-over-plot-to-destabilize-moldovan-government\/\" title=\"US imposes sanctions on Russians for attempting to destabilize Moldova's government.\">overthrowing democratically elected leaders<\/a> and creating or exacerbating instability,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The sanctions, part of the U.S.&#8217;s larger operations to combat actors seeking to destabilize Moldova, targeted:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Konstantin Prokopyevich Sapozhnikov, the leader of the group<\/li>\n<li>Yury Yuryevich Makolov<\/li>\n<li>Gleb Maksimovich Khloponin<\/li>\n<li>Svetlana Andreyevna Boyko<\/li>\n<li>Vasily Viktorovich Gromovikov<\/li>\n<li>Anna Travnikova<\/li>\n<li>Aleksey Vyacheslavovich Losev and his company Perko Julleuchter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThe sanctions imposed today shine a light on Russia\u2019s ongoing covert efforts to destabilize democratic nations,\u201d Brian Nelson, the undersecretary of the treasury for terrorism and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dozens-of-former-bush-officials-leave-republican-party-calling-it-a-trump-cult\/\" title=\"Dozens Of Former Bush Officials Leave Republican Party, Calling It A \u2018Trump Cult\u2019\">financial intelligence<\/a>, said. \u201cRussia\u2019s attempted influence operations exploit the concerns of the citizens of these countries, to destabilize legitimately elected governments for Moscow\u2019s own interests.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>National Security Council coordinator John Kirby warned in March that pro-Russian actors will stage and use protests \u201cas a basis to foment a manufactured insurrection against the Moldovan government\u201d while other Russian actors \u201cprovide training and help manufacture demonstrations in Moldova.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moldova\u2019s president, Maia Sandu, said earlier this year that she believed the Kremlin was planning \u201ca series of actions involving saboteurs who have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-accuses-russia-of-trying-to-foment-a-manufactured-insurrection-in-moldova\/\" title=\"US accuses Russia of trying to 'foment a manufactured insurrection' in Moldova\">undergone military training<\/a> and are disguised as civilians to carry out violent actions, attacks on government buildings, and hostage-taking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Months earlier, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned nine people and a dozen entities, including oligarchs it said were \u201cwidely recognized for capturing and corrupting Moldova\u2019s political and economic institutions and those acting as instruments of Russia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-sanctions-four-ukrainian-officials-for-allegedly-helping-russia\/\" title=\"U.S. Sanctions Four Ukrainian Officials For Allegedly Helping Russia\">global influence campaign<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed and read more from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/us-imposes-sanctions-on-russian-intelligence-linked-group-for-destabilizing-moldovan-government\">The Washington Examiner<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US imposed sanctions on seven members of a Russian intelligence-linked group for their alleged involvement in destabilizing the Moldovan government. The group attempted to take advantage of anti-government rallies in Chisinau, Moldova&#8217;s capital, in February and March, which saw thousands of protesters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1944403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[5124,28336,5045,3948,19457,6727,5036],"class_list":["post-1944402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-attempting","tag-destabilize","tag-government","tag-imposes","tag-moldovas","tag-russians","tag-sanctions"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1944402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1944403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1944402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1944402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1944402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}