Marina Tauber was detained at Chisinau airport while trying to board a flight to Israel.
The vice leader of the pro-Russian Shor party in Moldova, Marina Tauber, was detained on Monday, May 1, at the airport in Chisinau, when she tried to leave the country and fly to Israel. This was reported by the TV8 channel, citing sources in the police and Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office of Moldova.
“This morning, Marina Tauber was detained at Chisinau International Airport on her way to Tel Aviv via Istanbul. The detention took place based on the decision of the prosecutor of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office on the grounds that the accused violated the conditions. The measure of detention set that applied to him,” the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office said. .
The agency clarified that on April 28 it applied to the court to change Tauber’s preventive measure from “conditional release under judicial control” to “preliminary arrest.” The reason is called a violation of the conditions of the measure of detention.
According to the prosecutor’s office, the decision to detain the vice-chairman of the Shor party was caused by a “significant risk” that he would hide from law enforcement agencies.
Shortly before his arrest, Tauber posted a video message on his Facebook page and said he had planned a flight abroad to undergo some medical examinations.
“I plan to fly abroad today, the trip has been planned for a long time. I need to see a doctor, and I don’t know that I will have a court hearing regarding the change in the preventive measure. I want to tell everyone not to worry , I’m going for a few days and “I’ll be back Thursday morning, I also have a return ticket. I need this exit because I didn’t have a chance to do it earlier and didn’t. I don’t know about the plans of the prosecutor’s office,” said Tauber.
In February, Marina Tauber, who was under investigation for illegal financing of the political party Shor, was released from judicial control and removed all restrictions after the Criminal Collegium of the Chisinau Court of Appeal granted an appeal. of lawyers for the interest of the accused.
Thus, the Court of Appeal, in its decision of January 5, 2023, set aside the obligations established earlier, namely: not to leave the locality where he lives, except in the conditions set by the investigating judge or, according to in what may happen. , by the court; do not communicate with persons associated with the relevant criminal process and hand over the passport to a judge with the powers of an investigating judge.
It should be noted that Tauber appears in two criminal cases of illegal financing of the Shor party and fraud of its funds. The investigation believes that the party’s expenses for the first half of 2022 are significantly higher than the amount indicated in the official declaration.
It was previously reported that foreign agents were detained in Moldova. Moldovan authorities believe the Kremlin has a plan to seize power in the country and restore a pro-Russian regime.
Recall that in Moldova, a network of agents preparing a coup d’état was discovered, in which citizens of the country and foreigners were involved.
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