Sputnik Moldova head Vitaly Denisov told Sputnik on Wednesday that he had received a 10-year entry ban, as he allegedly poses a threat to the national security of Moldova.
"I was given a copy of the decision that I must leave the country as a person posing a threat to the national security of Moldova, that I was banned from entering the country for 10 years," Denisov said, adding that he is currently at the Kishinev airport getting tickets to Moscow.
Earlier in the day, Denisov said that migration service officers came to his home, put him in a car and took him to the airport with a deportation order on the first flight.
"They did not let me pack my things, pick up my pets, and so on. They issued an order for a 10-year ban on entry into Moldova. The ambassador was notified," Denisov said.
Commenting on the incident, Dmitry Kiselev, the director general of Rossiya Segodnya, Sputnik's parent media group, told Sputnik that the destructive policy of Kishinev crosses all adequate boundaries of interstate relations.