The deputy chairman of the pro-Russian Moldovan party Shor, Marina Tauber, was arrested by corruption hunters at the airport of the capital Chisinau on Monday. Despite her ban on leaving the country, she still wanted to go to Israel.
The politician, popularly known as “Putin’s blonde”, is believed to be the main organizer of the street protests against pro-European authorities in Chisinau, funded by her fugitive party leader Ilan Shor.
Illegal party funding
The Moldovan Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office has been investigating since last spring the 37-year-old member of parliament and acting deputy head of the Shor party for illegal party funding by a criminal organization – namely by the oligarch Ilan Shor, who is close to the Kremlin.
“Billiard Bank Robbery”
In mid-April, the Chisinau Court of Appeal sentenced him in absentia to 15 years in prison as one of the key players in the 2014 “billion dollar bank robbery”. He has been hiding in Israel since 2019.
In the course of the ongoing criminal proceedings, a number of procedural safeguards were taken against Tauber, including a ban on leaving the country, which the pro-Russian politician clearly wanted to violate on Monday – according to her lawyer, allegedly for “health concerns”. reasons”.
Source: Krone
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