The leader of the National Unity Party (PUN) Anatol Salaru said the Shor Party receives financing from Russia in the election campaign prior to the May 20 mayoral elections of Chisinau. For this reason, the party’s candidate Reghina Apostolova should be excluded from the electoral race, IPN reports.

In a news conference, Anatol Salaru said on May 4 a Russian citizen lent 200,000 lei to a company with mixed Russian-Moldovan capital where one of the founders is a center working under the President of Russia. The same day, this company transferred the given amount to a company with a similar name, which, for its part, transferred the money to the Shor Party. Later, the party spent 190,000 lei of this sum on electoral services, including electoral advertisements of candidate Reghina Apostolova.

The politician said that under the legislation, the financing of the election campaign by others states, foreign organizations and persons in any form is banned. The PUN submitted a challenge to the Central Election Commission and the Chisinau District Electoral Council. “We demand to urgently examine the challenge and to determine all the circumstances of this case and to also adopt a decision to request the Court of Chisinau to annul the registration of the election runner Reghina Apostolova for violating Articles 39 and 41 of the Election Code,” noted Anatol Salaru.

The PUN leader expressed his confidence that the Party of Socialists is financed through similar schemes. He requested the CEC to investigate the financial flows that reach this party.