The citizens, either they speak Romanian or Russian, are safe in the Republic of Moldova. “We make effort to ensure the safety and wellbeing of each citizen,” said President Maia Sandu, commenting on the Embassy of Russia’s call to the “the citizens of Russia and Russian compatriots” to seek help from the Embassy if they are discriminated on different grounds, IPN reports.

“From the very first days of this war, we have made calls for unity and urged not to allow hate speech to divide us. I thank the people who followed this call and contributed to maintaining unity. The Republic of Moldova respects the human rights and does its best for each citizen, regardless of the spoken language, to feel safe here, at home,” President Sandu stated in a news conference.

On March 16, the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Chisinau called on “the citizens of Russia and Russian compatriots” to seek help from the Embassy over what is describes as “increase in the number of cases of discrimination on grounds of nationality, language, culture, religion and others and commission of acts of violence or acts that threaten life and health”.