The examination of the case in which the Information and Security Service requests the declaration of the “Eurasia” organization as extremist has been suspended, after the representatives of the organization submitted a request for the transfer of the case from the Central Court of Appeal, reports IPN.

The request is to be examined by the Supreme Court of Justice, the only competent authority to decide whether the trial will continue at the same court or will be transferred to another court. Representatives of “Eurasia” have requested the relocation on the grounds that they do not trust the impartiality of the judges of the court examining the case.

The final pleadings were supposed to begin at Friday’s meeting, after the judicial investigation was concluded. However, with the submission of the transfer request, the examination of the case was suspended.

This is not the first time the case review has been interrupted. Previously, the trial was put on hold after representatives of the “Eurasia” organization raised a constitutional exception, challenging several provisions of the Law on Combating Extremist Activity and the Law on the Information and Security Service, invoked by SIS in the trial. The Constitutional Court later declared the referral inadmissible, and the case was returned to the court for further examination. At the same time, representatives of “Eurasia” also requested the recusal of the entire panel of judges, but the motion was rejected.

At the initiation of the trial process, SIS did not provide details, but “Eurasia” is targeted in a report by the institution about external interference in the 2024 electoral processes. The document indicates that foreign influence on the Republic of Moldova was exerted through “platforms, influence agents and typical tools of a hybrid interference”, among which the “Eurasia” entity, the “Victory” Bloc and the organized criminal group “Șor”, supported by individuals under international sanctions and in search.