Source: Reuters
“Romanian prosecutors said on Thursday they had detained six people on charges of trying to overthrow the state with the help of Russia, marking a dramatic escalation of tensions between Bucharest and Moscow. The suspects were detained on Wednesday, the same day that Romania, a member of NATO and the European Union, declared the Russian embassy’s military attache and his deputy personae non grata for what it said were acts contravening diplomatic rules. … Prosecutors said the group had a military-type structure, with one member being a retired major general. They said the group had taken steps to negotiate with external forces regarding the potential withdrawal of Romania, which shares a border with Ukraine, from the NATO military alliance. The group aimed to install a new government and dissolve the current constitutional order, introducing a new flag, national anthem and changing the country’s name, the prosecutors said.” (03/06/25)