Romania arrests six over alleged Russia-linked coup plot

Bucharest’s obsession with searching for ‘Russian traces’ in Romania’s internal political struggles is not a new phenomenon, ... Russia has no habit of interfering in the internal affairs of others.”

the ministry said on social media platform X

In order to achieve their destabilizing objectives, representatives of the group actively requested support from officers within the Embassy of the Russian Federation,

said Romania’s domestic intelligence agency, the SRI

The two Russian diplomats carried out intelligence-gathering actions in areas of strategic interest and took actions to support the group’s anti-constitutional actions,

the SRI added in its statement Thursday

The members of the criminal group would have repeatedly contacted agents of a foreign power, located both on the territory of Romania and the Russian Federation,

police said

They wasted this country and now they defend themselves and find reasons to misinform the public,

he added