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03 December, 2025 / 18:41

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DOC // Russian Cultural Center to cease activity

The promulgation decree, signed by President Maia Sandu, and the law for denouncing the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Moldova and the Government of the Russian Federation regarding the establishment and operation of cultural centers have been published in the Official Journal and have come into effect.

The denunciation project was set up by the Ministry of Culture, which argues that, in the context of the current geopolitical situation and the high risk of disinformation, the agreement with the Russian Federation could be used as a tool to promote distorted narratives, posing a risk to the informational security of the Republic of Moldova.

Given that our country does not have a cultural center on the territory of the Russian Federation, there is no equitable mechanism for promoting information about the Republic of Moldova, which undermines the balance and initial purpose of the agreement.

The document was signed in 1998 in Moscow and came into effect in July 2001. Based on it, the Russian Federation opened in Chisinau in 2009 the Russian Cultural Center. The center is funded by the Russian Agency 'Rossotrudnichestvo', an institution directly under the Russian presidency and subject to international sanctions, classified by the EU as 'the main state agency projecting Kremlin's soft power and hybrid influence, including promoting the so-called "Russkiy Mir" concept.'

The procedure for denouncing the agreement was initiated at the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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