OREANDA-NEWS The deputy head of Gagauzia, Viktor Petrov, announced unauthorized searches in the government of the autonomy by employees of the anti-corruption center of Moldova.

"In the absence of any legal document, without any legal motivation, representatives of the criminal prosecution authority arrived at the office of the Executive Committee today with the intention of seizing the working documentation. Representatives of the National Anti-Corruption Center did not have a resolution to seize the documents," Petrov told reporters.

The official regarded the incident as an abuse of authority.