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are not going to remove the Russian flag from the mission’s official residence, Russian Consul General in that city Khalit Aisin told TASS on Wednesday. "We are not going to remove it," he stressed.

Experts have said Moscow may be setting the stage for a "false flag operation" in the breakaway Transnistria region of Moldova.