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Montenegro's boxers barred from Moldova tournament amid coup allegations

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Moldovan President Maia Sandu visits the Ukrainian town of Bucha, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo

Boxers from a Montenegrin club on Wednesday said they had been banned from entering Moldova for a tournament amid allegations that saboteurs from Montenegro, among others, could be part of an alleged Kremlin coup plot.

Moldovan President Maia Sandu said on Monday Russia was planning to topple the government of her small east European country with help from Montenegrin, Belarusian and Serbian nationals. One goal was to derail Moldova's European Union membership bid, she said.

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