ex-chief of the Normal Employees of Moldova labored for the GRU

The previous chief of the Normal Employees of Moldova, Igor Gorgan, commonly transmitted secret info to Russian army intelligence, specifically, in regards to the political state of affairs in his nation, in addition to knowledge on visits by representatives of the Ukrainian Ministry of Protection, who bought army tools and shells for his or her armed forces.

This was reported on Wednesday, June 5, by the web publication The Insider, whose journalists, in collaboration with the Moldovan publication “Little Nation,” gained entry to Gorgan’s correspondence together with his supervisor on the Predominant Directorate of the Normal Employees of the Russian Armed Forces (also referred to as the GRU – Predominant Intelligence Directorate) – Colonel Alexei Makarov. “Utilizing his outdated connections within the Ministry of Protection of Moldova, Gorgan stays an essential GRU informant,” the fabric emphasizes.

Igor Gorgan was dismissed from his put up as head of the Normal Employees on the finish of 2021, after Maia Sandu was elected president of Moldova. In the meantime, within the nation’s Ministry of Protection, in addition to amongst native officers, there have been a lot of his proteges who equipped him with secret info, it follows from the publication.

Who supervised Igor Gorgan within the Russian Federation

The Insider means that Igor Gorgan and Alexey Makarov started actively speaking in 2004, when Gorgan was serving in a NATO mission. Patronage over him handed to Makarov in 2019, and their communication turned particularly energetic in April 2022, that’s, after the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, it follows from the publication. Each met in Chisinau cafes or whereas fishing.

Earlier than Colonel Makarov, Gorgon maintained contacts with the Russian army attache in Chisinau, Vadim Ukhnalev, the publication additional states. Ukhnalev now holds the place of army attaché in Kazakhstan.

Additionally, for a while, Gorgan was supervised by one other army attaché, Igor Dovbnya. Dovbnya was expelled from Moldova in 2017 for espionage actions, writes The Insider. Now he heads the equipment of Russian army attaches in Kyrgyzstan.

Because the publication factors out, in correspondence with Makarov, Gorgan has repeatedly said that in his nation every thing is prepared for the entry of Russian troops and Moldova urgently must cleanse the nation.

Shortly earlier than the mass expulsion of Russian diplomats from Moldova in July 2023, Igor Gorgan stopped speaking with Makarov and obtained a job on the UN Refugee Workplace in Chisinau (UNHCR-Moldova), investigators discovered.

“The company registers all internally displaced individuals from Ukraine and helps them settle in a brand new place. The irony is that Gorgan, who not too long ago urged that the State Safety Service ought to set up a blockade of Ukraine, is now delivering humanitarian support for Ukrainian kids,” concludes The Insider.