embassy

Court documents show that the Russian embassy offered Ms Kutina and the children an emergency travel window between 26 September and 9 October.

Russia's embassy in the UK rejected the BBC's allegations, accusing Moldova and its "Western sponsors" of seeking to divert attention from Chisinau's "internal woes".

We received no response from the Dubai government, the UK embassy in Dubai, or the UAE embassy in London.

The Russian embassy in Copenhagen has denied "absurd speculations" of its involvement in what it described as "staged provocations".

In response to the BBC investigation, the Russian embassy in the UK denied involvement in fake news and electoral interference and claimed that it was the EU that had been interfering in Moldova's election.