Moldovan president says Russia's Wagner head plotted coup against her -FT

FILE PHOTO: Moldova's President Maia Sandu addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

(Reuters) - Moldova's pro-European President, Maia Sandu, said Russia's Wagner paramilitary force was the main force behind an attempt to foment a coup against her, she told the Financial Times in an interview published on Friday.

Sandu, interviewed by the Financial Times during the European Union's European Political Community summit in Spain, said Wagner's late leader Yevgeny Prigozhin stood behind the bid to overthrow her.