Igor Dodon, the President of Moldova, has signed a decree that revokes the citizenship of Traian Basescu, the former President of the neighbouring Romania. 

Dodon maintains that Basescu had obtained the Moldovan citizenship illegally. For Basescu, the revocation of citizenship is a political move, since Dodon favours closer ties of Moldova and Russia, while Basescu promoted close ties and possible reunification of Moldova and Romania.

Basescu and his wife Maria had obtained Moldovan citizenship in November 2015. 

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