In the case of the former deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) accused of corruption Oleg Korshunov contains the testimony of the former head of one of the departments of the Moldavian Metropolis, the official representative of the Moldavian Metropolitan to the Moscow Patriarchate, Archpriest Gennady Turcanu. According to the priest, Korshunov for a long time helped him get loans for commercial and charitable projects at the Zhilkredit bank, the owner of which is now hiding from the investigation on charges of mediating extortion of a bribe. In the agency's archive Ruspres"Mr. Turcanu is mentioned as a person close to the Moscow "fixer" Elan Antonov (real name - Alik Flocha), under the guise of a "FSB general" who extorted money from financier Yevgeny Dvoskin. Turcanu and ex-ambassador of Moldova to Russia Andrei Negutsa, rotating in bohemian circles, looking for new victims for the scammer.

Loans for Father Gennady

Investigator Andrey Veniaminov interrogated Gennady Tsurkana on June 27 of this year. According to the priest, he met Korshunov in 2009 at the Chaikhona restaurant on Leninsky Prospekt. They were introduced to each other by mutual acquaintances - fuel delivery businessmen .

“I was engaged in various commercial activities, led various projects, including those related to charity. I periodically needed money to borrow, in this regard, I asked Korshunov for financial assistance, ”Tsurcanu said during interrogation. At the same time, Korshunov personally never helped him and recommended that he contact the bank.

“About six months after we met, he took me to the Zhilcredit bank, where he introduced me to the chairman of the bank’s board [Anna] Ribitskaya, who was his old acquaintance and business partner. After meeting Ribitskaya, I periodically turned to the indicated bank with a request for cash loans. When granting me another loan, Ribitskaya received Korshunov's approval. He actually acted as my guarantor before the bank,” the priest says in his testimony.

Loan amounts ranged from 1 million to 20 million rubles. Turcanu, according to him, always returned loans with interest, but at the time of the interrogation he had a debt to Zhilkredit of 15 million rubles. “I took loans from the bank on the basis of receipts. The contract was not concluded, Korshunov's oral confirmation was enough, ”said the priest. Started working in FSIN.

According to him, Turcanu did not deal with the Federal Penitentiary Service, however, at the request of Korshunov, “he conducted the christening of his relatives, acquaintances, as well as the child of the first deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia Anatoly Rudoy", the testimony says.

Who is Gennady Turcanu

Archpriest Gennady Turcanu was the chairman of the Department for External Church Relations (DECR) of the Moldavian Metropolis. According to the Moldovan media, in 2012 he was removed from this position, but in September 2013 he was again mentioned as the chairman of the DECR.

Turcanu was the founder of the Reverend Paisiy Velichkovsky Charitable Foundation, according to SPARK data. The main activity of the fund is "the provision of other financial services, except for insurance and pension services, not included in other groups." In August 2017 associated with the Russian Orthodox Church Bank "Peresvet" filed a lawsuit with the Moscow Arbitration Court on the bankruptcy of the Paisiy Velichkovsky fund, which owed 300 thousand rubles. At the end of September of this year, the claim was satisfied. In addition, the Gennady Turcanu Foundation owes 2 million rubles to the Federal Property Management Agency for Moscow.

In September 2016, the NTV channel reported that the metropolitan police were looking for Tsurkana in connection with the statement of a Muscovite who rented a five-room apartment to him. She claimed that Turcanu fled without paying her three months of rent (a month cost 250,000 rubles), while stealing a designer sofa and threatening her. “The police checked and found out that I did not steal any sofa. She just wanted to tease me. The case was not initiated,” Turcanu explained to RBC.

According to NTV, Turcanu was excommunicated after he was seen relaxing in a nightclub. In an interview with a journalist, he stated that he had never been excommunicated or banned from ministry. “I was voluntarily dismissed from the post of chairman of the DECR. I wrote a report because the job involves being in Moldova, and I lived in Moscow,” said the priest.

"I was considered to be his man"

“In addition, [Korshunov] asked me for letters from the metropolitan, I did not refuse,” Turcanu added. What kind of letters are meant, the protocol does not explain. In an interview with media representatives, Turcanu clarified that on his own initiative he wrote a petition to Metropolitan Vladimir of Chisinau and All Moldova to reward Korshunov for helping the metochion of the Moldavian Church in Moscow: “Once I gave 20 thousand rubles, once I bought a set of church utensils for temple. I wrote a report and asked Vladyka to give him a medal in honor of the 200th anniversary of the Moldavian Metropolis.”

From December 2016 to May 2017, Korshunov called Tsurkan 13 times on the phone, follows from the FSB memoranda, which the investigator presented to the priest during interrogation. During these conversations, Korshunov demanded to repay the debt to Zhilkredit, Turcanu claimed. “The tone of his statements was outrageous. After his appointment to the post of deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service, Korshunov began to distance himself from ordinary citizens, looked down on his acquaintances. Arrived late for appointments and kept me waiting. As a rule, he came on a motorcycle " Harley Davidson", - said the priest during interrogation.

The owner of Zhilkredit, Ribitskaya, never demanded a debt from Turcanu directly - only through Korshunov, since the priest "was considered, as it were, his person," he specified. “It seemed to me that she was experiencing psychological problems. She said that she sees visions in a dream, during which she meets with the Virgin and angels who advise her to sell some tanker, which supposedly will bring her a lot of money. I didn’t understand what she was talking about, and in turn recommended that she see a psychologist,” Turcanu described his last meeting with Ribitskaya in 2016.

In a conversation with reporters, Turcanu described Korshunov as a "pious person." According to him, their acquaintance was due to the fact that Korshunov needed to organize the baptism of his granddaughter in Cathedral of Christ the Savior; later Turcanu helped him with pilgrimages to relics saints who were brought to Moscow: “He always went to the priests to consult, he apparently had some problems,” the priest concluded, adding that he regretted what happened to Korshunov. I can't say anything bad about him. I don't owe him anything, and he doesn't owe me anything."

What is Korshunov accused of?

Oleg Korshunov was detained in September 2017. The deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service is charged with embezzlement, fraud and several episodes of taking bribes. Now the Gagarinsky court is considering one of the cases against him - about fraud in the purchase of shoes for prisoners.

Korshunov does not admit guilt and calls the accusation absurd. According to him, he had nothing to do with the contract service of the Federal Penitentiary Service and could not interfere in the open auction. His lawyer Alexander Linnikov considers the principal "a victim of slander and arbitrariness of the special services," and the criminal cases against him are "falsifications based on false testimony, conjectures and fraud."

One of the cases brought against Korshunov is related to embezzlement on state purchases of sugar and extortion of bribes in the amount of 40 million rubles from businesswoman Marina Dyukova. Anna Ribitskaya, the owner of the Zhilcredit Bank, who left Russia, is also involved in this case. According to the investigation, she mediated the extortion of a bribe.

According to the agency Ruspres”, Citizen Ribitskaya also appears in another fraud case - she borrowed money from a Zhilkredit depositor, which she was not going to return.

On March 23, a meeting of the delegation of the Orthodox Church of Moldova with the leadership of JSC Gazprombank took place in Moscow, as a result of which a joint decision was made to open a representative office of Gazprombank in the Republic of Moldova. At our request, the chairman of the DECR PTsM agreed to comment on the situation, Fr. Gennady Turcanu.

MOLDOVA ORTODOXĂ: How did the mutual interest in cooperation between the Moldavian Metropolis and such a large financial institution as Gazprombank arise?

Prot. Gennady Turcanu: We offered the bank a number of social projects that need to be developed in Moldova, exactly where the presence of the Church is needed. I mean, for example, a mission in penitentiaries, medical institutions, orphanages. To date, the Moldavian Metropolis does not have its own area to accommodate the Theological Seminary and the Academy. This requires material resources. We also plan to establish a pension system for priests and the entire church clergy, and create our own pension fund. These are serious, rather ambitious projects, and the solution of such issues is part of my direct duties as the Chairman of the DECR, responsible for establishing contacts with the world of politics and business structures. It is clear that for successful development we need to use effective financial instruments, one of which is long-term cooperation with Gazprombank.

Unfortunately, sometimes you can hear the opinion that the Orthodox Church of Moldova seeks to own banks, engage in some kind of financial speculation - this is not true, only people who are far from the real life of the Church can think like that. The Bank is a very profitable partner for our country, providing material resources and valuable experience for the implementation of social projects and charitable initiatives.

The scheme of our cooperation should be based on the principle of socially oriented investment. This is not a donation in the truest sense of the word and not a classic investment in order to maximize profits. The presence of a large Russian bank will help many Moldovan enterprises to revive their activities and increase the number of jobs. We not only ask, but are ready to offer mutually beneficial cooperation.

There have always been good relations between Russia and Moldova, both political and financial. Russia has always been a major sales market for Moldova - this applies to the export of wine, fruit, etc. But today there are no long-term obligations between the parties, there is no large-scale mutually beneficial cooperation, this reliable economic bridge connecting our states. Therefore, the Church intercedes for the rights of Moldovan entrepreneurs. The success of our producers will lead to an increase in employment, this is the key to solving complex social problems. I hope that this project will restore the trust between our countries that existed before.

The opening of a representative office of Gazprombank in Chisinau is a direct confirmation that Russia is interested in cooperation with Moldova and is ready to invest real money in the economy, in the development of the infrastructure of our republic. To date, there is a verbal agreement between the management of Gazprombank and the PCM on the development of cooperation. On April 8, a high-level meeting is planned in Chisinau, at which an agreement of intent will be signed. In the future, it is necessary to discuss in more detail questions about the form of work, the nearest plans according to which this project will be implemented.

MOLDOVA ORTODOXĂ : How do you plan to develop the social and humanitarian aspects of your activities?

Prot. Gennady Turcanu: We will look for ways to solve the most important economic and social problems in Moldova. First of all, it is stagnation in the sphere of industry and migration of the population. Look at what is happening now: only two factories are functioning, a third of the population has left the country where it is impossible to find work. We hope that with the help of the bank's investments, production in Moldova will revive, new jobs will be created, and this, in turn, will help stop the migration of the population, which is a real tragedy for the country. After all, many families are divided, children grow up without parents, the elderly do not see their children ... For such social programs to work, it is necessary to attract investments and conduct effective financial management.

MOLDOVA ORTODOXĂ: In your opinion, does the Orthodox Church today need people who combine the functions of a priest and a financier?

Prot. Gennadi Turcanu: In every parish there is a need to work with the bank. We live in a world where it is impossible to conduct active social and charitable work without the involvement of banking instruments. Unfortunately, not all clerics know how to competently manage finances, many do not know elementary financial rules, and therefore they encounter difficulties. A priest needs to be guided in economic terms, to understand what a banking instrument is and how to use it. The image of the priest-consumer who eats the houses of widows (Matt. 23:14) is a thing of the past.

A priest of the 21st century should, according to the words of the holy Apostle Paul, be everything to everyone (1 Cor. 9:22), that is, the Church should also have effective managers. The Apostle Paul speaks of the church community: the members are many, but the body is one (1 Cor. 12:20). This means that each member of the Church has his own abilities, his own talent, which must be used for the benefit of all. First of all, a clergyman is a prayer book, a steward of the Mysteries of God, a performer of the Eucharist, but in a different situation, he must become both a teacher and a protector, including the economic protector of his people.

The Church, undoubtedly, needs people who have the necessary knowledge in the economy, who are able to build an effective socially oriented system of interaction between the Church and the state, Church and society, and at the same time morally responsible, having the fear of God.

Moldovan priest testifies about corruption in the Federal Penitentiary Service

The former head of one of the departments of the Moldovan Metropolis, Gennady Turcanu, testified in the case of a high-ranking employee of the Federal Penitentiary Service Oleg Korshunov. The priest received loans with the help of an official and helped him receive church awards

Gennady Turcanu (Photo: ruchess.ru)

The case of the former deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Oleg Korshunov, accused of corruption, contains the testimony of the priest Gennady Turcanu. According to him, Korshunov helped to get loans for commercial and charitable projects for a long time, but then he began to "distance himself from ordinary people." is at the disposal of RBC.

Oleg Korshunov was detained in September 2017. To the Deputy Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service, embezzlement, fraud and several episodes of taking bribes. Now the Gagarinsky court is considering one of the cases against him - about fraud in the purchase of shoes for prisoners.

Korshunov does not admit guilt and calls the accusation absurd. According to him, he had nothing to do with the contract service of the Federal Penitentiary Service and could not interfere in the open auction. His lawyer Alexander Linnikov considers the principal "a victim of slander and arbitrariness of the special services," and the criminal cases against him are "falsifications based on false testimony, speculation and fraud."

One of the cases initiated against Korshunov is connected with embezzlement of sugar on state purchases and extortion of bribes from businesswoman Marina Dyukova. Anna Ribitskaya, the owner of the Zhilcredit Bank, who left Russia, is also involved in this case. According to the investigation, she mediated the extortion of a bribe.

Loans for Father Gennady

Investigator Andrey Veniaminov interrogated Gennady Tsurkana on June 27 of this year. According to the priest, he met Korshunov in 2009 at the Chaikhona restaurant on Leninsky Prospekt. They were introduced to each other by mutual acquaintances - businessmen involved in the supply of fuel.

“I was engaged in various commercial activities, led various projects, including those related to charity. I periodically needed money to borrow, in connection with this I asked Korshunov for financial assistance, ”Tsurcanu said during interrogation. At the same time, Korshunov personally never helped him and recommended that he contact the bank.

“About six months after we met, he took me to the Zhilcredit bank, where he introduced me to the chairman of the bank’s board [Anna] Ribitskaya, who was his old acquaintance and business partner. After meeting Ribitskaya, I periodically turned to the indicated bank with a request for cash loans. When granting me another loan, Ribitskaya received Korshunov's approval. He actually acted as my guarantor before the bank, ”the priest’s testimony says.

Loan amounts varied from 1 million to 20 million rubles. Turcanu, according to him, always returned loans with interest, but at the time of the interrogation he had a debt to Zhilkredit of 15 million rubles. “I took bank loans on the basis of receipts. The contract was not concluded; Korshunov’s oral confirmation was enough, ”said the priest. Having started working at the Federal Penitentiary Service, Korshunov still coordinated the issuance of loans to Tsurkan at Zhilkredit, while “strongly recommending” them to be returned: “He jokingly said that if they put me in jail for fraud, he would give me a cell with a window.”

According to him, Turcanu did not deal with the Federal Penitentiary Service, however, at the request of Korshunov, “he conducted the christening of his relatives, acquaintances, as well as the child of the first deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, Anatoly Rudoy,” the testimony says.

"I was considered to be his man"

“In addition, [Korshunov] asked me for letters from the metropolitan, I did not refuse,” Turcanu added. What kind of letters are meant, the protocol does not explain. In an interview with RBC, Turcanu specified that, on his own initiative, he wrote a petition to Metropolitan Vladimir of Chisinau and All Moldova to reward Korshunov for helping the Metochion of the Moldavian Church in Moscow: “Once 20 thousand rubles. gave, once bought a set of church utensils for the temple. I wrote a report and asked Vladyka to give him a medal in honor of the 200th anniversary of the Moldavian Metropolis.”

From December 2016 to May 2017, Korshunov called Tsurkan 13 times on the phone, follows from the FSB memoranda, which the investigator presented to the priest during interrogation. During these conversations, Korshunov demanded to repay the debt to Zhilkredit, Turcanu claimed. “The tone of his statements was outrageous. After his appointment to the post of deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service, Korshunov began to distance himself from ordinary citizens, looked down on his acquaintances. Arrived late for appointments and kept me waiting. As a rule, he came on a Harley Davidson motorcycle,” the priest said during interrogation.

The owner of Zhilkredit, Ribitskaya, never demanded a debt from Turcanu directly - only through Korshunov, since the priest "was considered, as it were, his person," he specified. “It seemed to me that she was experiencing psychological problems. She said that she sees visions in a dream, during which she meets with the Virgin and angels who advise her, who supposedly will bring her a lot of money. I did not understand what she was talking about, and, in turn, recommended that she see a psychologist,” Turcanu described his last meeting with Ribitskaya in 2016.

In an interview with RBC, Turcanu described Korshunov as a "pious person." According to him, their acquaintance was due to the fact that Korshunov needed to organize the baptism of his granddaughter in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior; Subsequently, Turcanu helped him with pilgrimages to the relics of the saints, who were brought to Moscow: “He always went to the priests to consult, he apparently had some problems,” the priest concluded, adding that he regretted what happened to Korshunov. I can't say anything bad about him. I don't owe him anything, and he doesn't owe me anything."

Who is father Gennady

Archpriest Gennady Turcanu was the chairman of the Department for External Church Relations (DECR) of the Moldavian Metropolis. According to the Moldovan media, in 2012 he was removed from this position, but in September 2013 he was again mentioned as the chairman of the DECR.

Turcanu was the founder of the Reverend Paisiy Velichkovsky Charitable Foundation, according to SPARK data. The main activity of the fund is "the provision of other financial services, except for insurance and pension services, not included in other groups." In August 2017, Peresvet Bank filed a lawsuit with the Moscow Arbitration Court on the bankruptcy of the Paisiy Velichkovsky fund, at the end of September of this year, the claim was satisfied.

In September 2016, the NTV channel reported that the metropolitan police were looking for Tsurkana in connection with the statement of a Muscovite who rented a five-room apartment to him. She claimed that Turcanu disappeared without paying her three months' rent (a month cost 250,000 rubles), while stealing a designer sofa and threatening her. “The police checked and found out that I did not steal any sofa. She just wanted to tease me. The case was not initiated," Turcanu explained to RBC.

According to NTV, Turcanu was excommunicated after he was seen relaxing in a nightclub. In an interview with RBC, he stated that he had never been excommunicated or banned from serving. “I was voluntarily dismissed from the post of chairman of the DECR. I wrote a report because the work involves being in Moldova, and I lived in Moscow, ”said the priest. RBC sent a request to the Synodal Department of the Russian Orthodox Church for Relations with Society and the Media.​

“It was decided to temporarily stop the public activities of Protodeacon Kuraev on the territory of the Metropolis. Not because canonical violations were found in his actions, but to reassure the public. In addition, parliamentary elections were held in Moldova the other day, and the speeches of the guest from Moscow on the eve of the elections could be regarded as an attempt to put pressure on our voters. It is not Kuraev's competence to resolve the issue with Chibrik. This issue is within the competence of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill. The Apostle Paul says: when your brother sins, explain to him the gravity of his crime and try, loving him, to correct it. If he does not listen to you, then take with you another witness who would confirm your innocence, and if he does not correct himself this time, then turn him over to the church court, and if he does not obey the court and does not correct himself, then then let him be like a heretic to you. With regard to Father Anatoly, the situation is very similar - the metropolis, as his canonical hierarchy, could not cope with him, then we handed him over to the Patriarchate, if he does not correct himself after that, then he will sign the verdict himself and it will be clear who his “god "and what is his "truth"", - said in an interview with the newspaper "NG-religion" the official representative of the Moldavian Metropolitan to the Moscow Patriarchate, Archpriest Gennady Turcanu.

According to the priest, Protodeacon Andrei Kuraev “has a rather scandalous reputation as a result of his activities in Russia and Ukraine. He can deliver a sermon for two hours and never mention the name of Christ, but he is carried away by accusations against opponents. Just don't confuse preaching with chattering, that's a huge difference. I don’t think that he received the Patriarch’s blessing for this, I’m sure that Kuraev’s speech in Chisinau was his personal desire to feel at least for two days “expelled for the truth” and called as a “martyr.”

Speaking about the activities of Archpriest Anatoly Cibrik, Father Gennady Turcanu noted that the "Society of the Blessed Matrona" "is not part of the Metropolis." “There are various church organizations in the Chisinau Metropolis, they are engaged in social service, but none of them performs such deeds as the community of Archpriest Anatoly Chibrik. Never did Metropolitan Vladimir (Kantaryan) give his blessing to the activities of the matronovites, especially to their hooligan acts, including in relation to Protodeacon Andrei Kuraev. Father Anatoly arbitrarily uses the name of the Metropolitan of Chisinau where it suits him. The case becomes loud, Chibrik cannot back down and begins to draw Metropolitan Vladimir into this feud. Chibrik accuses Patriarch Kirill of ecumenism, while Kuraev accuses Chibrik of heresy. Both of them do not act according to church canons, it reminds me of a fight between two boys who argued whose dad is stronger. The decision that this or that person is a heretic, which means that he should be excommunicated from the Church, is not made by Protodeacon Andrei Kuraev, but at least by the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church. Kuraev has no right to publicly make accusations of this kind. If you, as a theologian, see serious canonical violations, collect the evidence and hand it over to the church court, and the court, after consideration, will hand over the conclusions to the Holy Synod for a decision. Chibrik was only waiting for a spark to start a scandal, moreover, he attracts not only the metropolitan, but also a number of elders from Athos. Archpriest Anatoly has long been known in Moldova. He did something before: he carried the relics of saints throughout the country, with which some funds were collected for unknown purposes, then he organized the throwing of eggs at the cinema during the screening of the film The Da Vinci Code, destroyed the Jewish Hanukkah in the center of Chisinau. St. John Chrysostom says that a priest should be like a living icon, but how can a "living icon" throw eggs at a movie theater? He is bored of living peacefully, so every month he arranges something. There are enough reasons for the Synod to meet and make some decision regarding its community,” the priest believes.

In his opinion, “the latest scandal began with the fact that Chibrik held a press conference, where he said that Patriarch Kirill communicates with Pope Benedict XVI in brotherly terms, and Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin allegedly receives a blessing from the Pontiff. The patriarch must meet with the Pope and with other religious leaders. He is the head of our church administration. If the Patriarch had doubted the truth of the Orthodox Church, as Chibrik hints, he would have become a believer of the Roman Catholic Church long ago.”

“We have Ecumenical Councils in the history of the Church, where both Patriarchs and heretics met, but they met not to unite in one faith, but to separate truth from error. But since Father Anatoly is not familiar with the history of the Church, he began to sow panic and discontent among the Orthodox believers of Moldova. Metropolitan Vladimir did not react to what had happened. It was a mistake. Vladyka is inclined to trust people, and Father Anatoly speculates on this. Sometimes Metropolitan Vladimir is not even aware of what Chibrik is doing. And Chibrik says to the metropolitan: here, Vladyka, Kuraev said that we are all heretics, "comrades in cassocks." And who are we? "Matrona's Society" or the entire metropolis? Chibrik is misleading the metropolitan…” concluded Archpriest Gennady Turcanu.

Turcanu Asks for forgiveness from Bishop Peter and attacks TIMPUL journalists

“I will help people even though Pasha Paduraru will find a couple more dissatisfied out of a hundred”

The reaction to the material "The duplicity of the representative of the Moldavian Metropolis in Moscow", published in the newspaper two weeks ago, continues. And although some of the reactions are rather strange, we will not draw conclusions until the Diocesan Court gives an example of a decision regarding the activities of Father Gennady and the Moscow Center for the Social Adaptation of Migrants named after him. Saint Paisius Velichkovsky.

Confusion with Academies

Immediately after the appearance of our investigation, Bishop Ungheni and Nisporen Petr asked the Synod of the Orthodox Church in Moldova to discuss the removal of Father Gennady from the post of head of the Department of External Relations of the Metropolis, and the Chisinau Theological Academy to name the reasons for expelling a priest from its ranks. This reaction followed after Turcanu mentioned in an interview with TIMPUL that he was expelled from the Academy because he was against the consecration of Bishop Peter. Recall that the history of Gennady's education is shrouded in mystery. He says that after being expelled from Chisinau, he transferred to Bucharest, and for some reason received his theological education in Moscow. This information is refuted by the office and archives of the Moscow Academy. In turn, Metropolitan Vladimir also confirms that no one excluded Turcanu and that he graduated from the Theological Academy in Chisinau...

Metropolitan Vladimir appealed to the Diocesan Court

In response, on August 29, Gennady Turcanu asks the Synod to create a working commission to check its activities and the activities of its center. And on August 30, by the decision of Metropolitan Vladimir, the priest was already removed from the post of head of the Department of Foreign Relations of the Metropolis even before the court made any decision. According to the chairman of the church court, Valeriu Potoroaca, the authorities have yet to find out whether Father Gennadiy violated the canons of the orthodox church.

"I advised them to avoid Paduraru..."

In an interview published Tuesday on the website of the Metropolia's Foreign Relations Department (www.ovtsmd.ru), Turcanu makes serious accusations against "informers". He assures that those two men, Nikolai Semenov and Oleg Galitsov, who told TIMPUL journalists that he allegedly “tempted” them with money, should publicly ask Turcanu for forgiveness. “I think that we need to go there, to TIMPUL, just not to get to Padurara, who, on purpose or not, presented everything exactly the other way around ... As if he deliberately threw out half of the text ... These cases are quite banal and can take on such gloomy forms only in the sick imagination of Pavel, ”says Father Gennady. When we contacted Semenov, he confirmed that it was Turcanu who asked him to contact us and ask for forgiveness, but he refused.

Bishop Petr withdraws the request, and the Department gives an interview to "Moldova-1"

Apparently, in order to reconcile with Bishop Peter, in the same interview, Father Gennady publicly asks for his forgiveness, changing his statements given earlier by TIMPUL. Further, the bishop tells us that he withdraws his letter to the Synod, leaving the decision on this case to the discretion of the ecclesiastical court.
On Wednesday, on the same website and on the website of the Metropolia, a report from the Moldova-1 TV channel appears, in which the people allegedly thank Turcana for the help they received. The report was prepared by journalist Julian Proca, who is also an adviser in the Metropolia's Department of External Relations. The appearance of this report on the website of the Metropolis also seems strange, but this time we will do without assumptions...

P.S. “I will help people even though Pasha Peduraru will find a couple of dissatisfied people out of a hundred,” adds Turcanu in an interview posted on his website. By the way, we add that of those who suffered from Turcanu's activities, only Semenov and Galitsov decided to speak on camera. In one of the telephone conversations, Turcanu decided to make another feint with his ears and assured us that Semenov had a criminal past and he had fled Moldova, changing his name, and Galitsov was generally mentally unhealthy. He even gave us documents to prove it. Well, wait...

Pavel Paduraru