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CHISINAU (Reuters) – Moldovan former Prime Minister Iurie Leanca has been charged with abuse of power over a concession that gave control of the country’s main airport to a businessman now in exile, a senior prosecutor said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Veronica Dragalin, head of Moldova’s anti-corruption prosecution office, said a former economy minister and six other former officials also faced similar charges in a criminal case which she said had been referred to court.<\/p>\n

All the accused pleaded not guilty, she told a news conference in the Moldovan capital Chisinau.<\/p>\n

The 2013 concession handed control of Chisinau International Airport for a 49-year term to a company associated with politician and businessman Ilan Shor, who fled Moldova in 2019 after the election of pro-Western President Maia Sandu.<\/p>\n

An appeals court ruled last November that control of the airport should return to the state.<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Alexander Tanas, Editing by Timothy Heritage and Angus MacSwan)<\/p>\n

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