Moldova (bbabo.net) - In the first year of her presidency, Maia Sandu visited 18 regions of the country, and also made 14 trips abroad, including Ukraine, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Georgia, USA, Austria, Romania. comparison: in the first year of his presidency, ex-head of state Igor Dodon made 34 foreign trips, of which 13 - to the Russian Federation, replicamedia.md reports.

And this is despite the fact that the socialist has repeatedly criticized Maya Sanda for the fact that she traveled more abroad than across the country.

Maia Sandu, after assuming the presidency, first traveled to Kiev, Ukraine, on January 11-12, 2021.

Of the 14 trips that Maia Sandu made, including those accompanied by members of her cabinet, there is information about 11 (information on the financial resources allocated for the last three visits - to Bucharest, Paris and Brussels - is not published on the website of the presidency, and Replica Media's request has not yet been answered). About half a million lei was spent on all trips from the state budget, namely 457.8 thousand lei, of which 83 600 are daily expenses, 286 500 are plane tickets, and the rest of the money is for accommodation.

For comparison, Igor Dodon, while in office, made 34 trips abroad in the first year, 13 of them to the Russian Federation. More than 1,300,000 lei were spent on trips in the first year, which is almost three times the amount spent by Maia Sandu.

Most of the amount was allocated for air tickets - 703,230 lei, more than 333,000 lei for daily expenses, 311,267 lei was spent on accommodation.

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