Clashes and more than 50 arrests in Moldova the complaint

Clashes and more than 50 arrests in Moldova, the complaint from Chisinau: “Members of a network in handcuffs…

Clashes and more than 50 arrests in Moldova the complaint

According to the police chief’s reconstruction, one of their agents managed to infiltrate the group led by a Moldovan Russian, also recording 10 hours of video and audio. “People with very specific training have come from Russia,” added the official, alarmed in advance, “about organizing destabilizing actions on our territory through demonstrations by the Russian special services.”

A Russian plan activate anti-government groups and destabilize the little one Republic of Moldovaand transforms it into the new battlefield between the Russia And the West. The charges come directly from the Moldovan security forces, which are now members of a Network “orchestrated by Moscow” before a protest against the government. After last night’s searches, 25 men were interrogated and seven of them arrested, the police chief told the media. Viorel Cernauteanu. However, over the course of the day, more than 50 people ended up in handcuffs.

According to the reconstruction of the chief of law enforcement, one of their agents managed to infiltrate the group, which was led by a Moldovan-Russian, who was also registered 10 hours of video and audio. “People came from Russia with one very specific training‘ the official, alarmed in advance, added ‘about the organization by the special services Russians from destabilizing actions on our territory through demonstrations”.

It is not clear if the two incidents are related, but today the security forces assume so Chisinau They cracked down on another day of protests organized by the group across the country movement for the peoplesupported by the pro-Russian party short, with officers arresting 54 people, including 21 minors. Protesters call on the government to i energy bill costs Winter and “not to draw the country into a war”. In addition, they have repeatedly invited the President Maya Sandu resign.

Sunday’s demonstrations soon led to clashes between participants and police forces in the center of the Moldovan capital, with reports of scuffles erupting behind the police Main square closed of the city, which prevented the protesters from reaching them. The demonstrators first blocked traffic on Chisinau’s main boulevard and headed towards the city square great national assembly. The police blocked their access to the square. The marching protesters then tried to find their way back to the Presidential Office and the Parliament buildings.

The party of the pro-Russian oligarch on the run Ilhan Schor He has once again mobilized against the pro-European government in recent weeks over rising tensions between Moscow and Chisinau. He has organized several demonstrations for which he is suspected of having paid the participants. Friday the White House accused Russia of wanting to destabilize the country of 2.6 million people on the border with Ukraine in order to install a pro-Russian government. On the other hand between the small republic and the country Volodymyr Zelenskyy rise there Transnistriathe independent republic closely linked to Moscow, in which weapons from the Soviet era are still present.