Moldovan police have announced that they have foiled a plot by Moscow to destabilize the country. This was reported by the NewsMaker website. A Russian national who entered the country on March 9 was arrested, police chief Viorel Cernauteanu said.
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The conspiracy was uncovered by a Moldovan undercover agent. The arrested man, who had already come to Moldova several times, led the training. The organizers had formed ten groups of ten people each for destabilization actions. All recruiters, seven of whom were arrested, were promised $10,000 for organizing anti-government riots. The Telegram channel of the Moldovan police also published a video of the training, recorded with a hidden camera.
Just today the pro-Russian Shor party held a protest in Chisinau, during which clashes with the police broke out and 54 people were arrested.
Both Moldovan President Maia Sandu and the American and Ukrainian services have denounced Russian attempts to destabilize the small former Soviet republic by installing a pro-Russian regime there.
Moldova, a small country between Romania and Ukraine, is an EU candidate country. On its territory is a small, self-proclaimed pro-Russian republic, Transnistria, where Moscow’s troops are stationed.