The police warned in advance that provocations were expected at the rally, and announced the arrest of 30 people suspected of preparing clashes, some of whom were found with fixtures.
On November 6, another large-scale anti-government rally organized by the populist Shor Party took place in Chisinau, Newsmaker reports.
People marched through the center of the capital, chanting “Down with Maia Sandu” and other slogans calling for early elections.
The Shor Party has held many protests against the government in recent months and has intensified them in recent weeks.
Law enforcement officers conducted a series of searches at party offices and seized money that may have been intended for the “salaries” of participants. Party leader Ilan Shor, who has been abroad for a long time due to criminal proceedings against him, in one case directly admitted this.
At the same time, the Party of Socialists, whose leader is the pro-Russian former President of Moldova Igor Dodon, now under house arrest on charges of treason and corruption, is trying to -organize protests.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu said the latest anti-government rally was an attempt to undermine the situation in the country. “They wanted power so much that they promised Moscow to organize a coup and install a government where Russia could use our country in war,” Sandu said.
Simultaneous protests from “socialists” and “Shor” could also be a hidden competition between political forces for the role of Russia’s “main ally” in Moldova.
Recall that the President of Moldova, Maia Sandu, accused the Russian special services of trying to undermine the situation inside the country.
Source: korrespondent
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