Moldova police arrest members of Russian-backed network over unrest plot

Police chief says seven people detained for their involvement in causing mass disorder' during a protest in Chisinau on Sunday

Police in Moldova have said they foiled a plot by groups of Russia-backed actors who were trained to cause mass unrest during a protest against the country's new pro-western government.

The head of Moldova's police, Viorel Cernauteanu, said in a news conference that an undercover agent had infiltrated groups of diversionists," some Russian citizens, who allegedly were promised $10,000 to organise mass disorder" during the protest in the capital, Chisinau, on Sunday. Seven people were detained, he said.