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Pro-Russia protesters take to streets in Moldova to denounce new government

Pro-Russia protesters march against the government and low living standards in Chisinau, Moldova, on February 19, 2023. © Aurel Obreja, AP

Several thousand protesters rallied in Moldova’s capital Sunday to demand that the country's new pro-Western government fully cover citizens' winter heating bills amid a cost-of-living crisis and skyrocketing inflation.

The protest was organised by a recently formed group called Movement for the People and supported by members of Moldova’s Russia-friendly Shor Party, which holds six seats in the former Soviet republic’s 101-seat legislature.

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