CHISINAU: Moldovan police said on Sunday they had arrested members of a network they suspected of being orchestrated by Russia in a bid to destabilize the small ex-Soviet nation as an antigovernment protest kicked off.

After searches on Saturday night, 25 men were questioned and seven of them detained, police chief Viorel Cernauteanu told the media.

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