(Reuters) -Fugitive pro-Russian businessman Ilan Shor has offered Moldovans monthly payments of $3,000 to join anti-government protests, in a bid to undermine Moldova’s pro-European government ahead of parliamentary elections next month.

Moldovan officials have regularly accused Moscow of meddling in their domestic politics by stoking pro-Russian sentiments in a subversive campaign to topple the government as it bolsters ties with the West, accusations Moscow denies.

Shor, under Western sanctions for efforts to destabilise Moldova on Russia’s behalf, said he would make daily payments to each protester totaling a monthly $3,000 if they began protesting in the capital Chisinau starting on Saturday.

“Yes, I am…compensating you in such a way that already from Saturday you’ll feel the effect

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