Opposition: Supported by: Moldova: Counterprotesters[53] Ilan ShorMarina TauberEvghenia GuțulMihail AhremțevIrina Vlah[57][58]Igor DodonVlad Batrîncea[59]Vladimir VoroninGheorghe Cavcaliuc[38]Iurie MunteanMark Tkaciuk[39]Victor Druță[60]Serghei Mișin[42]Vlad Bilețchi (allegedly, denied by Bilețchi)[61]Vladimir Plahotniuc (allegedly)[62][63] Maia SanduNatalia Gavrilița (until 16 February 2023)Dorin Recean (after 16 February 2023)Igor GrosuIon Ceban On 18 September 2022, protests in Moldova began in the capital city of Chișinău, demanding the resignation of the country's pro-Western government,[66][67] amid an energy crisis causing rising natural gas prices and inflation, caused in part by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[68][69] It is alleged by the Moldovan government that the party has been offering cash payments to people to attend the protests and has also been providing free transportation to the capital for protest attendees,[68] with funds provided by Ilan Shor, the oligarch and leader of the Șor Party who had fled Moldova amid corruption charges[69] and who has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

[71][72] Following the dismantling of the Șor party, large scale coordinated protests ceased.

[47] On 10 March 2023, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov accused the West of having double standards because it supports the anti-government protests in Georgia but condemns those in the Republic of Moldova.

[170] October 2022 Ilan Shor and the Șor Party sanctioned by the USA.