Protesters blocked streets in Chisinau and Balti on Wednesday to demand the resignation of incumbent President Maia Sandu.

Footage features demonstrators standing with placards and chanting slogans while blocking roads.

The action was organised by the opposition 'Shor' Party 'in protest against the authorities' refusal to pay the people's bills for the three winter months'.

"Thousands of people took part in a flash mob today, which took place simultaneously in localities across Moldova," the party's press service said in a statement.

There was no official information about any detentions during the rally at the time of publication.

On Tuesday, Chisinau residents held another rally in front of the parliament building to demand payment of people's bills.

The vice-president of the 'Shor' party, Marina Tauber, passed a resolution to the government, demanding that it should solve the issue of payment of gas, electricity and heating bills for the three winter months within 24 hours. However, according to the party, the government did not comply with the conditions.

Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu stated that the Russian state is behind the opposition movement, whose goal is to stop 'the process of European integration' and to use Moldova 'in the war against Ukraine'.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday that statements on Moscow's involvement in the opposition protests in Chisinau 'were ridiculed in Moldova itself'.

"Nothing is more absurd than blaming Russia for what is happening there now. We see how the leadership of this country has taken a course against the people of their own state," Zakharova said.

Protests in Moldova have been taking place regularly since September 2022.