According to Roșca’s testimony to a Moldovan court, Prizenco offered few details, only that Roșca would earn between $300 and $500 — and that further instructions would come from a contact in Moscow.

Within weeks, Roșca found himself in training camps in Bosnia and Serbia. There, participants learned how to fly drones, handle incendiary devices and evade law enforcement during protests — part of what Moldovan investigators say was a coordinated Russia-backed effort to recruit operatives for destabilization operations as far away as France and Germany.