In Moldova, police on Sunday said they foiled a plot by groups of Russia-backed saboteurs specially trained to cause mass unrest at protests against the country’s new pro-Western government.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/moldova-ap-russia-chisinau-georgia-b2302208.html

It’s about whether or not their country will remain a pro-Western democracy governing a pluralistic, humanistic society,” says Aaron David Miller, a Middle East expert who served in six administrations of both major political parties.

Source: https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2023/0323/Israel-s-democracy-fight-Why-Biden-is-getting-off-the-sidelines?icid=rss

Much of the press saw U.S. troops as defending a pro-Western populace against a deeply unpopular Taliban insurgency.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary/swift-justice-looks-inside-a-sharia-courtroom

Prigozhin reportedly hailed the Niger coup for overthrowing colonialism, meaning a pro-Western leader; he offered his troops to help reestablish order, meaning repression of the new regime’s opponents.

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/08/02/russia-niger-and-coup-politics-in-africa/

Russia’s assault on Ukraine is stretching into a second year, with military analysts pointing to a stalemate on the battlefield in the east of the pro-Western country.

Source: https://www.kuwaittimes.com/kremlin-says-not-planning-new-ukraine-mobilisation-drive/

The Paris trip was widely seen as an effort to burnish his pro-Western credentials and fend of criticism from liberals that he will continue the eastward-leaning inclination of Mr. Zeman, a past political ally.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/14/world/europe/czech-presidential-candidates.html

This was a time when Ukraine was run by a pro-Western government.

Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-peace-envoy-ukraine-war-li-hui-russia-putin-rcna81937