: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Moldova votes in key poll at crossroads of Europe and Russia


CHISINAU – Moldova votes on Sunday in a crucial parliamentary election that hinges on whether the impoverished ex-Soviet country will pursue integration with Europe or return to Russia’s fold.Opinion polls showed the political parties aiming for membership in the European Union were roughly neck-and-neck with those that back joining Russia in a customs union.Russia and the EU are locked in a tug-of-war to win influence in the region where armed conflict has erupted in neighbouring Ukraine between Kiev’s pro-EU leadership and pro-Russian separatists.Moscow does not want to part ways with Moldova, a former Soviet satellite where it has troops stationed …read more

Source: AsiaOne

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