Big Wins Expected for Moldova's Pro-Russia Parties in Local Elections

Moldova held local elections on Sunday with polls forecasting big wins for pro-Moscow parties at a time of political turmoil following the resignation of the prime minister and the theft of $1 billion from the country's banking system. The departure on Friday of the 38-year-old pro-Europe premier Chiril Gaburici after just over 100 days in office came as the tiny former Soviet republic, one of Europe's poorest states, seethes with resentment over the missing cash, equivalent to...

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