Election will not tip Moldova towards Russia or the EU
Socialist candidate Igor Dodon was so far ahead in the first-round presidential ballot that he should win the run-off
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In this article
- Power behind the scenes
- A break with the past
- President 'above politics'
- Parliamentary disarray
- EU-friendly parties linked to corruption
- Substantial left-wing force
- Outlook
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_350.jpg "Igor Dodon, accompanied by his wife Galina and son Nikolai, casts his vote (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)")