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The Communist leader, President Vladimir Voronin, had pledged to continue Moldova's push towards European integration.
BBC: Soldiers queue to cast their vote in Chisinau, Moldova
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The immediate issue is who should replace the country's serving president, Vladimir Voronin.
ECONOMIST: Moldova's elections
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Although Moldova has no aspirations to join NATO, it is keen to get into the EU. Its president, Vladimir Voronin, met his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, in late August.
ECONOMIST: Russia's western neighbours
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An ethnic Russian himself, the new president, Vladimir Voronin, has offered two large sops to the Russian-speaking separatists who have set up their own, self-proclaimed (and self-corrupted) state, Transdniestria, in the east of the country.
ECONOMIST: Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova