Russia, Europe Watch Closely as Moldova Prepares for High-Stakes Election

Russia, Europe Watch Closely as Moldova Prepares for High-Stakes Election The leader of Moldova’s pro-European ruling party is blunt about the stakes in Sunday’s tense parliamentary election: a continued path toward the European Union or a country brought back under Russia’s orbit. “The results of these elections will define the country’s future not just for the next four years, but for many, many years ahead,” Igor Grosu, the president of the ruling Party of Action and Solidarity, or PAS, told The Associated Press on Thursday in the capital, Chisinau.