Moldova votes in crucial election amid Russian pressure
by editors@theworld.org (Orla Barry) from The World: Latest Stories on (#70B9N)
Moldova heads to the polls this weekend in what its president, Maia Sandu, calls the most consequential election in the country's history. The pro-EU leader has accused Russia of mounting an unprecedented" campaign to influence the result. With just 2.5 million people and borders with both Romania and Ukraine, the result of Sunday's vote could send ripples far beyond Moldova's frontiers. The World's Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports.