CHISINAU, Moldova — Mouldovans voted Sunday in a parliamentary election that could deepen the split between pro-Western and pro-Russian forces in the former Soviet republic. No party is expected to win an outright majority and parties need to win 6 per cent of the ballot to enter Parliament. But Vladimir Plahotniuc, the Democratic Party chief and the country’s de-facto leader, on Sunday insisted the ruling party had brought “order and discipline” through its economic policies. Despite that claim, an estimated 1 million Moldovans have moved abroad to find jobs, mainly in the European Union and Russia. ——Alison Mutler in Bucharest, Romania and Corneliu Rusnac in Chisinau, Moldova contributed to this report.

Source: National Post February 24, 2019 05:48 UTC