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RFE/RL: Moldovan president says ‘strategic partnership’ with Russia essential

Published Jan. 23, 2017 at 5:31 pm

People carry a giant Moldovan flag as they protest in downtown Chisinau against what they consider to be a poorly organised presidential election and fraud while demanding the rescheduling of the presidential poll and the dismissal of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) on Nov. 14, 2016.

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Moldovan President Igor Dodon said he does not believe his country will ever be part of the European Union and that in order to be fully unified, it is necessary “to find common ground with Russia.”

Speaking to Russia’s state-run RT television on Jan. 23, Dodon said that people in Moldova’s Transdniester and Gagauzia regions overwhelmingly opposed European integration.