Moldova’s ruling pro-EU party on Monday hailed victory in polls overshadowed by accusations of Russian interference, evoking an “extraordinarily difficult struggle” to gain a slim parliamentary majority.

The small European Union candidate nation, which borders Ukraine and has a pro-Russia breakaway region, has long been divided over whether to move closer with Brussels or maintain Soviet-era relations with Moscow.

Sunday’s elections were seen as crucial for the ex-Soviet republic to maintain its push towards EU integration, launched after Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

“Russia threw everything dirty it had into the fight… It’s not only PAS that won the elections, the people won,” Igor Grosu, leader of the Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS), told a press conference.

But analysts w

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