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Wide top shot of Chisinau2. Wide pan of parliament building, currently undergoing reconstruction after damage inflicted during April unrest 3. Mid of workers 4. Moldovan flag 5. Set up shot of Doctor...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eChisinau, Moldova - 28 July 2009\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide top shot of Chisinau\u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide pan of parliament building, currently undergoing reconstruction after damage inflicted during April unrest \u003cbr/\u003e3. Mid of workers \u003cbr/\u003e4. Moldovan flag \u003cbr/\u003e5. Set up shot of Doctor Boris Frlec, Head of Election Observation Mission at the Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights \u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE (English) Doctor Boris Frlec, Head of Election Observation Mission at the Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The gap is deepening, you have got now all of a sudden categories of patriots and traitors, that kind of thing, that's not a language that is actually admissible within the culture of political dialogue.\"\u003cbr/\u003eFILE: Moscow, Russia - 16 April 2001\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide shot of Red Square\u003cbr/\u003e8. Pan right of then Russian president Vladimir Putin and Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin walking into room on the occasion of an official visit following Voronin's election\u003cbr/\u003e9. Voronin signing documents\u003cbr/\u003e10. Voronin and Putin shaking hands\u003cbr/\u003eChisinau, Moldova - 28 July 2009\u003cbr/\u003e11. Various of kiosk selling newspapers\u003cbr/\u003e12. Various of newspapers with headlines on upcoming election \u003cbr/\u003e13. Police security on street \u003cbr/\u003e14. Set up shot of political analyst Vlad Lupan\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE (English) Vlad Lupan, Political Analyst:\u003cbr/\u003e\"On one hand, we either have European integration, on the other, if the communist party continues in power, then we have the same situation as we had up to now, no proper reforms, only political statements that do not correspond to reality and of course the quality of life will differ for people.\"\u003cbr/\u003e16. Various of posters urging people to go out and vote \u003cbr/\u003e17. Wide of street \u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Local Resident, no name given, Vox Pop:\u003cbr/\u003e\"20 years have already gone by with failed promises. How can we have any more faith? I personally will not vote in these elections. I am just completely disillusioned.\"\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Praskovya, Full name not given, Local Resident, Vox Pop:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I want things to change for the better, like everyone else. We want things to be all right. No matter what party wins, they need to work with the people, so that our hopes will be fulfilled.\"\u003cbr/\u003eCricova, Moldova - 28 July 2009\u003cbr/\u003e20. Wide of vineyard\u003cbr/\u003e21. Various of workers in vineyard\u003cbr/\u003e22. Close up of grapes\u003cbr/\u003e23. SOUNDBITE (Moldovan) Vineyard Worker, no name given:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We, the Moldovans, want elections to be held at the highest standards, we want them to be fair. The price of bread is very expensive at the moment and wages are very low, they are not enough, either for the current time or for the future.\"\u003cbr/\u003e24. Workers resting\u003cbr/\u003eMoldovans on Tuesday were preparing to go to the polls, three months after opposition supporters stormed the capital accusing the Communist-led government of rigging nationwide elections.\u003cbr/\u003eAuthorities swiftly suppressed the unrest using brute force that left at least three dead and hundreds arrested.\u003cbr/\u003eFew expect a fresh wave of violence in Wednesday's tightly contested parliamentary vote, which could help determine whether the ex-Soviet republic remains in Russia's orbit or edges closer to the European Union and the West.\u003cbr/\u003eSupport for Communists, in power since 2001, has been falling in recent months - partly because of the ferocity of the government's crackdown, but also because of the fresh misery inflicted by the global economic crisis.\u003cbr/\u003eThe world economic downturn has exacted a heavy toll on Moldova, where the average monthly wage is only 350 US dollars.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Wages are very low, they are not enough, either for the current time or for the future,\" said a vineyard worker in Cricova, a few kilometres (miles) north of the capital, Chisinau.\u003cbr/\u003eThe International Monetary Fund has warned that Moldova's gross domestic product will tumble by nine percent this year. \u003cbr/\u003eAnd 20 percent of its 4.1 (m) million people say they are poorer now than they were in March, just before the last elections, according to a survey by the Institute for Public Politics.\u003cbr/\u003e\"How can we have any more faith? I personally will not vote in these elections. I am just completely disillusioned,\" one resident of the capital said.\u003cbr/\u003eAlthough there has been some economic growth during the Communist Party's eight years in power, progress toward full democracy has been slow. \u003cbr/\u003eThere has been international criticism about the lack of press freedom, and critics say some arrests are politically motivated.\u003cbr/\u003eTensions soared after the opposition accused the government of rigging the results of the April 5 vote, which touched off the violent protests.\u003cbr/\u003ePresident Vladimir Voronin, who leads the Communist Party, accused Romania of trying to overthrow the government, a charge Bucharest vehemently denied. \u003cbr/\u003eRomanians now need visas to travel to Moldova.\u003cbr/\u003eLast month, Voronin also dissolved parliament after his Communists twice failed to muster enough votes in the bitterly divided assembly to elect a president\u003cbr/\u003eVoronin - a former baker known for keeping a bust of Lenin on his desk and a painting of the former Soviet leader on the wall - is not eligible to run again.\u003cbr/\u003eHe has served two consecutive four-year terms as president, the maximum allowed under the constitution, though he is still expected to retain influence in parliament.\u003cbr/\u003eVoronin has been campaigning on fears that the centre-right opposition might want to reunite the nation with neighbouring Romania. \u003cbr/\u003eMoldova was part of Romania until 1940.\u003cbr/\u003eAlmost four in five Moldovans are ethnic Romanians and thousands have Romanian passports. \u003cbr/\u003eThe opposition wants to move Moldova closer to the European Union and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation).\u003cbr/\u003eMoldova is part of NATO's Partnership for Peace, but the Communists oppose full membership in the Western military alliance.\u003cbr/\u003eRomania, a EU member, is Moldova's top advocate in the EU and NATO.\u003cbr/\u003eStill, Russian influence remains strong in Moldova. 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