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Voronin viewed as obstacle to change

By Stefan Wagstyl

Published: April 8 2009 19:21 | Last updated: April 8 2009 19:21

Moldova’s political crisis centres largely on one man – Vladimir Voronin, the veteran president and leader of the ruling Communist party.

After serving since 2001 and completing two terms, Mr Voronin is obliged to stand down. But the 67-year-old former Soviet communist party official is determined to stay in power, if not in office, publicly declaring that he sees himself as Moldova’s Deng Xiaoping.

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