Moldova: Everyday Life

CHISINAU, MOLDOVA - MARCH 08: A man smokes a cigarette on the street on March 8, 2015 in Chisinau, Moldova. The Republic of Moldova is a landlocked country and former Soviet republic located between Ukraine and Romania, with around 3.5 million inhabitants. A pro-European alliance, consisting of the Democrat Party (PDM), Liberal Democrat Party (PLMD) and Liberal Party (PL) won sufficient seats in the 2014 elections to form a Parliament. Transnistria is a Russian-majority autonomous region of Moldova situated on the border with Ukraine, which declared its independence from Moldova in 1992. The majority of the local population of Transnistria is Russian-speaking and Russian troops have been stationed there for more than 20-years. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)