Eight Moldovans jailed for fighting with pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine


CHISINAU (Reuters) - Moldova has handed prison sentences to eight citizens for fighting on the side of pro-Russian rebels in the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine, General Prosecutor Eduard Harunjen said on Thursday.

The small ex-Soviet republic is politically and culturally divided between supporters of closer ties with Moscow and those who want Moldova eventually to follow neighbouring Romania, with which it shares a language, into the European Union and NATO.

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