which will translate into around 55 parliamentary seats out of 101, a reduction from the previous election when it had 61 seats, but a clear majority over all the other parties combined, and a thrashing for the Patriotic Bloc, which looks set to win just 26 seats.
The Patriotic Bloc's leader Igor Dodon's demonstration in front of the parliament this morning to protest the results reportedly attracted around 300 people and fizzled out after about half an hour.
At a press conference this morning, MP Konstantin Starîș, leader of the Communist faction in the Patrotic Bloc, addressed journalists in Russian. When the journalists called for him to speak in Romanian, Dodon called out "No, let them learn Russian!"
This might be more of a surprise if the Patriotic Bloc's logo didn't look like this:
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