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Those taking part in Moldovan protests are mainly migrant workers who had to return home amid the financial crisis, believes political analyst Kirill Koktysh.

He says under the Communists, they had to leave the country in search of work abroad. Now that they are back, they are showing their dissatisfaction with their government that can’t provide them with jobs in their country.

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