Mourners in this predominantly Christian Orthodox country visit their relatives` graves every weekend to pay their respects to the dead. The cemetery has an estimated 300,000 graves, many of them well-tended, festooned with flowers and candles. Among those buried here is Sergei Savchenko, who once played soccer for the Soviet Union.
That respect comes even as the average monthly wage in Moldova is just 220 euros ($240). Some 600,000 Moldovans work abroad, in Russia or Western Europe, because the salaries are so low.
Moldova has been in a state of political turmoil for months. Many citizens have been protesting since September 2015 after more than $1 billion disappeared from three banks prior to the country`s November 2014 parliamentary election. New Prime Minister Pavel Filip has promised to reform the justice system and tackle corruption.
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