Young Moldovans fight corruption as election nears Young Moldovans, in the country and abroad, are campaigning against corruption ahead of a general election on Sunday. A week before the vote, they handed out anti-corruption leaflets in the small town of Orhei, north of Chisinau in this poor ex-Soviet republic wedged between Romania and Ukraine. Last year the country ranked 117 out of 180 nations in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index. The NGO warned the government was putting pressure on activists. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES