New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- Moldova's Prime Minister Dorin Recean warned on Wednesday that Russia is spending hundreds of millions of euros to "take power" in a pivotal parliamentary election that could derail the country's course toward the European Union.

Recean's remarks came days before the election on Sunday, when Moldovans will vote to choose a new 101-seat legislature in a ballot many view as a stark choice between East and West.

"The Republic of Moldova is in an electoral campaign. The Russian Federation is also in an electoral campaign," he said in an address after a government session. "It's just that we are campaigning in our country, and the Russian Federation wants to campaign not in its own country, but in our country."

Recean...