Torn between the West and Russia, Moldova has set the course for its future with a presidential election and an EU referendum, with polls closed as of 9 pm (1800 GMT) on Sunday. Voting passed peacefully and there was a high turnout, according to the electoral commission in the capital Chișinău. The counting of votes has begun in the country of 2.5 million inhabitants, which, like neighbouring Ukraine, is a candidate for EU membership. President Maia Sandu of the pro-Western Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) is hoping as the favourite for a second term in the neighbouring country to EU membe…