From the Wikipedia page for "schnapps":
"Schnapps or schnaps is a type of alcoholic beverage that may take several forms, including distilled fruit brandies, ..."
Those drinking ракия know that it’s not a brandy, although it can be made to resemble brandy or even in the image of some whiskeys but is essentially made from completely different produce, and usually also process.
Moldovan/Romanian is not written with cyrillics, "rachiu" is the proper spelling.