A Moldovan court sentenced the leader of the autonomous Gagauzia region, Evghenia Guțul, to seven years in prison for ...

A court in Moldova has sentenced a Kremlin-friendly regional politician to seven years in prison for funneling money from ...

This is a political reprisal, planned and executed on orders from above,’ says Gagauzia Governor Evghenia Gutul, vowing to ...

A Moldovan court has sentenced Evghenia Guțul, head of the autonomous Găgăuzia region, to seven years in prison following a ...

EADaily, August 6th, 2025. The Supreme Council of Magistracy (SCM) of Moldova gathered today, August 6, a briefing on ...

Evghenia Gutul, the head of Moldova's autonomous Gagauzia region, was sentenced to seven years in prison on Aug. 5 over ...

A Moldovan court on Tuesday sentenced a pro-Russian regional governor to seven years in prison for alleged illegal party ...

EADaily, August 5th, 2025. The head of Gagauzia, Yevgenia Hutsul, was sentenced to 7 years in prison in a semi-closed ...

The European Union and Russia have ramped up efforts to win favor among Moldovans. Moldova's parliamentary elections will be ...

When Gagauzia organized a referendum in 2014 — illegally, according to the central government — more than 98 percent voted in support of joining a Moscow-led trade bloc over the European Union.

Gagauzia's 140,000 residents, mainly ethnic Turks who adhere to Orthodox Christianity, have had uneasy relations with central authorities since Moldova threw off Soviet rule in 1991.

Gagauzia, a tiny autonomous region in Moldova, checks most of the boxes for Russian meddling. It is ethnically Turkic, religiously Christian Orthodox, and the main language spoken is Russian.