By Adnan Türkkan We met with the President of the Autonomous Republic of Gagauzia, Evghenia Gutul. President Gutul responded to our questions on the relations between Gagauzia and the Moldovan government, Moldova’s deteriorating relations with Russia and the US’s influence in Moldova. Evghenia Gutul emphasizes that US’s pressure has worsened Moldova’s relations with Russia, they are defending their own language, ...
The presidential elections in Moldova, which will take place on October 20, are attracting close attention from Russia and the West. This country has traditionally been a place of confrontation between two poles – Moscow on the one hand, and the European Union and specifically Romania, on the other. Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, control over Moldova ...
By Gökalp Erbaş Ever since Gagauzia declared itself an independent republic in 1990 and gained the status of an autonomous regional administration through an article added to the Moldovan constitution in 1994, it has not experienced risk-free, danger-free, stable times. The region has always been turbulent, but in these times when regional crises have again come to the fore of ...
Currently, the power in the Moldovan Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia is in a state of crisis: the regime of Maia Sandu is making every effort to challenge the legitimacy and constitutionality of the government of Evghenia Guțul, who was elected Governor of Gagauzia by the people of the region a year ago. Guțul had to face pressure from Chișinău. ...