{"id":1098,"date":"2025-08-08T09:58:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T09:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=1098"},"modified":"2025-08-08T13:49:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:49:43","slug":"moldovan-region-rejects-ruling-against-local-euroskeptic-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/08\/moldovan-region-rejects-ruling-against-local-euroskeptic-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Moldovan region rejects ruling against local Euroskeptic leader"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sentencing of Evgenia Gutsul, the head of Gagauzia, was politically motivated, the region\u2019s parliament has said<\/strong><\/p>\n

The parliament of Gagauzia, an autonomous, predominantly Russian-speaking region in Moldova, has rejected the sentencing of a local Euroskeptic leader to seven years in prison, calling it illegal and politically driven.<\/p>\n

Gutsul, who was elected in 2023 and has consistently advocated for close ties with Russia, was found guilty of channeling illegal funds from an organized criminal group to the banned Euroskeptic SOR party and of financing protests against the Moldovan government.<\/p>\n

Gutsul denied the charges, calling the process a \u201cpolitical execution\u201d<\/em> conducted \u201con orders from above.\u201d<\/em> The ruling triggered protests outside the courthouse against Moldova\u2019s pro-Western government.<\/p>\n

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The Gagauzian parliament rallied behind Gutsul. In a resolution issued Thursday by Gagauzia\u2019s People\u2019s Assembly and Executive Committee, MPs said they \u201ccategorically reject and do not recognize the verdict\u201d<\/em> of the Moldovan court.<\/p>\n

The document described the ruling as a \u201cpolitically motivated\u201d<\/em> attempt \u201cto eliminate the legally elected head of the autonomous region.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe consider this verdict a political reprisal, planned and executed from above,\u201d<\/em> the resolution said, adding that the ruling was \u201can act of political vengeance\u201d<\/em> that \u201cundermines the autonomous region\u2019s legal status.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The Gagauzian authorities said Moldova\u2019s government bears \u201cfull responsibility for the destabilization\u201d<\/em> of the situation in the region, while suggesting that the crackdown seeks to tip the scales ahead of the nationwide parliamentary elections slated for late September.<\/p>\n

Moscow criticized the verdict as an attack on democracy. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the ruling was labeled in both Moldova and Gagauzia as \u201can act of revenge\u201d<\/em> and \u201ca fabricated case\u201d<\/em> without credible evidence. \u201cIt became the culmination of repression by the Chisinau regime against the entire Gagauz autonomy,\u201d<\/em> she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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