The head (bashkan) of the Gagauzia autonomous region of Moldova, Evghenia Guțul, was detained at Chisinau airport. She is a suspect in a criminal case involving accusations of receiving money ...

CHISINAU - The detained pro-Russian leader of Moldova's Gagauz ethnic minority was transferred to house arrest for 30 days on Wednesday, Moldovan media outlet Newsmaker reported. Read more at ...

CHISINAU - Moldova broadened an investigation into the financing of a banned pro-Russian political grouping in the country, two days after the detention of the leader of a pro-Moscow ethnic minority.

Participants held posters with slogans such as "Free Evghenia Gutsul," "Stop political persecution," and "Respect the choice of the people of Gagauzia." "We demand a fair hearing and the release ...

Gutul, the leader, or bashkan, of Gagauzia, was being held for 72 hours in the capital, said Angela Starinschi, an official with Moldova's Anti-Corruption Centre. "The current authorities use ...

CHISINAU, March 27. /TASS/. The head of Moldova’s autonomous Gagauzia region, Yevgenia Gutsul, who is being held in Chisinau, has appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to put pressure on ...

Eugenia Gutul, the leader, or bashkan, of Gagauzia, has been in detention since being stopped at the airport on Tuesday in connection with a corruption probe. On Thursday, she urged Russian ...

The detention at Chisinau airport of Eugenia Gutul, the leader of the autonomous region of Gagauzia, has further strained the former Soviet republic's difficult relations with Moscow. Sign up here.

MOSCOW, March 26 (Reuters) - Russia on Wednesday condemned the arrest of the leader of Moldova's pro-Russian Gagauz ethnic minority, saying it was a blatant example of trying to use the methods of ...