Months later, on March 25, Gagauzia’s leader, or bashkan, Eugenia Gutul, is now in pretrial detention after she was nabbed at Moldova’s international airport, allegedly fleeing a corruption trial.

Gagauzia is a another small autonomous region whose 140,000 residents, mainly ethnic Turks, have had uneasy relations with central authorities since Moldova threw off Soviet rule in 1991.

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. Sign up here.

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