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.

"Gagauzia wants to be a friend of Russia," says Valentina, a middle-aged woman with Ukrainian roots. Valentina is sorting receipts on a park bench in Comrat, the capital of the Autonomous ...

The war in Ukraine is intensifying longstanding frictions in a region of Moldova called Gagauzia. A Moldovan convicted of plundering his country’s banking system sees an opportunity. By Andrew ...

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine drags on, locals in the autonomous Gagauzia region of Moldova oppose war but maintain staunch loyalty to Moscow. COMRAT, Moldova -- On a freezing afternoon on ...

They [the authorities of Gagauzia] will probably be petitioning the president, and then it will be decided what to do in this situation," Grosu said. At the same time, he said that the Moldovan ...

Evghenia Guțul, the governor of Gagauzia, an autonomous region of Moldova, has spoken about her meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during an unannounced visit to Russia. Source: Evghenia ...

ISTANBUL . The governor of Moldova’s autonomous region of Gagauzia on Thursday accused Chisinau of seeking to “destroy” their autonomy amid her detention by Moldovan authorities earlier this ...