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.

Eugenia 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. Sign up here.

Gagauzia Governor Eugenia Gutul accused her country's pro-European Union leadership of "oppressing" pro-Kremlin residents of her region during a meeting with the speaker of Russia's Senate in ...

Russia has denounced the detention of Gutul. She has urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to help secure her release. Gagauzia, a region of 140,000 people in Moldova's south, is dominated by ...

Gagauzia, in Moldova's south, is increasingly at odds with Moldova's pro-European President Maia Sandu over the election last year of Eugenia Gutul as "bashkan", or leader.

Gagauzia's Executive Committee described the governor's detention as an "unprecedented act of pressure" on the region's autonomy. Gutul, a member of the Shor party, won the regional presidential ...

Eugenia Gutul, the leader, ... 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.

FILE PHOTO: Leader of Moldova's Gagauzia region Yevgenia Gutsul (Eugenia Gutul) speaks during a press conference in Chisinau, Moldova, March 13, 2024.

Gagauzia governor accuses Moldova of seeking to ‘destroy’ her region’s autonomy Evghenia Gutul claims Moldova intends to introduce a state of emergency in Gagauzia and establish external control ...

According to the Party of Socialists, Eugenia Gutul was supported by 51% of voters whereas 49% voted for her rival, Grigori Uzun of the Party of Socialists ...