Both candidates in the second round of the May 14 elections for the head of the Gagauz autonomy in Moldova were pro-Russian; and consequently, it was inevitable that a pro-Moscow figure would receive the most votes. But as the one who did, Yevgenia Gutsul of the Shor Party, has especially close ties to the politically ambitious Moldovan oligarch, Ilan Shor, …
According to Igor Grosu, he made the decision after consultations with the country’s citizenry, members of the ruling Party of Action and Solidarity, and President Maia Sandu