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Moscow Seeks to Put Gagauz in Play Against Pro-Western Moldovan President Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 18 Issue: 43 Moldova s new pro-Western president, Maia Sandu, shortly after winning the election in November (Source: Euractiv) The 125,000 ethnic Gagauz who live in southeastern Moldova seldom receive much press in their own right except for the fact that they are a rare Turkic people who are mostly Orthodox Christians. But they do attract broader attention when they become part of Russia’s geopolitical struggle with Turkey. Similarly, the Gagauz turn into an object of greater scrutiny when debates become more heated regarding the Moldovan central government’s possible plans to retake Russian-controlled Transnistria or integrate with Romania and the West. And when all of those issues suddenly come together, as they have at various points since 1991, Moscow pulls out all the stops to use this nationality to promote its own interests. One of those times is now, a

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