Tag: Gagauzia

To Moscow’s Making Of Republics Inside Ukraine, There is Apparently No End

April 9, 2015

Staunton, April 8 — During the first years of Soviet power, a Moscow newspaper published an article telling its readers how easy and potentially profitable it would be for them to form a national republic. According to the paper, they didn’t need a nation or anything like a set of institutions: they needed only paper […]

Gagauzia Seen as ‘Detonator’ for Pro-Moscow ‘Color’ Revolution in Moldova

December 3, 2014

Staunton, December 3 – Following last Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Moldova — a vote which pro-Moscow activists are setting the stage to challenge — the region of Gagauzia “could become the detonator” of revolutionary change in Moldova in a manner much like the Donbas in southeastern Ukraine, according to Ivan Lizan. That is because the […]

Gagauz Leaders More Russian than Gagauz, Komrat Editor Says

September 23, 2014

Staunton, September 20 – The Gagauz Autonomy was established in Moldova to protect and promote the Gagauz language, but according to Todur Zanet, editor of Ana Sozu those who proclaim themselves leaders of Gagauzia not only do everything in Russian but have failed to support the national language. “Our language,” he said during a broadcast […]