Hutsul: Gagauzia will become independent if Chisinau enters into a union with Romania. “Our people gave a clear and precise answer that they see their future exclusively as part of an independent and sovereign Moldova,” she said.
Last March, Moldovan President Maia Sandu announced that she had signed a law recognizing Romanian as the country's official language instead of Moldovan. Moscow sees attempts by the Moldovan authorities to forcibly “Romanianize” Moldovan society.