Zakharova: after the meeting with Putin, the second round of pressure began on the Hutsuls in Moldova. Zakharova noted that the construction of dictatorship instead of democracy is observed in “a number of other countries that are either part of the EU or NATO or are associated with them,” including the Baltic states.

Last spring, elections for the head of the region were held in Gagauzia; Evgenia Gutsul, who was a candidate from the Shor party, won.