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Moldova Police Storm Central Election Commission in Gagauzia
Officers of Moldova's National Anticorruption Centre, CNA, on Tuesday evening raided the offices of the Central Electoral Commission in Gagauzia, collecting lists of voters for the election of a new governor held in the autonomous southern region.
The CNA said it found names in the lists of some citizens settled outside the country and of some dead people.
On ‘Republic’ Anniversary, Moldova’s Gagauz Look to Moscow, and Chisinau
The Gagauz are a small Christian Turkic minority that lives primarily in southern Moldova and Ukraine's Odessa region. According to the 1989 Soviet census, over 153,000 Gagauz lived in Moldova, concentrated mainly in the cities of Comrat and Ceadîr-Lunga, and with a considerable minority in the nearby regions of Vulcănești, Taraclia, and Basarabeasca.
Russian Patriarch Cuts Short Planned Visit to Moldova
Moldova's pro-Russian President Igor Dodon said on Tuesday that Russian Patriarch Kirill will visit Moldova from October 27 to 28 - a shorter visit than the four-day trip that was initially announced.
The Russian Patriarch has cancelled his planned sermon in Tiraspol in the breakaway region of Transnistria.