Police prevented another pro-Russian opposition politician from leaving ex-Soviet Moldova on Thursday as the detention of the leader of the country’s pro-Russian Gagauz ethnic minority further strained relations with Moscow.
Eugenia Gutul, the leader, or bashkan, of Gagauzia, has been in detention since being stopped at the airport on Tuesday in connection with a corruption probe. On Thursday, she urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to help secure her release.
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