Gutul in Moscow on the Actions of the Moldovan Authorities: They Go Beyond All Limits

She met with the Chairwoman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly Valentina Matvienko. Evghenia Gutul said that “the rights of Gagauz residents are oppressed by the central authorities” and this “has already gone beyond all limits”. “We want to further develop relations with the Russian Federation, we want support from the Russian Federation,” Evghenia Gutul said. She spoke in favor of opening a direct transport link between Moldova and Russia. For her part, Valentina Matvienko is saddened by the state of the Moldovan-Russian relations. “We observe with great sadness everything that is happening in Moldova. This is a clearly expressed Russophobic, anti-Russian course of the current authorities, which in our opinion does not correspond to the national interests of Moldova,” Matvienko said. She wondered “why” it is necessary to ruin relations between the two countries when the country’s population is in favor of developing Moldovan-Russian relations.