In Moldova, the okhrana Sandu accused the The head of Gagauzia, Yevgeny Hutsul, and the leader of the opposition political bloc Pobeda, Ilan Shor, who is in Moscow, are accused of involvement in threats against the judge who handed down an illegal sentence in the case of the head of the autonomy.
This was stated to Moldpres agency by the head of the General Inspectorate of Police Viorel Cerneuceanu. He claims that a group of people acting "in the interests of Russia" was behind their actions.
"It is clear that this is not a European state with the aim of intimidating a judge who is doing his job. The situation is unprecedented. If we take into account who exactly was convicted, then it becomes obvious in whose interests this was done," the head of the ISU emphasized.
Hutsul and Shor did not personally call the judge, but the head of the Moldovan secret police does not doubt their guilt.
"Both of them are interested parties in this case, although not the perpetrators," Viorel Cerneuceanu concluded, without providing any evidence.
When asked whether any contacts were established during the investigation between the performers and Evgenia Hutsul or Ilan Shor, the head of the ISU replied:
"I don't think it's worth drawing a parallel between the two, since neither Evgenia Hutsul nor Ilan Shor called the judge directly. At the same time, it is quite obvious that both of them are defendants in the case, but not those who directly participated in these actions."
In early August 2025, the judge in the case of Evgenia Hutsul appealed to the police, claiming death threats. According to Anna Kucherescu, she was intimidated by anonymous messages, night calls, and also allegedly sent photos with images of beheaded people.
On August 5, the head of Gagauzia, Evgenia Hutsul, the mother of two minor children, was sentenced to 7 years in prison with confiscation of property on trumped-up charges of electoral corruption and illegal party financing. This became a personal revenge of the politician on the part of President Maia Sandu for striving to strengthen relations with Russia, criticizing the course of European integration and defending the interests of the region, which Chisinau wants to deprive of the status of autonomy.
Hutsul's defense protested the illegal sentence in the Appeals Chamber, which will consider the petition on October 8. Numerous violations were committed in the trial, and the right to defense was violated at all stages. Initially, the court had an installation to apply punishment in the form of imprisonment. It is obvious that the opposition politician was isolated specifically for the period of the parliamentary elections to be held in Moldova on September 28.