Moldovan court sentences pro-Russian regional leader to seven years in jail

A Moldovan court on Tuesday sentenced pro-Kremlin regional leader Evgenia Gutul to seven years in jail for channelling money from Russia to finance a political party.

Gutul denied wrongdoing.

According to prosecutors, Gutul systematically channelled undeclared funds into Moldova from 2019-2022 to finance the now-banned pro-Moscow "Shor" party set up by Ilan Shor, an exiled pro-Russian businessman convicted of fraud in Moldova.