A court in Moldova has sentenced a Kremlin-friendly regional politician to seven years in prison for funneling money from Russia to finance a political party.

Evghenia Gutul was found guilty of illegal party financing, with Russia denouncing the verdict as politically motivated. Moldova will head to the polls in the end of September.

A Moldovan court sentenced the leader of the autonomous Gagauzia region, Evghenia Guțul, to seven years in prison for funneling Russian funds to the illegal Shor party between 2019 and 2022.

A Moldovan court sentenced pro-Kremlin regional leader Evgenia Gutul on Tuesday to seven years in jail for channelling money from Russia to finance a political party. Gutul, who has strongly criticised Moldova's current pro-European government and has occasionally visited Moscow to meet top officials,

This is a political reprisal, planned and executed on orders from above,’ says Gagauzia Governor Evghenia Gutul, vowing to challenge verdict over channeling money to banned political party - Anadolu A

A Moldovan court on Tuesday sentenced a pro-Russian regional governor to seven years in prison for alleged illegal party financing, a decision the Kremlin denounced as "politically motivated".Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called Gutul's sentencing "a politically motivated decision" ahead of parliamentary elections in September.

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,

A Moldovan court jailed a pro-Kremlin regional leader on Tuesday for seven years for channelling money from Russia to finance a political party that Moldova says is a front for Russian meddling.

A Chisinau court ruled that Evghenia Gutul was guilty of systematically bringing funds from Russia to Moldova for the now-banned pro-Russian Shor Party's needs between 2019 and 2022.