Evgenia Gutsul, the head of Gagauzia, has condemned her seven-year prison sentence as a politically motivated crackdown and a “blow to democracy” Jailed Moldovan regional opposition leader Evgenia Gutsul, the head of the autonomous region of Gagauzia, has denounced her sentence as a politically motivated crackdown, warning that the verdict constitutes “a blow to democracy” and a threat to anyone who challenges the country’s pro-Western leadership. A court in Chisinau sentenced Gutsul to seven