GAGAUZ GO TO THE POLLS.

Moldova’s 150,000 Gagauz, a Turkic-speakingbut Orthodox Christian community, will elect a parliament and a president on May 28, Basarpress reported. The elections will thus form a government for the new autonomous region which covers 770 square miles centered on thesouthern Moldovan city of Komrat. The Gagauz received autonomous statusfrom the Moldovan government earlier this year; their constitution allows them to declare independence if Moldova ever loses its status as an independent state.

Another Victim In The North Caucasus.