According to his rival, he is “the man from Moscow”, “a Trojan horse through which others want to rule the country”. He refutes such allegations, pleading for balanced relations with both the West and Russia. His profile embodies the complexity of this state of 2.6 million inhabitants, which passed from the influence of the Ottoman Empire to that of Romania before becoming, in 1940, the Soviet Republic of Moldova. Until independence during the breakup of the USSR in 1991.
Born in 1967 in the autonomous region of Gagauzia (south), Alexandr Stoianoglo is part of the Orthodox minority of Turkish origin, traditionally pro-Russian. Graduated in law in 1992, this lawyer worked as a prosecutor in his native region before joining the general public prosecutor's office and then being appointed to head it in 2019. However, he was suspended two years later and then definitively dismissed last year. by Ms. Sandu, who accuses him today of “not having known or wanted to fight corruption”. The presidential candidate presents himself as a victim and promises “justice for all”, his campaign slogan. Attacked on the fact that his daughters studied in the EU – one now works for the European Central Bank in Frankfurt – Mr Stoianoglo defended himself. “It’s a right that every young Moldovan has,” he reacted.
