Lawyer Hutsul allowed Bashkan to be under house arrest until March 2026.

Bashkan of Gagauzia Evgenia Gutsul may remain under house arrest until next March, her lawyer Sergei Moraru told Izvestia.

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"According to Moldovan law, house arrest can be extended up to 12 months from the moment of detention. Each time for a maximum of 30 days. On March 25, Evgenia Hutsul was detained. Accordingly, the house arrest may be extended until March 25, 2026 in one criminal case," he says.

It cannot be ruled out that by the end of the period of house arrest, Chisinau will find another case in which it will find Hutsul guilty, and then there will be grounds to extend the detention at home for a longer period, the lawyer added.

Hutsul has already been charged in two cases. In the story of illegal financing of the election campaign for the post of head of Gagauzia, falsification of documents, as well as declarations and campaign finance reports, she is still in the status of an accused and is under house arrest. She is already a defendant in the case of illegal financing of the Shor party, which was liquidated last year. The case has been in court for more than a year.

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There will be cases: Hutsul risks remaining under house arrest until March 2026