Zurab Todua (russian: Зураб Джумберович Тодуа; born 25 December 1963) is a Moldovan historian,
politician
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, politologue, publicist and writer, who served as deputy in the
Parliament of Moldova between 2010 and 2014.
Since 1991 Todua has researched political, social-economical, inter-ethnic and religious problems in post-
soviet
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space (
CIS
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), being specialised on the conflict regions and zones, and on religious extremism. Todua is well known in Russian-language area, and often is presented as a 'Russian' politologue.
Todua was born in
Șoldănești
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, then part of the
Moldavian SSR
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within the Soviet Union, to a Georgian father and a Moldovan mother. His father, Djumberi Todua, as well is a communist politician who served as deputy in Moldovan Parliament in 2001–2005.
In 1990s, Todua worked as special correspondent, then observer for Russian newspapers "Панорама" (''Panorama''), "Россия" (''Rossiya''), and "Новая газета" (''Novaya gazeta'').
He wrote the following books: «Новая Чечено-Ингушетия» (1992), «Азербайджан сегодня» (1995), «Поединок на азиатском ковре» (1999), «Узбекистан между прошлым и будущим» (2000), «Азербайджанский пасьянс» (2001), «Экспансия исламистов на Кавказе и в Центральной Азии» (2006), «Молдавия и молдавские коммунисты. Политическая хроника переломной эпохи 1988 – 2008» (2009), «Провал «Альянса за Евро» (2010).
In February 2017, journalist
Oleg Brega
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spotted Todua in
Bucharest
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at the
Romanian anti-corruption protests.
In 2019 he joined the
Collective Action Party – Civic Congress, founded by
Mark Tkaciuk
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and
Iurie Muntean
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. He is a member of the executive committee of the party.
References
External links
Zurab Todua profile on the Moldovan parliament's websiteЗураб Тодуа: «Всего за полгода от Партии коммунистов отвернулось 400 тысяч человек - две трети избирателей. Почему?»
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1963 births
Living people
Moldovan communists
Moldovan MPs 2010–2014
Moldovan people of Georgian descent
Moldovan writers
Moldovan male writers
Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova politicians
People from Șoldănești District